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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Yet another convention swap

I'm still making cards for convention.  Still!  I am not the kind of person who can make 100 or more of one card.  I start to get sloppy because I'm bored.  So I make 25 or so of each one.  Again I made a swap that was probably too time intensive.  Emboss this...sponge it all...worry it isn't right...start over.  You get the picture.  I tell you, my family is up for sainthood living with me.  The words most frequently out of my mouth right now are, "So, what do you think of this? How would you score it on a scale of 1-10?"  Yes, sainthood and nothing less is what they deserve.  I have not seen one eye roll nor have I heard a sigh of exasperation...well at least not from them.  My eyes are a rollin' around in my head and I sigh every couple of minutes as I stick my tongue out with concentration and design something.  Here's one of the cards from my stash.

This card is for a special swap which has the theme of flowers since the convention theme is garden related.  I didn't want to use the same sets most people would use...Fabulous Florets for instance.  Trying to think outside the box, I thought I would do my favorite flower, the daisy.  This card morphed so many times during it's birth that I was afraid I had a transformer on my hands.  But this is it.  I BE DONE WITH IT! Umm...so...on a scale of 1-10 how would your rate it? (Eye roll, sigh)
Tools of torture: (at least for this card)
Stamps: Teeny tiny wishes
Dies: Daisy 2 Die, Texture plate Backgrounds 1
Card stock: So Saffron, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Inks: Chocolate chip craft
Accessories: Hemp twine, Gold Embossing powder (I did not heat it.  I used it as a glitter. Clever, eh?)

1 comment:

Trish H. said...

This card definately caught my eye when I saw it lying on your desk. I agree with you -- I like the "lighter" versions a little more than the darker ones.
Trish