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Showing posts with label loads of love. Show all posts
Showing posts with label loads of love. Show all posts

Monday, June 28, 2010

What's WRONG with this card????

So yesterday I started out making a set of cards for my aunt who is moving. I wanted her to have a set of ten cards or so to send to people with her change of address. What started as a simple card became an all day saga.

First, I loved the inspiration of an ad I'd seen in a magazine. (Forgive the creases, it's been folded and stashed for a while)



So, I matched the colors to Cajun Craze, Bordering Blue, Mellow Moss and Kraft. The top matched Sahara Sand and the background was closest to Soft Suede. I know, hard to believe but there it is. I wasn't sure I liked that final Sahara circle so eliminated it from the card.

I rooted around and found the only set I owned that had anything to do with moving. Actually, it's my son's set called Loads of Love. You know the one, with the little pick up truck? Welllllllll.... I've often stayed away from that pickup because I'm not a great colorer. Yesterday was no exception. Here's the card I came up with ...




I loaded a uninked cartridge wit Soft Suede ink and rolled a pattern across the same color card stock. Then I punched the various colors out and ran them through the Big Shot with the different embossing plates, primarily because they looked a little boring just sitting there all smooth.

I stamped my truck on Watercolor Paper with StazOn ink and colored it with corresponding markers. I bled the ink with an aqua painter. I even remembered to ground the image. Inside the card it says "Just Moved." I have to tell you. I hate this stupid card. Something is desperately wrong with it and I don't know what!

WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS CARD???? Tell  me please, oh blog readers! I need to know what to do to save it.

In the interest of time I ended up going a completely different route. I changed up a card I received from my upline and here's what I ended up with ... MUCH more my style.


I stamped the grass from Inspired by Nature and pasted with slot punch cattails in Chocolate Chip on a few of them.  The colors are Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Always Artichoke and Crumb Cake (aka Kraft). Fast, easy and simple. I made ten of them, decorated envelopes and will have them in the mail. It took me about an hour.  After spending all day fussing with that idiot truck card I can't figure out!
Please, you can't hurt my feelings. If you see what's wrong with the card let me know!!

Have a great day!
Much love and joy,

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