The only thing worse than losing your scrappy mojo is losing your scrappy mojo and then getting it back only to have every thing you do turn out wrong. I started a project that was not new to me, but for some reason I made mistakes at every single step. Even the simple parts proved to be far too aggravating for me, so after 3 complete days of work (over a 1 week period) and about 8 different mistakes, I put the whole thing in a drawer (wanted to throw it in the garbage, but there were too many supplies tied up in it) and am forgetting about it for awhile. In the meantime I did this card for my BIL’s birthday:
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| Got Cake (A2 for Jeff) |
This is the first time I’ve combined the circle Nestability die with the Labels 4 Nestie die. I LOVE the look, and will definately be trying this combo again. I used distress ink to colour the ebmossed edge of the circle. I used coloured pencils to colour the stamped image but I couldn’t find my Gamsol to blend it, so it’s just roughly shaded for shadows the best I could do without the gamsol. Papers are from the Granola collection by Basic Grey (picked up at a yard sale for $2!!!). Stamp image and sentiment is inkadinkadoo. Inks: Frayed burlap distress ink and Pacific Point (Stampin up).
Oh, and by the way, this will be the last 1/2 and 1/2 card I post for awhile. I’ve challenged myself to make different cards, rather than falling back on that design most of the time. I’ve already made a few different ones but I haven’t photographed them yet. So keep an eye out for (da da-da da…) Something Different coming from me soon.
So I realise that my last post (or second last) I promised that Bloody Minialbum that I started in the fall (no, it’s not a Halloween album, it just makes me bloody mad that it took me so long to finish it), and yes, it IS done (although no pics in it yet), but I actually did another mini album today.
Yesterday I watched
this video over on Tim Holtz’s blog, and was inspired to make one of these W-books (which I used to make when I was a kid) out of a piece of TH paper and some of his tissue tape. So last night I assembled the book while watching Blue Bloods with Scott and then embellished it today. I’m so psyched to have completed in a mini album in less than 24 hours, including photos and journalling. It almost cancels out the frustration about the unfinished mistake-laden project sitting in my drawer. Almost. *scowl*
So here are some pics of my completed project (I lifted the cover from Tim’s, although mine looks completely different because I had different supplies):
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| Tim Holtz-inspired mini book |
And here are a few of the pages inside:
Whenever I get a chance to take some more pics, I’ll be posting that other (long overdue) mini album, as well as some of those new non-half and half cards.
