Even though Old Man Winter appeared yesterday with a vengence!
If I'd have wanted to go out the door last night, I'd have had to tie a rope around my waist to get back to the house!
The stove was out this morning when I got up! OMG!
And the weather was less than desirable, and is gonna be like that all week!
Here's a pic of the stove chugging along to catch up with the heat!
There's NO smoke coming out when it quits!
All is well now!
I got it going, just like Laura Ingells would have! ha!
After playing mindless games, reading & watching movies yesterday; I settled down to make a card for the girl in our Stamp Club that lost her mom.
I went over here to read up, and try out a sky!
First, let me tell you that I DON'T have those inks ( I KNOW), nor the little styluses!
I tried this one:
Then I did this:
After deciding I was 'heavy handed'; Sheree's exact words;
and that I really hated disliked them both, I pulled a Michele Zindorf, and did the Direct to Paper, which resulted in this:
and finally this..................
Which made it on to the card!
Oh, crafting is sooooo hard!
I need to practice!
Don't worry, I will!
And the rejected ones WILL end up on cards!
I'm going to make the card it's own post, so I can enter it in Craft a Scene!
I gotta start somewhere!
The O/S left Friday for Funchal, Portugal!
Talk to ya later!
Ta ta for now!
5 comments:
Gail
The sky is so pretty.
That is the worst part of my card making is to make the sky. I don't have the patience to try Sheree's tut for sky just yet but soon.
Myrna
Honestly, I really like how the card turned out... too bad is was so difficult to create. I think the card is very soothing and would be well received. You are just too hard on yourself, girl!
Hi Love what you did on the cards and I agree with Bonnie's comments.
Just a note to let you know that cards for SAS4KS(Canada) for easter and spring are due on March 9th. Happy crafting everyone! I know i will be it is really cold here today!
Well, your experimenting sure paid off. Your card is beautiful. It is so realistic. Your sky ended up looking great.
I have never done scene cards.
I tried to comment yesterday, but either blogger was not cooperating or my computer. I could not get in to the comment form. Glad it is working today.
Oh Gail... you always crack me up!! I LOVE the one you entere into the challenge. The first two arent that bad really. You dont need a stylus, you can do the sky with a sponge as well. Just make sure it has rounded corners so you dont get lines. Tada! You can use other inks on paper...doesnt have to be glossy. S.U. inks would work on reg paper, or any inks you may have. Ink up your sponge and take half the ink off on a piece of scrap paper. You will have no problem. Gee whiz.. when I first bought a stylus last year I thought you used it to kind of srub the colour into the glossy. Boy was I wrong.. three sponges later! Who is the rookie now!
Good luck and dont let the home fires burn out!
Hugs,
Sheree
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