Monday, April 10, 2017

Re-decorating - Slow as a Turtle

     A friend is in the process of re-vamping and re-decorating her craft room so that she'll have more room and better storage options but she's been at it for more than 3 weeks now and feels like it will take forever before it's finished.  I understand since 3 weeks without being able to do any kind of creative crafting would drive me crazy, to say nothing of not knowing when it will be done!  I mean, it's not like spring cleaning which is normally done in less than a week.

     I won my choice of an image at Sasayaki Glitter last week and this one just jumped out at me.  I thought it would make a perfect encouragement card for her.  :-D


     Since I have to mail this to her, I thought something CAS (translate "flat") would be the best idea.   But I did do several layers.  I dug out my ProMarkers to color the image, using lots of yellows because she loves yellow.  I cut the image with a die from Gina Marie, then inked the edges.

     I used two other dies from that same set to cut the stacked rectangles I put in the corners before adding the image.  I dug through my stash of little, hand-sewn, bows until I found the one I had already dyed yellow with a marker.  I knew I had one and it was pretty easy to find in the middle of all the white bows.

     Ages ago, I quit making those bows out of various colored ribbons and decided to make them all from white satin ribbon, then dye them whatever color I need.   I purchase the same white ribbon every time in batches of 10 yards.  It takes a smidge over 4 inches to sew the little bows, and I have to trim off about half an inch total from the tails.

     Challenges:
Addicted to Stamps
Aussie Digital Artists
Brown Sugar
Crafting by Designs
Creates and Makes
DL.ART
Dream Valley
Scrapy Land

     Happy Monday and Happy Stamping!  NanaConnie

8 comments:

Linda Simpson said...

This is gorgeous and love the sweet image. I hope your friend gets her craft room sorted real soon.
Hugs
Linda xxx

Dawn said...

OH MY GOODNESS ... I LOVE THIS IMAGE and I love your layering! Nice Job !!! Thanks for joining us at Brown Sugar Challenge.

DIANA L. said...

Your redecorating card is so cute just love your coloring also .
Thank you for entering the DL.ART THANKFUL THURSDAY challenge #201- “Bunnies and/or Ducks” or Thank you” for this challenge. Have a blessed day
DIANA L.

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Glenda Atkins said...

How precious is this, what a fab image and great colouring. Yes we do all need encouragement from time to time. Your card is a great way to give it.
hugs
Glenda

Teresa Arsenault said...

What an adorable image and your sentiment is perfect for it and for the occasion. I started setting up my new office/craft/art space a few months ago and, while it is quite functional, it is not completely organized yet. Then there is the getting used to where everything is all over again. I feel for your friend. It was quite a while before I could do any kind of crafting and it was driving me a bit crazy.
hugs,
Teresa

PaperPlotterLottas-CraftChaos said...

Such a cute Card. I love this little turtle.
Thanks for joining us at SasayakiGlitter Challenge.
Tina - DT
http://sasayakiglitter.blogspot.de/2017/04/sasayaki-glitter-april-challenge-colour.html

Creaine said...

Looks great. Thank you for sharing with us over here at "Aussie Digital Artists Challenge" and best of luck with your entry.
Bye,
Ine DT for: https://aussiedigitalartistschallengeblog.blogspot.nl/
http://creaine-cards.blogspot.nl/

Lori Kobular said...

Love that sweet turtle out of his shell! Perfect card for someone who is caught remodeling! Thanks for sharing with us at Scrapy Land Challenges!