This card should give you a smile. I hope the title of this post has piqued your curiosity enough to read the explanation. I got a phone call from one of my kids asking if I could make a quick wedding card for her to give (she's a bridesmaid) and she needs it in less than two hours! My mind immediately fills with lots of frilly die cuts, maybe glittered flowers, and white-on-white (which I don't do well) along with lace and satin ribbon.
Just coming up with a design is going to fill up the two hour time slot and I'm about to say "That's not enough time" when she says, "They aren't frou-frou people; they love baseball and their wedding colors came from their favorite baseball team. Could you do a combination baseball and wedding theme?" Oh, boy!
Here's the result -- it's for a wedding but could just as well be a birthday, or any kind of special celebration or congratulatory occasion. :-D
The image is from LOTV (another of those more-than-a-year-old stamps I've never used) and is colored mostly with chalks but also with some watercolor pencil for the kitten's stripes and fur. I die cut the image and the sentiment, then corner punched the sentiment to give it the look of a baseball diamond. The dp is from The Paper Studio and I embossed it with a "Lattice" folder from SU. The stitched ribbon was a scrap from my stash. I tied a cord bow through the "LOVE" charm and added it to the sentiment.
Once the idea began forming in my brain, it took me an hour and a half to get the card made, including coloring. I really was proud of it and my daughter loved it. I told her the next time she wanted a special occasion card, she had to give me a bit more notice. I mean, it isn't like she didn't know about the wedding months ago or had forgotten that I make cards. lol
Challenges:
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards
Crafty Calendar
Crafty Ribbons
FHL- Throwback Thursday
Inky Impressions
Inspiration Destination
Simon Says Stamp
Simply Papercraft
Sister Act
Word Art Weds.
If you're reading this post, that means my old computer held together long enough for me to get this post written and scheduled, and that's a good thing. I'm going to be replacing the computer but it'll be a few days (I hope days, not weeks) before that happens. Stretching the budget, don'cha know. Happy Stamping. NanaConnie
Just coming up with a design is going to fill up the two hour time slot and I'm about to say "That's not enough time" when she says, "They aren't frou-frou people; they love baseball and their wedding colors came from their favorite baseball team. Could you do a combination baseball and wedding theme?" Oh, boy!
Here's the result -- it's for a wedding but could just as well be a birthday, or any kind of special celebration or congratulatory occasion. :-D
I chose colors from Catch the Bug.
The image is from LOTV (another of those more-than-a-year-old stamps I've never used) and is colored mostly with chalks but also with some watercolor pencil for the kitten's stripes and fur. I die cut the image and the sentiment, then corner punched the sentiment to give it the look of a baseball diamond. The dp is from The Paper Studio and I embossed it with a "Lattice" folder from SU. The stitched ribbon was a scrap from my stash. I tied a cord bow through the "LOVE" charm and added it to the sentiment.
Once the idea began forming in my brain, it took me an hour and a half to get the card made, including coloring. I really was proud of it and my daughter loved it. I told her the next time she wanted a special occasion card, she had to give me a bit more notice. I mean, it isn't like she didn't know about the wedding months ago or had forgotten that I make cards. lol
Challenges:
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards
Crafty Calendar
Crafty Ribbons
FHL- Throwback Thursday
Inky Impressions
Inspiration Destination
Simon Says Stamp
Simply Papercraft
Sister Act
Word Art Weds.
If you're reading this post, that means my old computer held together long enough for me to get this post written and scheduled, and that's a good thing. I'm going to be replacing the computer but it'll be a few days (I hope days, not weeks) before that happens. Stretching the budget, don'cha know. Happy Stamping. NanaConnie
