The red and white stripes caught my eye, and I remembered that I had a Bold Borders: Diagonal die. The project started out pretty well, with white stripes on Poppy cardstock.
It went downhill from there. I cut the Say It Simply: You & Yours sentiment from sticky-back paper, and applied gold Perfect Pearls. That turned out uneven and lighter than I had in mind, so I decided to heat emboss over it in gold. One product over the other gave it a rather odd texture. Charging ahead, I glued that down before I remembered I'd used sticky-back paper and should have peeled it off and stuck it down. Now I'm hoping it doesn't separate by itself.
Is that all? Oh, no. I added die cuts from Sending Joy and thought the holly leaves needed a few berries with Nuvo drops. I managed to smear one a little before it was dry, so decided to touch up the pink spots with white pen, and add a gold thread bow. The strands wouldn't loop, so I cut one side apart for a poof -- which poofed right over the ampersand in the sentiment.
Some days there's just no fixing all the mistakes and I doubt that I'll send this to anyone, but at first glance it came out OK and I'm submitting it.
It's a gorgeous design, and the flaws aren't obvious in the photo! There are just days like that.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! I didn't know there were any flaws until you said. Don't tell anyone!! :)
ReplyDeleteA classic. Looks nice to me.
ReplyDeleteThis is Gorgeous!! Don't be so hard on yourself...your card is perfect!!
ReplyDeleteYou know, some of us work to achieve theses effects.:)
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful card. I have the same sentiment die and love the look of it, but it is difficult to handle. I bet if you had peeled the backing off it would have been a dickens to get onto the card. Half of being a good card maker is knowing what to do when the plans yo made go awry. Congratulations on crafting a beauty!
I would never be able to tell! This is soooo pretty! I love it to bits!
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