Comment Winner - Day Seventeen
2 hours ago
Tuesday, 25 February 2014
I had a lot of fun making this, then I decided I wanted a shadow effect on the text, but of course I did it the lazy way – no stamp positioner! It just didn’t work.
Maybe it wouldn’t have been so bad if I’d let the green ink dry first, but no, I stamped straight over wet ink, then embossed with clear powder – disaster! It looks blurred!
Soooo
I wondered if I could still make it work, by adding some shading and highlighting, which I usually do anyway, but I went a little OTT with the Distress pen – oops! (I sometimes find this difficult to use because the effects are delayed and you can’t see exactly where you’ve added it – or I can’t, anyway.)
Another disaster!
The only way I could salvage it was to layer up the verse, so that’s what I had to do in the end and I used one of my oldest tools – deckle edge scissors – haven’t used them for around 11 years!
It turned out okay in the end (at least I think so…) but I wonder if I’ll learn from this?
Unfortunately, I doubt it – but it would be nice to think I will.
xxx
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4 very kind comments from lovely people:
Oh Cath, this made me laugh. I love your accidental on purpose cards. The effect is good however you achieved it, x
A beautiful card Cath, I make a lot of things where the sentiment is wonky or not stamped properly so I end up stamping on a seperate piece of card to covering it up.
xxx Hazel.
That's the difference between a card maker and a good crafter, never giving up and having the talent to turn round a mistake. Love the card and thanks for reminding me about deckle-edge scissors, think I have a pair tucked away in a drawer.
Ann B
xx
Really beautiful cards and I loved seeing the way you turned disaster round and got it right in the end. I love deckle edges and use them all the time, even if they are not in fashion!
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