Holy chakras, Batman - you would not believe the effort it took to create this card!!! It should have been simple enough - I had the colors taken care of from this week's
Color Throwdown - Tempting Turquoise, Elegant Eggplant & my choice of green - LOVE this combo!! The sketch came from the fabulous Jenn Balcer, this week's
Weekend Sketch Challenge. All I had to do was grab some paper, embellishments, stamp an image, slap it together, DONE! Right? Ohhhh soooo wroooong! ;-) I started out with a completely different image in mind - I had picked up this neat little India-themed elephant last fall at a stamp expo, and had planned to use that. I tried. It just wasn't happening. I actually pulled out this MFT Serenity
Now set because I thought I might find a suitable sentiment to go with the elephant in it - I was thinking I might use "namaste" - but when the elephant started giving me trouble I just threw him in the rubbish bin and decided to make this a yoga card! The entire process just took wayyy longer than it may sound from that description. Doesn't help that it was in the wee hours when non-crazy people are sleeping and perhaps my creative juices aren't
flowing as well as they should. Plus I kept finding myself distracted by Facebook or blogs - example, I clicked on Reader to scroll down to Jenn's blog, to see what she had done with the sketch - next thing I know I'm looking at
Ali Edwards' blog, which lately seems to make me quite teary (she just has *the sweetest* new baby girl and it's making me long for those days with Courtney - it feels like Courtney's first year went by in the blink of an eye and I somehow missed it - but anyway - see how easily I get sidetracked?!?!) and then I actually read some of her comments because I was curious, and next thing I know I'm reading some woman's creative writing blog and a story about her son and how it surprised her that others think of him as "disabled" - which of course also made me teary - so there you go. That pretty much sums up why it can take me HOURS to create a card!! Oh but fyi - in the end I do love this card. :-) Thanks for stopping by today!
- Stamps: Serenity Now from My Favorite Things
- Paper: Always Artichoke, Elegant Eggplant, BG Marrakech, DCWV Once Upon a Time, BG Archaic, GP white
- Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Copics for coloring, Always Artichoke for sponging
- Accessories: Spellbinders die, Cuttlebug textile folder, K&Co embellishments and bling, satin ribbon
Holy chakras, Batman - you would not believe the effort it took to create this card!!! It should have been simple enough - I had the colors taken care of from this week's Color Throwdown - Tempting Turquoise, Elegant Eggplant & my choice of green - LOVE this combo!! The sketch came from the fabulous Jenn Balcer, this week's Weekend Sketch Challenge. All I had to do was grab some paper, embellishments, stamp an image, slap it together, DONE! Right? Ohhhh soooo wroooong! ;-) I started out with a completely different image in mind - I had picked up this neat little India-themed elephant last fall at a stamp expo, and had planned to use that. I tried. It just wasn't happening. I actually pulled out this MFT Serenity 
Now set because I thought I might find a suitable sentiment to go with the elephant in it - I was thinking I might use "namaste" - but when the elephant started giving me trouble I just threw him in the rubbish bin and decided to make this a yoga card! The entire process just took wayyy longer than it may sound from that description. Doesn't help that it was in the wee hours when non-crazy people are sleeping and perhaps my creative juices aren't
flowing as well as they should. Plus I kept finding myself distracted by Facebook or blogs - example, I clicked on Reader to scroll down to Jenn's blog, to see what she had done with the sketch - next thing I know I'm looking at Ali Edwards' blog, which lately seems to make me quite teary (she just has *the sweetest* new baby girl and it's making me long for those days with Courtney - it feels like Courtney's first year went by in the blink of an eye and I somehow missed it - but anyway - see how easily I get sidetracked?!?!) and then I actually read some of her comments because I was curious, and next thing I know I'm reading some woman's creative writing blog and a story about her son and how it surprised her that others think of him as "disabled" - which of course also made me teary - so there you go. That pretty much sums up why it can take me HOURS to create a card!! Oh but fyi - in the end I do love this card. :-) Thanks for stopping by today!
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Beautiful card! I love the colors. I am glad to know that someone else is easily distracted as I am.
ReplyDeleteGreat card Libby! You are definitely not alone when it comes to distractions - sometimes it takes me hours to find my way back when I'm blurfing! ~chris
ReplyDeleteOh dear...I am easily distracted, all my free time just gets frittered away on blogs, too. So we all need to take your card's advice and take a deep breath! This card has such interesting embellishments! Quite unique, and it all works together nicely with the color challenge! Thanks for playing and get some sleep! :D (Sometimes easier said than done, huh!?)
ReplyDeleteLeAnne
Yep, I get distracted, too! LOVE your card! Those embellishments are terrific! Thanks for playing the Throwdown!
ReplyDeleteOh, happens to me all the time! Your card came out amazing though, so it was worth the effort! Thanks so much for playing the CTD!
ReplyDeleteWhat, me, sidetracked??? LOL, yep, happens to a lot of us, apparently.
ReplyDeleteBut your card is fabulous!! Makes me want to relaaaaaaaaaaaaxxxxxxxxxxx right now! Thanks for playing the Throwdown! Hope to see you next time!
This card turned out gorgeous! I love the way you pulled it together! Great job!
ReplyDeleteThat is the funniest commentary and it sounds so much like me!! I love how your card turned out!! Sorry I'm so late in commenting!!
ReplyDeleteI love how random you are, Libby. :) I do the *same* thing!!! I love your card and think it's fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteINcredible! My cousin Shealagh is a Yoga instructor. She would flip for this! I can tell it was a labour of love. The way you have everything laid out is astonishingly incredibly beautiful. WOWZA! :O)
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