Hiho!
I'll be here when I make it here from now on for a while.
Closing on the house went like clockwork and now the real fun begins.
My busy weeks have begun.
So I thought I would go ahead and post my card for Sunday Postcard Art this week. Marion is hosting and her theme is ALL THINGS ALICE. SPA was forced to move to blogspot when Wordpress just locked them out. I knew they were closing the free sites and another friend got same treatment. So I wanted to get my card in to show solidarity for continuing on in our new place.
Now the materials I've used are simple. I happen to have Yana's Crafting Etsy's Alice in Wonderland Complete Digital Collection and found this image in the papers. I added the text, the top line was created in PSE and the quote is included in the collection. I love her expression. I've always been fascinated by the story. I never snapped to any of the drug imagery as a preteen when I first read it. But Lord Howdy, it's there!
I printed out the focal image and found a green that went well for the 4x6 base, then I glued them together. And then scanned it back into the computer to share. Ha! I really resisted the urge to tweak anything because I love those vintage-y shades as is.
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Birthday card for a sister-in-law. Recollections card base. The label going across with the Stampin' Up sentiment stamped on it is a Cuttlebug embossable die that I ran a green ink pad or a Promarker maybe to darken the raised areas. Other than that, all Spellbinders. The cover plate cuts out the oval for me (I cut another in white), then I used a coordinating stamp for the flowers, stamping in both directions. Colored with Promarkers. I used a yummy golden SU card stock for the cover plate.
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I have a cowgirl girlfriend who met her hubby at The Crosby Stomp about 45 minutes north of me, back in high school. Many of us went sometimes. It was on Saturday nights and in a tiny little shack - when they played the music it shook, when the dancing began it shook more. Just an old time country and western dancehall where you do could the Cotton-Eyed Joe, the Two-Step and The Country Walz. So I figured this theme would work for her. I was at a loss otherwise.
There's a lot on this card. The inchies on the vertical band are Queen's Dresser Drawers stamps and I colored them and cut them with a Spellbinders postage die. The card base is Kraft, the next light yellow layer is Recollections, then kraft again, then some Farmhouse dp (also top layer of the vertical band). The floor is a Scrollswork stamp and both the dancing ladies and the sentiment above their heads are Art Impressions. An Amazon Happy Birthday vertical die cut on the left.
And the sketch I abused, tilting to its side and stretching it to an A9 half sheet card.
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Okay, so thanks for visiting and I hope you have a great week.
Until next time,
XOX
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