Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Scrappy Mom's Terrific Tuesday Challenge #1

DONE! Whew! Ever have one of those projects that just keeps going wrong? This was it for me. The challenge was to use the Birthday Bash cartridge. Not a problem, I have that one. I really wanted to use the stamp as the card base. CHECK I looked through the booklet and found the main cut that I wanted to do. CHECK! Oh look, I could use the Imagine and use the Hopscotch pattern cartridge, it has a cloud background. That would be cute behind the bird and banner I chose. CHECK! So after choosing everything, the sizing wasn't quite right, but after a little fiddling I think it is going to all work out. CHECK! I print and cut everything, but the clouds don't look right against the stark white card base. Hmm.. I could print it on kraft and that would be great, but I only have 8.5 x 11 kraft and it wont fit. If I make the base any smaller, the clouds piece will be too big, and maybe even the bird and banner. Hmm... At this point, I gently remind myself that it is just a card and no one is desparately counting on this one card. So I shrink the card base and recut it on kraft. Then I trim the cloud piece and re corner chomp it. CHECK! So now I go to assemble the bird and banner and manage to rip a flag from it, great! So I tilt the bird and banner so that it fits a little better. CHECK! Now for the sentiment. I look through mine (sorry, I dont have any Scrappy Mom's stamps yet!) and decide against the one's that say Happy bird-day or You're tweet, etc and decide to use the Hoo-ray for you! I'm thinking I can send the card to my cousin who is recovering from a serious car accident. Just as a stamp it, I think, wait this isn't an owl! It doesn't say Hoo. Oh well. It's just a card - a cute card. CHECK!




You might be thinking, why did I go on and on about this silly card? I don't know, maybe I just wanted to show you that we all have those days when it just doesn't go just right. Maybe I'm tired, but I don't want to go to bed. Maybe I'm bummed bc dear hubby called to say he won't be home tomorrow because the airports are being shut down because of weather. I don't know, but I did and you read it. LOL A very good scrapping buddy of mine is fond of saying "Done is done!"



Darlene

13 comments:

  1. LOL, Darlene - I feel your pain! That seems to be me almost everytime I craft! I always say I'm not going to spend more that 30-45 mins on a card and wind up spenting over an hour! Your card turned out ADORABLE! I didn't even think anything about the "Hoo" until you said it - I just thought "hooray". Thank you so much for playing along with us at Scrappy Moms Stamps! :)

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  2. I have many a nights like that. ESP with the IMAGINE lol. Even with things not turning out the way you wanted, Your card is super duper cute. I think you did a fab job! Hopefully your husband gets home soon. Im without mine for another week :(.
    Thanks for joining us this week At Scrappy Moms Stamps Darlene.

    Meriah

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  3. Love this birdie with the banner

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  4. This is so cute! I love the cloud background! Thanks for joining us for the first challenge!
    Lauren

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  5. Well...I must say...after all you went through....your card is ADORABLE!!! I have so been there =) Thanks for playing in the Scrappy Mom's challenge!!!

    hugs,
    Sarah

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  6. your card is adorable! you know what they say...no pain, no gain! lol! thanks for playing with us...I hope this didn't scare off and that you'll play again!
    liz :o)

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  8. Darlene...your day sounds just like mine. I completed a card this morning but wanted to make a little tweak...ended up ripping my Cricut cut in half and ahad to start over!

    Your card is adorable....I love the cloud paper!

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  9. Very cute card Darlene... I love that banner and background. You did such a great job!! Thanks for joining us!

    ♥Tammy

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  10. LOL!! Oh thank you for this! I had one of these days just this past weekend and ended up taking the entire card apart and starting over so I needed this! :) And you are right, it really is still a cute card :)

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  11. I live this little bird! Too cute! Love the cloud paper! Great job! I am now a follower!

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