Raining!
We did get our hour long walk in this morning which was good because it started
to rain right after lunch and it’s still raining – more like a drizzle but a
cold drizzle. This afternoon I went back to work on the ‘quilt-from-H!!!’ and
it’s actually turning out all right now. The main part of the quilt, without
borders is made up of 120 6 ½” squares. Yikes. This quilt is huge and it calls
for 6 ½” borders yet! Thinking of trying to quilt it on my small domestic
sewing machine and all I do is shudder!
Today’s
card was made with the Christmas ornament die set from Stampin’ Up and Tim
Holtz Christmas greenery dies.
This
is very glittery! The ornament was die cut from thick glitter paper and was
then glued to thin glitter paper. The snowflake background was created by
stamping this Hero Arts stamp (another thrift store find) over and over and
then small individual snowflakes and dots stamped anywhere there was too much
white space. I love creating my own paper. The trouble with this one, even
though I liked it, it was too busy for the ornament and I wanted the ornament
to be the focal point. The solution – glue a piece of blue velum over the top.
Liked it better but it was too blah for me so I splattered white paint over it –
much better! The greenery was die cut and then white acrylic paint was dabbed
on and then glittered while still wet.
The sentiment is a peel-off. As I look at the photo I see the branches
do not go right to the edge of the card. Darn. I may have to add one to hide
that. Joe just shakes his head when I show him something like that and say I
have to fix it. He says the person who gets the card is not going to care…well,
I care! I want it done correctly.
That’s
all for a cold, drizzly Tuesday, 2016-11-23
Cheers
Violet
Don’t
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let me know. Thanks.
I'm a detailed oriented person too Violet... No matter how gorgeous the card is .. if i noticed something wrong it would bug me.. and i'd have to fix it... lol I'm in the middle of painting that blue focal point wall at the front entrance and i'm using a one inch flat artist brush to edge it all in...hubby just shakes his head ....lol
ReplyDeleteWow that quilt does sound like a bear.... I don't think i'd ever have the patience to quilt .... Pillows and Totebags thats what i aspire to with my sewing machine...:) I'm sure it will be beautiful Violet and well worth the effort in the end... Hugs! deb