I am STILL trying to beat this cold. I thought I was over it 'till I got to work yesterday and I sit down to do a set of nails and my nose starts running....
Figures.....
I haven't stamped a thing this week - in fact I can't remember when I actually made the card I'm about to show y'all.
I made this one along with a couple others (that I'm saving to share another day - maybe I will actually get another post up tomorrow and surprise y'all by posting two days in a row *wink*!!) - and had them all in Photoshop to edit and add my watermark.
Well the program stayed open for a few days as I tend to work on things when I get a spare minute here and there - and that's not necessarily a good thing when you have a PC that runs Vista (insert major grumbling here).
My computer re-started itself to "install updates" (those of you in my boat with this horrid Vista know EXACTLY what I'm talking about!!) - so I of course lost all the editing and whatnot I'd done in Photoshop and had to re-do it all!
And now - even though I didn't think it was possible to hate Vista even MORE - I finally re-edited the pics and SAVED them so I can finally post something for you guys!!
Here's my Balloon Trevor card:
Sadly I had a hard time with the orange - usually it's bright pinks (and generally reds) that I have a hard time getting a crisp shot with - turns out orange is in the same boat.
Anywho - the patterned paper is more clearance MME papers from my stash that need to be used up or given away since they're retired (I prefer to use up!!) - and I thought the colors on them would work perfectly for a boy card.
I stamped Trevor onto CCD White cardstock with Memento Black ink, then colored him in with Copics.
And I did write down which Copics I used (on a sticky note! And put it with the card just so I could post it here! Some days I AM that good - ROFLOL!!) - so here they are:
COPICS USED:
E50, E51, R20, E25, E27, E29, R27, R29, B93, B95, B97, W00, W1, W3, W5, YR04, YR07
I used one of the Mega Curved Rectangles dies to cut him out (and I think that was the first time I've used one of that shape since I got them how many months ago?? I really need to get in my craft room more often - there is WAY too much in here that goes unused!), and then punched a couple of holes with my MM Ribbon Slot Punch to thread the ribbon through (bow tying video HERE <----click!).
The little baubles in the lower left corner are from Stamping Bella.
The sentiment is from my Birthday Sentiments set. This particular one is on one line - but I inked up one part at a time and stamped the 'Happy' above the 'Birthday' so that I could punch it out with a circle punch and then adhere it with a foam dimensional.
And it looks blurry (if you click on any of theses pics they pop-up larger in a separate window - that seems to help!) but isn't in real life - but I stamped another sentiment from the Birthday Sentiments set onto orange cardstock then punched it out with SU!'s Key Tag Punch.
I added a couple of strips of patterned paper to the inside of the card, then adhered the punched sentiment and that finished it off :o)
