Thursday 7 July 2011

Oh Dear!

So you know when you start thinking of a design for a card?
You plan it all in your head? You Start working on everything.... You put it all together..... and it looks TERRIBLE!

This... is one of those cards! *sigh* I spent ages on it last night and it was awful.. annoyingly I had left things late anyway so I couldn't creat another card so had to post it to the intended recipient this morning.. I was tempted to sign it anonomous ;)

But I thought I would share it with you lovely people anyway!

 So here it is! See what I mean?
Looking at it I wonder if I could have done with making the cake a bit larger? I don't know... Its too later now anyway! But there you go! I followed the colour scheme provided at Colour Q this week. Check out the awesome picture below.

I also used the sketch that was provided by Clean & Simple Sunday Challenge. Check out the sketch below!

Its just a shame about the output! Darn! The cake and the sentiment are both from Pink Petticoat. I used plain card for all the elements from Paper Mill Direct and just matted on to black card from my local craft shop.

I coloured elements of the cake with my green sakura jelly roll pen as you can see from the picture on the right. I didn't want to colour the whole thing in... just give it that little hint of colour!

The one thing I do LOVE though is my awesome new watermark from the wonderful Doodle Pantry... I've been wanting something new for a while and I finally decided to get an awesome creation from Laurie! Yay!

Anyway let me show you the awesome inspiration photo and sketch:


I'd quite like that clock in my house please! Reminds me of something from the Big Bang Theory hehehe!

Anyway, thanks for looking!

The Card Ingredients


Stamps: From the Big Fella Collection by Pink Petticoat

Inks and things: Sakura jelly roll pen
 
Papers: card from Paper Mill Direct

Odds and Sods: Card Candy

7 comments:

  1. Oh, Jennie! You remind me so much of me! I think your card looks great. I'm thinking that you aren't keen on the orange though and that it is out of your usual style. I like it but more muted colors is more my comfort zone!

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  2. Hi Jennie, Sorry you don't like your card, but glad you posted it. I think this is a fun card and you used the colors very well. I am sure the recipient will love it and appreciate all the effort you took to make it. Thanks for joining us at the ColourQ this week.

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  3. Oh Jennie, it's good to know that happens to others too! I'm definitely a quick-ish crafter if I just do my own layout (normally one of a few that I favour!) but think and change my mind too often when I'm trying to adhere to a sketch or a challenge! Your card looks great! Susie

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  4. We are all too hard on ourselves sometimes. A fun card which I'm sure will be appreciated. My computer is slowly dying so not around much at the mo.....hopefully it will be better soon! Cheers Claire x

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  5. Well I think it's fab! Love the colours! Love 'n' hugs, Mel xx

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  6. I think it's still a fun card, although I know EXACTLY what you mean when the thought in my head does not translate to the card! Someone will enjoy it! Thanks for playing with the CQC this week!

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  7. I think you're being way too hard on yourself, Jennie! But I know exactly how that goes, when you have an idea that doesn't turn out as expected. Still, you've done a great job with these colors, which are perfect for a cheerful birthday card. I'm sure the recipient will appreciate your thoughtfulness. Thanks for joining us at the ColourQ this week!

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