Wednesday, March 4, 2009

To post...

...or not to post? That is the question! LOL!

Do you ever work on a card for a while and just get more and more frustrated as the minutes tick by...and when you're finished you're not so happy with it but feel that you've spent so much time on it that you have to do something with it?! Well, this is one of *those* cards! Hopefully it isn't that it is so bad...it's just that I've grown tired of looking at it already! Sometimes it is good to walk away and try again later!

I wanted to make a more elegant St. Patrick's Day card, so I started with the poem from the set, Luck of the Irish, and a sheet of Sugardrop paper, both from i {heart} papers. I sponged the paper edges with River Rock ink and backed it with black...one of my all-time favorite color combos (I loved River Rock SO much and hated to see it retire). I stamped the small clover twice and punched them out with a 1/2 inch circle punch, then adhered them to build-a-brads to accent each horizontal element of the design.

I was pretty happy with things up to that point. I played around with several options for an accent for the bottom of the focal image because without something there it felt a little naked, and that was the part that got me frustrated. Finally I settled on a harmonizing prima...it isn't exactly what I was hoping for but was the best the options I had available...and now I'm just hoping that the look is gonna grow on me. We'll see!

13 comments:

  1. Well I think it's a very lovely card and I'm SURE GLAD you posted it!!! Love the poem too!

    Yes, I had one of "those" cards myself today (my blog post reads about like yours...Ha!...must be the moon or something)

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  2. Girl, I go through that ALL the time! This turned out fabulous though!! I love it!!

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  3. Happens to me all the time too! You just gotta stop yourself and move on. This looks great to me. And yes, I always post them even if I don't like them.

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  4. I do it too :) Your card is really pretty! I love the colors and the elegance of it and I love the prima too :)

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  5. It's lovely Deb. I struggled with this sketch too. It was fairly "busy" but still needed something to me.

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  6. I think that this is lovely. TFS!

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  7. Yes, I know what you mean...I think I've thrown some away!! TEEHE!! :) But I really think this is so adorable and I'm glad you DID post!! I love the green tones and the flowers look fab!! TFS!

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  8. I think we all have those moments - but I like the simplicity of this card (even though you didn't find it simple to do)which makes it very elegant.

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  9. LOL Deb, more like, who hasn't been there!!! :)

    I think you did a fine job!! Looks great to me!!

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  10. Aaawwwww!!! Deb, it's amazing and elegant - just like you!

    *mwah*

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  11. I think your card is beautiful. I'm pretty sure that most of us have had one of "those" kinds of days before. I like looking at it. :)

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  12. I think it's a wonderful elegant card. Love that prima, and love the black against the river rock.

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