Inspiration: Mojo Monday #528 + Little Red Wagon #544 (mix products from various companies)
This card was a long time coming. I colored this image back sometime around the holidays or mid-January and it's been set aside since, waiting to be transformed into a card. I will usually pull out patterned papers or a color combo before I color an image, but this time, I just went where inspiration took me. Afterwards, I found some Graphic 45 papers from a collection called Halloween in Wonderland. A couple of the pages are Halloween-themed, but the rest is more generic and so I had put those aside to go with the colored image. Can't say why the supplies yet still remained there for so long before I finally did something with it, but tonight was the night.
While this imposed hibernation period we're going through has its challenge, I will admit that being a real homebody, it doesn't change my personal routine as much as it does for others. I'm looking at it as a lot of time that can be dedicated to crafting. I also see it as a good occasion to push the pause button on buying craft supplies. I know a lot of stores are still shipping, but I have to admit I have felt a little overwhelmed by my craft stash in the past. A lot of time is spent managing it, so I'm curious to see how much how a dent I can make in it, so that is where my focus is going right now.
I layered a few papers from the collection and I used a scrap from a Echo Park paper used earlier today on a scrapbook page, that happened to match my coloring of the little tag on the bottle and also brightened up the card a bit. I added a Champagne glimmer paper folk heart underneath and a few enamel dots. I finished it off with a ribbon bow.
I should mention the Oddball image was pretty big, so I went up a size with my card base, making it 4-1/2" x 6". Hence, the handmade envelope to go with it, using the same paper collection for it. The sentiment reads, "Here's a little something..."
Supplies
Stamps: Oddball Alice in Wonderland (Stamping Bella); Pensées pour toi (Sending You Thoughts - Stampin' Up!)
Cardstock: Fresh Fig, Crumb Cake, Whisper White (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Tuxedo Black (Memento); Fresh Fig, Pretty Peacock (Stampin' Up!)
Patterned Papers: Halloween in Wonderland (Graphic 45)
Accessories: Pencils (Prismacolor); Grape Crush Enamel Dots (Your Next Stamp);
Bundle of Joy Enamel Dots (Echo Park); Old Olive Scallop Dots Ribbon, Stampin' Dimensionals,
Champagne Glimmer Paper, Envelope Punch Board, Stitched So Sweetly Dies (Stampin' Up!);
Folk Hearts Dies (Essentials by Ellen); Stitched Ric Rac Die-namics (My Favorite Things)
What a fantastic stamp! Great card! Thanks for joining us at Little Red Wagon.
Posted by: JanR | April 13, 2020 at 15:32