With some cards, I have the idea and it is only a hop, skip & jump (or cut, stamp and glue) to the final card.
Other times, it.is.a.process! When I am searching for my muse, it can come from leftovers on my bench, a color combination that is particularly fetching, a paper pattern or even a tool or supply that I have been wanting to experiment with. With this card it was almost all of the above!
I revisited the bleach technique… this has such a “batik” look about it. Then I had a little exploration with one of the Twitterpated paper patterns – resulting in the wide strip the ribbon is woven through. Me likeeeeee! (The details about this are in yesterday’s post…) The striped pattern and the envelope liner are also patterns in the Twitterpated collection, so while they are quite different patterns, the basic gray color in all of them pulls this into a cohesive design.
The rest of the story…. This card is headed out the door. One of my cousins (well, all of them in this branch of the family tree) is very musical and plays the fiddle in a local band. I LOVE to shop on Etsy (www.etsy.com) and came across this little gem from a gal in Germany (her shop is “miniblings“)! How adorable is this? The violin case is just perfect. The violin is actually a brooch (pin on the back). My ‘cuz will be so surprised!! Love it!
Until next time…Keep Calm and Find Yourself a Rubber Stamp!
