Hello my stamping friends, you are my people, you share the same struggles and joys when it comes to card making. And today I need my people! I made an ugly card! And I left it in the video! Because I know you understand. And, I get beauty is in the eye of the beholder, but my eyes could not see the beauty in this card. Be sure to watch today's video and see what I did to turn this card around. How I saved it and reused parts destined for the trash. And ended up with a smile on my face too.
This is episode 3 of my May Stamp Set of the Month series, Painted Peonies. I'd love to know what you think of my vintage inspired card and your tales of cards gone wrong too!
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Now let's take a closer look at the vintage inspired card I made.
This is the card and tag I ended up with, made from the ugly card. The ugly version is in the video. The one thing going wrong in the ugly card was that the background was too busy for the large flower arrangement I was going for. To combat that I use vellum over my hand stamped background, which is a lot less busy than the first background. Also, my sentiment was too small on the first card, it did not stand out much. So I aded a Hot Foiled sentiment to this card for a sentiment that can grab your attention.
To give my projects a vintage feel I added touches of gold. These flower stamps are layering stamps, meaning you use 2 or 3 stamps, stamping them on top of each other in different colors to get more detail and dimension. I used a golden yellow and a light golden brown for my first two layers on these flowers. For the third layer I embossed with gold. I thought that was a very fun vintage touch.
This coordinating tag actually used the background from the UGLY card and it works here because it is a small piece. My card today is a 5" x 7" card and it was just too big and too much for my card background.
I love that I was able to use the elements I did not love together and make something I am happy with. I hope you are inspired to do the same thing. Thanks you so much for watching and letting me share my cards with you.
Below you will find all the supplies I used to make today's projects.
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