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Response regarding washed kleenex. Although this is not strictly about disaster cards, it does affect one's mood during a project. The first and second and may other times this happened, I dutifully picked all the kleenex off each article of clothing before drying. One day I flipped out and threw the whole mess in the dryer. I had previously thought I might light the kleenex on fire if I put the kleenexy clothes in the dryer. Guess what? The kleenex did not light up, but managed to find its way to the lint container all by itself!!! All that wasted time picking.
Last edited by Thornhillnana; 02-15-2012 at 01:16 PM..
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Sometimes I get clutsy during card making. I usually know it and do the card in stages. I definitely don't glue the card bits together when I get this way. Usually laying the bits & pieces on my work surface, saying good night to it, and going to sleep resolves my clutsiness. Next morning I step up to the work surface and whip it up without distress. I attribute part of the clutsiness to mental fatigue. At least that 's my excuse and I am sticking to that (hee hee)!
A few years ago, I mailed off my Christmas cards. I never make the same one twice, and I do forget who gets which. Christmas comes, and I'm at my brother's. He's raving about the card, telling me how special what I wrote was, and how thoughtful it was. I'm thinking to myself - I usually just write "Merry Christmas, see you soon!" He then says that it looks like I forgot about it, so he takes the card down off the shelf and hands it back to me. I open it; it is completely blank! To this day, I wonder how many blank cards I sent out that year....
As to the op - I feel your pain. Got lots of crafty mistakes under my belt. Hope the final assembly goes well!
I do this intentionally (usually include a Christmas letter or separate paper) so the recipient can resend it, if they want.
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Been there, done that - every issue that's been mentioned. But never had heard of 'tissue schnibbles' before and love that description (and certainly know what it means). Running a glue stick over the tape to make it temporarily repositionable is another new one - so glad to know of that. I do just partially pull the backing off a bit and make an 'ear' so I can get ahold of the backing to completely remove it once the piece is in position, but sometimes the 'ears' throw judgment off. Will try the glue stick method. Great thread!
It doesn't matter what age you are (I am in my 70's) mistakes still happen. My latest was cutting my finger and not noticing the blood. I tried to remove it with a damp tissue but couldn't remove it fully so just wrote a note of apology and said I had made the card with my lifes blood and that it was unique!
I spend quite a bit of time coloring an image for a card. I decided to stamp Happy Birthday right on the CS with the image. Dropped the ink pad and smudge the card. Had to stamp a new image and color that.
I quilt as well as paper-crafting - one afternoon, I was trying to quickly create a card, and I dropped the black inkpad on a red and cream quilt that I had just finished making.... My friends have offered numerous "fixes" for it, but I think I'm going to leave it that way for a little longer, as a reminder to myself that rushing never accomplishes good things!
I tell DH all the time, it is not my job to clean out YOUR pockets. I do the laundry. hence the pens, checkbook, wallet, shotgun shells, and cell phone, have gone through the washer. *sigh*
While I have had things go wrong daily, I never had a total mess-up on a card until today---is this post a jinx? I was making a pop-up shamrock card which is basically circular. I made the base with the same layer on both the front and the back and then proceeded to adhere the shamrock inside. That took me three tries to get it in the right spot so it would close and pop up as it should. So far not too bad. The I stamped the front (or so I thought) and got it arranged just perfectly with just the right amount of space for the greeting. Once I got the greeting stamped, I realized it was crocked---not just a little, but a whole lot as I had my circular card nearly sideways. Managed to pull it off, cut another decorative circle, adhered to match the back piece---only took 2 times--restamped being careful to get the greeting lined up with the top of the card. When I sat back to enjoy the card, I had done all the stamping on the back piece, not the front (both times, no less) so the shamrock in the inside was totally upside down. Decided the easiest thing was to switch the front and back pieces so that when the card was opened, the shamrock would be right side up. The back piece came off pretty smoothly, but the front piece (with all the stamping) tore as I was pulling it off. Soooo, I cut another piece and redid it making sure that the back piece that I took off the front was adhered to the back so my new piece would go on the front where it belonged. Whew! Think it's done correctly now, but I wasn't sure that one would ever get done. Glad I knew while all this was going on that it was part of the game! TFS everyone.
Momma said there'll be days like this, there'll be days like this my momma said.
I've lost count of the number of times I've cut on edge of the cardstock, then turned it and cut the same measurement, so I end up with 8.5 x 8.5 instead of 8.5 x 11.
I've assembled a few cards upside down, dropped my ink pad, put things on crooked, etc. The dumbest one was forgetting to move my ink pad before opening the card to stamp the inside sentiment and laying my completed card front on the pad. :rolleyes:
I've assembled a few cards upside down, dropped my ink pad, put things on crooked, etc. The dumbest one was forgetting to move my ink pad before opening the card to stamp the inside sentiment and laying my completed card front on the pad. :rolleyes:
Ouch!
__________________ "I have not failed . I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work" --Thomas A. Edison
Last night I attached a clear stamp to a block backwards, with the image stuck to the block. Stamped it and was like, What happened? Then looked, DER!!! :rolleyes: Not always best to stamp when tired!
Also getting an apron to wear while stamping. Dropped an ink pad on some of my good jeans more than once! I is messy!
Oh my goodness do I feel better after reading through all these posts! I have committed almost every single one of these accidents! I am a total klutz. If there is a way to mess it up I will surely do it! My favorite post has got to be this one:
A gal made a very elaborate anniversary card for her friend. Loads of fancy techniques, intricate die cuts, embellishments, the works. She was so thrilled with how it turned out.
Then......when she signed the inside of the card, she spelled her own name wrong!
Oh dear me, I have laughed so hard I am crying...could've been me!!
I just learned how to resize an envelope. So I resized an envelope to fit a small card, but then I had to resize the card because the envelope was too small.
Also, I was cutting cardstock to playing card size for valentines, and wasted a bunch by cutting it too small.
