You see, I have BIG ideas. This approach leads to great stress issues for me. Because, 9 out of 10 times, I become a cautionary tale for 'grand ideas'. Not that there's anything wrong with big ideas! It's just that I can't quite get the things in my head to appear in real life. At the end of the day, I've had to accept the realities of life, such as there IS such a thing as too much scor-tape, there ARE things that Un-Du solvent simply CAN'T 'undu', and women who attempt manslaughter on their husbands always get caught.
Wait...scratch that last one. It belonged in another diatribe.
But at the end of this project, I can tell you that I learned the most important lesson that ANYONE can learn, when it comes to art and 'big ideas'.
And that is, at some point, you WILL finish that sucker. heh heh
Okay...on to the recipe. I used flower soft and the memory box tree leaf die to create the flower patches. The butterflies are from memory box and the rabbit is from Impression Obsession. The campfire was made using 3 birds from the bird punch from SU! and 2 word window punches, also from SU! The tent is covered in sticky canvas and inked with Brushed Corduroy and brown thread stands in for the lines. I made a small flap for the campfire and rabbit to aid in them being able to fold flat.
Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 GMT Views: 901
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Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Tue, Jul 29, 2014 @ 8:26 PM
Love your story. But even more your very cool camping card..WOWZERS...way to go girl on sticking with that big idea. It sure was worth it. so many neat things you have going on...like the awesome bird-tail fire...oh that sounds not nice...crafty tho...and the cute bunnies and grass, and super tent..even with the strings...all the pics are super...into my favs....whew...rest well tonight now ....:0)...TFS
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Tue, Jul 29, 2014 @ 9:03 PM
This one is phenomenal Carmen! Love all the photos you took of it too! I have to agree on how clever to make a fire with the bird punch and love all the flowers and grasses! I also love that it folds into a suitcase. Into favorites it goes!
Registered: September 24, 2008 Location: Victoria, Australia Posts: 6835
Sat, Aug 09, 2014 @ 6:00 AM
What an AWESOME card! I love your story behind it and thanks for links on how to make the various elements. Congratulations on being a weekly SCS Favourite :-)