I started making this on Tuesday, because I was excited by LeAnn's Color Challenge. I did not plan on making this a swing card, I really just wanted it to be a CAS card, but...the elements (those flowers!) didn't agree to be in a CAS card no matter how much I tried to wrangle them...I put it away, but went back to it last night after seeing Sabrina's bug challenge. The butterfly didn't agree to be in a CAS card either, so I relented. It's funny how quickly the flowers and butterfly came together after I decided that this will be a swing card...(**shaking my head**)
So the front says, "You are..." and the inside (check out the inset) says: "Braver than you believe, Stronger than you seem, Smarter than you think, and Loved more than you know." It's a quote by A.A. Milne in Winnie the Pooh.
Thank you to LeAnn and Sabrina for the challenges! Thank you for looking and reading my ramblings. I'll go clean up the mess I made from making this card.
Date: Thursday, February 25, 2021 GMT Views: 1467
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131398
Fri, Feb 26, 2021 @ 12:19 AM
But don't cards that have a mind of their own always turn out well, once we stop trying to force them somewhere else! I know that must cards don't wuite match what we might have envisaged when we started and it's a wonderful surprise when the vision and the result match; but there definitely are some that have a mind of their own and just come together. The so-soft colouring of the butterfly is beautiful, and pairs so well with your pretty Spring posy.
Registered: June 3, 2006 Location: In my "She Shed Tornado Shelter" Posts: 4010
Fri, Feb 26, 2021 @ 2:16 PM
Lol Gem, your post gave me a chuckle, I have felt your pain before! Like you I often walk away and come back to it! However, you have created an over the top design here and successfully combined two challenges, I call that 'IMPRESSIVE'! Love the swing fold too! Beautiful, Beautiful, thank you for not giving up, it was worth all the work!