Hi! This card was made for today's Stampin' B's Challenge of making a Mother's Day Card, and today's Way's To Use it Challenge: Use Chipboard.
Well, I'm the "Cheapest Woman Alive." (Not sure I LIKE that name, but Big Grand-daddy gave it to me when my grandmother passed away.) She was the Cheapest Woman of ALL TIME! She saved EVERYTHING and repurposed everything. She had a cereal box that went from holding cereal to being a Barbie King Size Bed, then cut down to create two magazine holders and then used as shims when the holders got a bit crushed! She used the lining as WAX paper! And she reused that for months! After it was torn and pretty GROSS, she turned it into fire starters! Seriously, the woman was AMAZINGLY thirfty!)
I do not have a stash of chipboard. In the printing industry, the term "chipboard" is used for the piece of heavy backing on a scratch paper pad, or pad of paper. In crafting, it is sometimes thicker... However, I DO have a BUNCH of USED USPS FlatRate envelopes that I save if I need a substitute for chipboard! So, I ran the envelopes through the Big Shot with the new Tim Holtz Label dies. I did this two times, to have 2 sets so that I could layer them to get a thicker appearance. Next, I cut them all in half and taped them together. (I have photos on my blog!)
The lily was stamped in Chartreuse Palette Ink colored in with Colored Pencils. I used Odorless Mineral Spirits and a blending stump to blend and highlight.
The image was cut out and adhered with a pop dot.
Finished card size: 5" square
Total time to complete: 23 minutes
Registered: April 19, 2006 Location: Waterford, WI Posts: 20540
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 @ 8:20 AM
I love your card, but I am not sure you can hold court as the Queen of Cheap. My mother was just like your grandmother and I learned well. And yes, I save all the backs of scratch pads, legal pads and the like. A former employee who left a couple years ago and moved just sent me a card in with a package of "backs" that she had been saving. We both got a good laugh. I already have a reputation with the new office girl. We call it resourcefulness. It's a good thing.
Registered: October 12, 2007 Location: Arizona Posts: 70698
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 @ 8:57 AM
Love your card! I stared at it for several minutes taking in all its uniqueness and admiring the creativity. Then I read your story. Loved hearing about your grandmother. Makes your card all the more special. TFS
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105272
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 @ 10:21 AM
This lily is gorgeous! I love your coloring, the row of embossed dots at the btm, everything!! Lovely!!
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132004
Thu, Apr 29, 2010 @ 12:54 PM
I love your lily, and the ribbon between the brads.
My dad is a bit like your grandmother was - I don't think he ever throws anything away in case it might be useful. And then he complains about the amount of junk in the house, LOL.