Ladies...what another very fun week in the challenges! Thank the CAS (Humor), CC (Springy colors), and the WT (4-4 use 4). Lisa, I was intrigued with your call to use 4 somethings. I ventured back into my gallery to see cards I had used in fourths. It was fun and a few ideas popped into that gray matter of mine. Funny, I have a few stamps of small children, young girls, and women together. First I was going in one direction, but as often happens with me, I veered!
I've had this B Line Designs 'Fountain of Women' for many years. I love it. I've used it with Red, Blue (it was a Moxie Fab choice), Purple, and now Green...I'll be working my way through the color wheel for years! But I needed 4 somethings...and then it hit me, Kathleen's Humor challenge at the CAS...I could finally use my Gypsy Rose Lee quote and a fantastic Art Impressions woman.
Now...I've mostly covered woman #1's bum in earlier cards with different things I'm wearing, tattoo,red..., one word. And that's where my Yoga posing woman comes in...but she is a left facing image. No problem...I'll just use my Reverse Image stamp...except I can't locate. Here's how I overcame that slight detail. Stamped it onto one of my large acrylic blocks. Then stamped that image onto my paper...FOUR times in order to get her workout outfit correct. And her left arm covers the aforementioned bum! The lovely young women were paper pieced with My Mind's Eye lovely green patterned papers.
The joke is an unknown stamp quote from Gypsy Rose Lee...inked with the 'Imperial Purple'. I cut apart the punch line, edged with notebook paper and then used a bit of lime green pom pom trim.
I don't have as much fluff as my AI woman, but I do second Gypsy's sentiment: I have EVERYTHING now that I HAD twenty YEARS ago, except NOW it's all LOWER!
Keep on keeping on friends! Thanks for stopping and your comments, they feed my gray matter!
Date: Thursday, April 4, 2019 GMT Views: 960
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Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40416
Thu, Apr 04, 2019 @ 9:45 PM
Susan, your cards are always so cleverly thought out and designed! This is brilliant with the 3 ladies so wonderfully paper pieced, great texture there, and your yoga lady, without a care in the world, perfect with the fabulous sentiment!
------------------------------ Sue
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132007
Fri, Apr 05, 2019 @ 9:39 AM
I love your fashion stamps, Susan. Only now I feel a little guilty because I cut out a shirt for DH last week and it's still in a pile on the floor waiting for the sewing stage. The bobble trim is fab. Great humour too.
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105272
Fri, Apr 05, 2019 @ 12:56 PM
Of course I am in love.........with your saying, your colors, those women, and YOU! Fav'd mf!!
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83859
Sun, Apr 07, 2019 @ 3:45 AM
Wonderful creation, Susan - it has everything - texture, humor, my favorite color, beauty, truth, pom poms, and well thought out design. Love, love, love it. I think my favorite part is how you covered her bum. Wow - a memorable card for sure. Hugz
------------------------------ Nancy Williams - Hope your day is Spirit-filled and ink-filled (in that order)!DRS Designs-DT, Punchkateerforever, Dirty Dozen Alumni
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Registered: January 19, 2014 Location: Central Indiana Posts: 91142
Sun, Apr 07, 2019 @ 3:57 AM
This is too funny and I love how you overcame not finding your reverse image stamp. Great fun card and super images. Thank you so much for playing along this week.