Tuesday, March 25, 2008

I'm in Trouble!!

I am up way to late tonight and I am gonna be in trouble once tomorrow comes!!! I promised my Mom I would come help her clean, and I should probably(definitely) get some sleep before then. At this rate, I will be lucky to get 6hrs. and let me tell you, I don't function well with less than eight. I have always wished I could, but have never been able too. I can't take naps either, so that is working against me too. I don't know about you, but every time I try to take a nap, I wake up feeling worse than when I started out!! I knew I would be gone the better part of tomorrow, so I wanted to get the color challenge for Tuesday done. The challenge was to use Basic Grey, Whisper White and Soft Sky. The card base is BG and then layered with Soft Sky and Whisper white. The edges were sponged with SS ink to soften them. I added a piece of SS DSP to the bottom and wrapped a piece of SS ribbon around the two top layers to hide the seam. Since I love ribbon(and really, who doesn't)I added a piece of Basic Grey taffeta and White grosgrain ribbon to it too. The sentiment was stamped on WW with BG and punched out with the small oval punch. I sponged the edges of that piece heavily to really make it stand out. Because you all know that I LOVE brads, I added some across the bottom, don't you love how they are alternating sizes. All the hardware came from the Stylized Silver Hardware from Stampin Up. I sure hope they keep it around, it is fabulous!!! The flower was stamped three times in Versamark on SS. I then covered it in white embossing powder and cut it out in three different layers. There are pop dots between each layer to give it some depth. I layered it on WW, SS, and BG and sponged the edges of that too. Once I had all that done, I thought that the top corner was a little to bare, so I used my neglected Ornare piercing template to give it a little something more. Well, that is all for me for tonight, must get some sleep for tomorrow or I will be a very unhelpful zombie!!! Thanks for looking and have a great day(or night, whatever your case may be!!)
stamps-Fabulous Flowers and Small Script
paper- Soft Sky, Basic Grey, Whisper White, and Soft Sky DSP
ink-Versamark, Basic Grey and Soft Sky
tools- stylized silver hardware, ornare piercing template, soft sky ribbon, grey taffeta, white grosgrain, white embossing powder, small oval punch

17 comments:

  1. This card is very pretty!! I know what you mean about needing 8 hours of sleep to function. I get up around 5:30 but I am sooo ready for bed between 9 and 9:30 Good luck today

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  2. wooo, what a beauty! theat piercing is gorgeous!

    Got your card today, so touched you sent that one to ME! it is the most heavily layered card i've ever seen/touched!!! hugs!

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  3. Absolutely fantastic card! I love how the colors came together for you. I love your soft flower, the paper piercing and all that hardware.

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  4. Jessica, this card is AMAZING! Very dramatic ... WOW! Love Love Love IT!!!

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  5. Oh MY!!! WoWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!! Jessie......this is an absolute STUNNER!!! You may not function well on less than 8 hours of sleep......but WE sure benefit from it by looking at your fanTAStic creations!!! I gotta go comment on this in your SCS gallery before it hits 100!!!! LOL

    And thank YOU for my Happy, Hoppy Easter card!! It totally helped to make my day!! It's hanging above my stamp table!! You are the sweetest!!!

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  6. This card is so beautiful! I love the gorgeous piercing and the alternating size of brads...

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  7. this is so beautiful! i saw it on SCS---stunning girl! Great use of hardware!

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  8. Stunning! Love the embossed flower, the piercing and the way you used the hardware!

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  9. Beautiful Jessie! Love the layered, embossed bloom, and the piercing too!
    I know exactly what you mean about the 8hrs of sleep. I am a total night owl, up way too late every night, and I never want to get up in the morning. I can never nap either. No matter how tired I am!

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  10. Spectacular! Love all the elements...your work is so well done. You are inspiring!

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  11. I'm with you on the nap thing - feeling worse after than you did before. I can't do it either!

    This card is fabulous!

    Oh, BTW - wowwie kazowwie to my Easter card! I'll be putting it on my blog soon!

    Hugs & Stamps!

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  12. Jessie, this is such a gorgeous card! I love all the HPH details and that stunning flower! Wow! Really fabulous work, girl! I hope you don't read this till Wed, because you should be having sweet dreams right about now! What a great daughter you are! hugs!

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  13. Wow, this is breath taking. What a lot of work. Beautiful. Joan

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  14. What an absolutely gorgeous card! Love the flower and all the little details you added to it. You rocked this color combo - total stunner!!!

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  15. Wow! This is absolutely gorgeous! I love the hardware and the gorgeous layers on the flower. Just beautiful!

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