Before the ink ran out!

Morning! Looks like another beautiful day! Yesterday I had a fly buzzing around my house all day (one of this you can hear it coming a mile off!), when I questioned this with a friend on Facebook... she told me it was the crafty fly and it was here to help! And help it did! I think its all coming back... slowly and simply but its coming! 

Anyway further to my previous post where I told you the ink ran out... well this card was made using the 4'.5'' bit of the print that looked normal - well as normal as I think it looked! I think it was meant to be more green than turquoise... but still I worked with it! 

Yes its another beautiful image from Tiddly Inks! now this one I hadn't seen till the other day when it came up as a suggestion that I might like it!  Oh don't you love adding things from the suggestion and then realising that you have spent way more than you should have!

The flower is one that I purchased from the Big Stamp and Scrapbooking show last year at Ali Pally.  Its one of this that I fell in love with but never worked out what I was going to do with it! 

Ingredients; 

Medium - Copics - E000, E00, E02, R20, C4, W7, W5, BG49, BG57, E31, E33, E35, E37, E39 

5.5 x 5.5 Card Blank 

Papers - Digital from Sassy Designs and kraft

Image - Tiddly Inks 

Before I go I would like to enter this card into the following challenges; 

City Crafter Challenge - A Rose is A Rose

Flourishes - Use a Flower

Thanks for stopping by, hope to see you again soon! 

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Things Going Wrong...

Isn't always a bad sign... 

I have been feeling really down recently with my creations, even thought about selling all my stash.  I have decided to take a couple of weeks out to find the bug again, just take the pressure away and find the 'inner crafter' again.  

Last night I decided to go through the DP's I have on the computer and started playing around with a few, just shrinking the design and repeating it across the page, just cause well... no reason at all really!  Anyway,  I purchased some lovely papers from Sassy Designs last week (They have a sale!!) one of the sets I purchased was the Absinthe Digital Paper Pack (I got the solids too!).  So I shrunk the design down and decided to print... and WHAM.... the ink went half was though printing, it went from the lovely deep colours, to washed out browns... I cried, at that point I could have thrown it all out! 

But I walked away and I thought, and I remembered the digs that I brought from Tiddly Inks... Now they have been following me for ages, not something that I would normally colour but these we shouting 'Buy me, Buy me' and so I did....  and then this fell together... 

Yes it all just fell into place, including the paper that I was printing.  I couldn't believe it when I looked at it this morning.... 

Everything looked so good, so nice and as I want all my cards to look. 

I have had to sit and admire for a while before I have been able to post this.... just realising that I put far too much pressure on myself sometimes, I am still taking a break and if the creativity flows... well so be it, I'm not going to push myself.  Ok so a bit more info on the card for you! 

6x6 Scalloped Card blank

Flowers - Wild Orchid Crafts

Image - Tiddly Inks 

Papers - Digital- Sassy Designs  and Kraft card stok

Tim Holtz Ink Pad - Tattered Rose (distressed the edges of the Kraft card stock)

Medium - Copics; E000, E00, E02, R20, E04, E08, E31, E33, E35, E39, E37 C4, W5, W7 

I didn't know what occasion to make this card for, so I have added a small sentiment to the inside of the card from Stampin Up, it says 'Wishing You Love and Laughter forever after' (I would have decorated the inside but no guarantee that the paper will turn out the same!).  I will be adding this card to my Facebook page under the category or 'Love, Engagement and Wedding'. 

Well I hope you like my card, I would like to enter this card into the following challenges;

Hooked on Crafts - Flowers

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Stamps + Fun = Creativity - Anything Goes

Wild Orchid Challenge - Anything Goes

Tiddly Inks - Flowers

Thanks fro stopping by, can't wait to read what you think! See you soon! 

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