Techno Throwdown

This week's Techno Stamper Monday Lunchtime sketch was one I wanted to use as I had a hankering to use Stampin' Up's Season of Friendship tree and the large panel fit the bill.  I paired it with the wonderful combination for this week's Colour Throwdown.   However, that was when things came to a grinding halt!


Ever had one of those cards that just works you over?!   Since I didn't want to be outdone by some paper and ink (I know, sad statement LOL) and I was too stubborn to toss it out and start again, I pressed on....mercilessly letting the illusion of getting the card to work out torture, taunt and challenge me to get it right.  I almost didn't post it, but decided I should just as a reminder of how some times things fall together and other times your creative gears get ground but good. 

I think my troubles began when I used white instead of vanilla and then realized my error and had to work it in - first ugh!  Things continued to be issues from there.....I didn't have Basic Grey or Red Riding Hood Ink so had to sub in colours; my tree image was bigger than I remembered but I was determined to use the image so the sketch got pushed to the limits; the teeny, tiny red sentiment panel overpowered the tree so I played around with different cording, ribbon etc. across the vanilla panel and settled on the twine; the tree was still getting overpowered so I added black half pearls to the base of each leaf  to bring it out a bit more; tree didn't feel "grounded" so I added the little strip of black scallops at the bottom to ground it and get my "rule of three" going.  After trudging through the above issues, I think I appeased the competitive gene in me enough to call it a card.  Not one that will win first prize, but at least I got a participation ribbon LOL!

Thanks for listening to my woes :)  Hopefully it encouraged you in some small way and provided you with a laugh as you pictured an obsessed, crazy woman (waving madly at you) competing against an inanimate object called paper!  Trusting my next card will be a much more enjoyable experience - so there, paper LOL!



What's In It?
Stamps: Season of Friendship (SU), Hero Arts 
Paper: Real Red, So Saffron, Basic Grey, Vanilla, Black 
Ink: Going Grey, So Saffron, Real Red, Black 
Accessories:  SU Border Punch, Scalloped Circle and Circle Nesties, Crimper, Black Half Pearls, Twine, Dimensionals