Hello!!! How are you all? Thanks for hanging in with me this summer with less blog posts to share with you. We have been home but, without structure so it’s hard to find the craft time with the “kids” home. Soon we will be packing the car to take our daughter back to college! This station wagon and luggage were the perfect images for a good bye card for our daughter. After stamping more suit cases to fit in the back of the wagon I added glossy accents to the windows, wheels and some of the luggage on the top. The background was stamped with this city scape. After coloring “light” in the building windows I added glossy accents. A yellow copic marker was used to give a buildings that hazy city glow.
I love the new die from Simon called, “Thought Bubbles” and the matching stamp set with the sentiment worked for my card too. The problem was I used the wrong ink … because I added some copic marker shading after I stamped the sentiment. Hence the blurry lines…. but, no worries I can fix that.
I used a super fine tip copic marker to add some hashes on the letters for a fun twist. After I finished I somehow ended up with a big black smoosh!!! So I can fix that too lol. I cut it off and went from “wishing” to “wishin”. Here’s to wishin’ and hoping that you have had a nice summer. I will be back soon with Simons Sept. Card Kit… L.O.V.E it! Have a good week. Hugs, Kathy
CARD SUPPLIES & LINKS: click on any thumbnail below:
abstract fall leaves – GIVEAWAY
Ombre Background
Coloring a shadow stamp & creating a dotted background
This is so cute and cleverly manipulated. (Does she really have that much luggage?) Gorgeous coloring and your brilliant fix is amazing. Who’d a thunk!
Such a clever way to fix the mistakes without starting over. Love the card.
Happy to see you back making cards. Looks like the perfect going away card to me.
Neat card Kathy. Great save tip.
A very cool card, that fit the situation perfectly, I think. And thanks sooo much for the tut on how to fix these small blubs we all get from time to time. I admit, I´ve never thought about making these lines on the letters, but it actually looks really cool, so really great idea, thanks so much for that.
This is so sweet and excellent how you fixed your blur! I never would have thought of that!!
Cute card! Great tips for “saving” a card 🙂
You are brilliant!! Not only do I love the card, but I also tend to have “oops” moments with my sentiments at times, and if can totally ruin a finished card! I LOVE this idea of a simple yet decorative fix!! You are just the best at coming up with fabulous cards and super creative ideas! THANK YOU!!!
Hugs,
Lisa
Your card is adorable and the blur solutions looks incredible! I love what it adds to the card and can’t wait to have a blur of my own. I’ll be adding this fun idea to many cards and layouts. Thanks for the idea.
wonderful card..love how you “fixed” your blurry letters…so creative.
Brilliant save for this darling card, Kathy!
Great tips!
What a FABULOUS CARD Kathy! (Is that Simon driving? ;)) LOOOVE, LOOOOVE, LOOOOOVE WHAT YOU’VE DONE!!!! AND I have mishaps like that too. I’m just glad I’m not the only one! LOL PERFECTLY DONE!!!!!!!!!!:D Keep enjoying your time with your kids! Our daughter goes back to school soon too! 🙁 (Course, that DOES MEAN that it will be quiet around here! LOL)
Such a fun card, Kathy. Love how you’ve put the luggage into the car and how you fixed your bloopers. I’m always very happy if I can turn my errors/problems into a feature LOL.
So clever..love the look of it!
WWOWOWOWOWOOWOWOW!! This is AWESOME!! I LOVE the idea for the Blurry Letters!! =) THANKS SO MUCH for sharing and I hope the Move goes well!! Have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)
Love the way you fixed the blurry letters! We all have projects that end up with a boo boo, after we’ve spent lots of time on them so seeing ways to repair the damage or tweak the design so we can still keep the card is awesome!
Kathy, this card is amazing but I have to ask, is there a bear driving that car?
Lol it’s a bubble in the window. With the new cars maybe I will have my next car image drive itself. 🙂
Hugs to you Kathy as your child heads off to college. I’m an Army mom so I know how hard it is to say goodbye to them for long periods of time. I’m sure your daughter loves the card! And thanks for the tip on fixing the blurred ink lines. Very creative!
Thanks so much Celeste 🙂 Stamping saves me so often and I hope it does the same for you…keeps the mind busy.
Fab card, love the water colours
very beautiful thanks for the step our pictures
love that you used your one attempt in another card
thanks for sharing your talent
Barb Housner
Super watercoloring card! I love it!
Hi Kathy!
Wow you definitely caught me with that super neat way of fixing a very aggravating mistake. I am grateful for that info and I know now what to do when I get that blurry image when I stamp. Also cute but fun card for announcing that event of a child going off to college. I never thought of doing that theme here in Trinidad. I forgot that not all of our children go to colleges here in the Caribbean but a lot go abroad to study.
Brilliant idea! Thanks so much for sharing and it works right along with new interest (ahem) addiction to Zentangle-Inspired Art!!
So clever; I remember those days. So great to see a fix for a smudge work out perfectly!
The cards are beautiful. Thanks for the detail description of how they were accomplished. Thanks for sharing your talent.
Love the way you created the scene, and how you added luggage inside the car too!