~ Looking Ahead ~
April 25th, 2010 by Holly McMillen
Hi Friends!
I am really looking forward to the events of this week. The weather forecast is a bit calmer and the boys and I have some outdoor activities planned. I also have three days of Our Craft Lounge hops and peeks to share starting Wednesday. It is going to be a good week!!
As I type this, the boys are out doing yard work. Is it me, or is the smell of fresh cut grass intoxicating?! Hahaha… or maybe it’s the fumes from the lawnmower… I dunno. It just smell like spring.
Today’s Technique Lover’s challenge over on Splitcoaststampers.com will hopefully entice many to play. What we’re doing this week is what I call “Ramp it up (or down)!”. Back in the day, when I was with the dirty dozen, we had a team challenge called MORE IS MORE. The idea is to take a clean and simple card and add to the design to make it a “more” card. Or, if you’re already a “more” stamper, you could ramp your design down and make it a clean and simple card.
I chose this card that I made back in February of ’09:
To make it a MORE card, I added a layer, did some embossing, moved the flowers from the sentiment panel and popped them up, added candy dots and some of Sharon Johnson’s luscious satin ribbon.
Here are my deets:
Stamps: Our Daily Bread Designs’ I am The Way
Colors: GP White, Kiwi Kiss, Summer Sun
Ink: Versafine Black Onyx, Always Artichoke
Accessories: 1″ Satin Ribbon (olive); Bow Easy, Candy Dots, embossing folders, photo corner punch, oval nesties, dimensionals
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Thanks for stopping by! I hope you’ll pop over to the challenge forums on SCS and play along! Blessings!
Holly
Love the remake. Gorgeous bow and I love the touch of yellow. When life settles down a bit I want to do a few of your challenges. I’ve been running with my hair on fire for about three weeks now and have about two more to go.
I too just love the “smell” of spring!! Love the pops of colour and new growth as it always a great reminder of new life not only in nature but how we can have new life on a daily basis because each day is a new day 😀 Have a great week 😀
I really like the ribbon! It is so cute! It made the card prettier!
How could you make this one MORE??? that would be impossible…. Gorgeous !!!….
WOW – love the ‘More is more’ version Holly – woo hoo! The Candy dots, the butterfly with petite pearls and big bold bow (which I am beginning to think is your signature ‘thang’) really catch my eye.
If you want you can come over to may house – our garage smells like fresh cut grass since I mowed the lawn yesterday. I tell ya – bagging those clippings puts SO much pressure on my back (I have two crappy discs) – I do not hve the same love of that grass smell that you do, LOL. I love the smell of bleach – it reminds me of swimming pools… LOL!