Another Oops! That Turned Out OK ...

This card was inspired by one in the June issue of Cards magazine. With several elements (actually, all of them) I love, I'm pretty happy with the results even though there was a major oops! that occurred during its construction.

The paper is another pattern from Cosmo Cricket's Early Bird collection, and the chipboard bird from Maya Road's Birds of a Feather set. I traced the bird and wing on Juniper cardstock, cut them out, glued the cardstock to the chipboard pieces, and then went around the edges with a sanding block. After preparing my patterned paper with a Sunflower punched border and Holiday Red "piping," I adhered it to the Kraft card base, added the ribbon, and attached the bird with Liquid Glass for a strong hold.

The final step was to stamp my sentiment on the bottom of the card. I found the stamp I wanted to use, grabbed my Holiday Red ink pad and proceeded to stamp one very crooked Hello in the bottom left corner. If I didn't say "Crap" or some such word out loud, you can be sure I said it to myself. I also asked myself how, with clear stamps, on an acrylic block can I make such a mess of a perfectly fine, almost-finished card. Big sigh... And time for a little cosmetic surgery, which entailed covering up the Kraft cardstock on the bottom with a piece of sanded Juniper paper to match the bird. Luckily, I was able to slide it under the punched border. The second time around I managed to stamp my sentiment successfully. As it turned out, I liked the card with the Juniper bottom even more than I would have liked it had I got it right the first time.

Materials & Tools: CTMH Holiday Red, Sunflower, and Juniper cardstock; Stampin' Up Kraft cardstock; Cosmo Cricket Early Bird patterned paper; Juniper ink pad; Hero Arts Bird, Tree & Messages stamp set; Maya Road Birds of a Feather chipboard set; Stampin' Up Old Olive ribbon; EK Success Dotted Wave Edger punch; Liquid Glass; Sanding block; Black My Legacy Writer.

Marv and I had a nice dinner last night. Tonight, he's on the golf course. He usually shows up at home around 7:30 after they've finished golfing and his buddies head for the bar. After three extremely busy days at work, I am exhausted this evening with plans to go to bed very early. First, however, I have a little picking up to do. One would think I was a teenager for the way I've strewn my clothes around for the past couple of days. No, not quite. My stuff is draped over the arms of chairs and hanging on door knobs. Teenagers, as I remember, wear clothes for 10 minutes and then leave them on the floor. LOL.

How was your day? A good one, I hope. Thanks for all your sweet comments on recent posts. They're a real "pick-me-up!" Your visits mean a lot, and that includes those of you who are too shy or too busy to comment. Take care, friends! I'll catch you again tomorrow.