Petal Cards, Part 3

Here's what you've been waiting for... I finished one of the petal cards. I'm not thrilled with how it came out - I messed up some of my butterfly stamping and had to cover them with stickers - but it'll do.First the card closed... and then open. The only part of the inside that I'm really happy with is the wreath - the stamp was just the right size!

And here's the final, finished card. Not the least bit the way it started out - it was one of those designs that fought me the entire way! I kept making mistakes and transforming the design to cover them up. The last straw was when I stamped some of the butterflies around the outside of the card, I smeared purple ink on the fold! So I inked that up, and some of the rubbed-on-ink got onto the card base even though I put paper underneath to protect it. I was going to bin the whole thing and list it as a 'disaster'.... but this morning I had another look at it and decided it wasn't that bad after all. I made one last save and rubbed some ink onto the background card and I'm going to leave it at that. It's not as neat and clean and pretty as I hoped it would be... but it'll passs!

A Cautionary Tale

Come gather around me
boys and girls,
and hear my tale of woe

Of my attempt to make
A trifold shutter card
And how disastrous it did go

Stars and Stamps
put forth the challenge
(Who was I to turn them down?)


It was going to take
some effort
I'm not the most careful girl in town!

I girded my loins
and fetched my tools
I swore I would be neat

If  twas the only thing
I did today
This card I would complete.

I measured thrice
and cut but once
Held my thumbs and made a bet

My folding was
imperfect
but lo and behold it met!

Excitement
overwhelmed me
As I gathered up my stamps

To complete
the decorations
My design I would enhance...

I measured precious
glimmer cardstock
Added the daintiest of brads

Picked a balloon
to add to the corners
And... oh #@#@#%#$ @#$%&@!@##!!!!!!!!!!

My stupidity
overhelmed me
My world began to rock

When inking up
the birthday stamp
I tilted the @#$%$# block!

The moral of
this story
Should be obvious to you

When making such
an intricate card
Stamp BEFORE you glue!

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As you can see, it was a beautiful card until I managed to ruin it... it's not blood on the card - I was using a rainbow ink pad for the balloons and one end of the pad was red. I have a bad tendency to tilt the acrylic block over when I'm inking (and stamping)... sometimes it doesn't matter, but in this case the damage is irreparable. I'll try again tomorrow. My hand is too sore to make any more cards right now.
The pattern for the trifold card is here. It's really not as hard as it looks!