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Saturday, March 26, 2011

Got a cold!

More coming folks, once I get over this daggoned cold! Right now I'm drained of energy; I'm sniffling and sneezing so that even my cats don't want to be around me, my sofa has a permanent impression of my hindquarters and my dvd remote control "play" button is wearing thin. It's part cold, part allergies, part driving myself too hard, so I'm taking a bit of a break. Be back in a couple of days!

Maureen aka ArgentSol.

:)

I did, however, manage to create one thing today. I made a note card. It's not quite finished because the center piece needs a border and I'm thinking of adding some thin velvet ribbon.

I used Colorbox inks for the stamping, distressed the edges of it after cutting it out, heavily inked the distressed edges, glued it on, punched a 1//16th" hole at the top for the little filigree butterfly (which had a bend-over top - it's a vintage jewelry finding) and then inked the edges of the card. It's actually a dark burgundy - not the "purple" it appears on my monitor. Here it is: