April 29, 2014 Simple Treasures

We rave over the complex but we marvel at the simple.

This is misleading in some ways because nothing in the universe is really simple. There is a complexity that we endeavor to understand. Since we can not hope to reach the end and understand everything we endeavor to create a universal rule for everything. REALLY? It is still going to be a tangled mess. It is still going to have IF, AND and that ever present BUT to mess it all up. For we ordinary folk what really matters is the simplicity in all of that complexity. The simple joy of life lived. For us as crafters it is the joy of sharing, inspiring, caring and, yes, loving as gift to others. As we have been given gifts we must give of what we have. Lk 12:33–34 "Sell your possessions and give to those in need. Get yourselves purses that do not wear out, treasure that will not fail you, in heaven where no thief can reach it and no moth destroy it. For wherever your treasure is, that is where your heart will be too." My treasure is with you.  Where is yours.

The New Jerusalem Bible. (1985). (Lk 12:33–34). New York: Doubleday.

Today I have a card I made from an Impression Obsession image. My Dear Wife said it is one she likes the best out of the ones I have colored so far. That automatically makes it the one I will use. It is called "Window Garden Box." 

Copic Colors: BG01, B02, RV14, YR01, RV25, R56, E59, YG05, Y08, V05, R27, YG09, G46, W1, E71, RV00, E08, T0

This image was fun to color. As with most images with gardens, whether box or open ground, it can be a bit difficult to tell what are and aren't flowers until you start coloring. The viola! They just seem to pop out of nowhere. I managed to find them all and identify them...I think...oh well doesn't matter because here is the card.

 As with all of my cards so far everything is done by hand. First off the half doily is actually a stencil from Marianne Design.  It is called anja style stencil. I used some Post-It tape to hold it to the yellow card stock and traced out the stencil. I used a razor knife to fussy cut the image out. Fun. I colored all of those little dots with a gold Crayola pencil I kept from grade school to make them look as though they were punched out. I didn't really keep it from grade school I sneaked it from Jill's pencils when she wasn't looking. Smile. OOPS. I forgot she reads this. Nuts! Caught.

I cut card stock 6"X9" and scored it for top fold card. I cut a piece of grey card stock as a background and adhered it to the card with Scor-Tape.

I adhered the image to the Grey background with 1/4" Scor-Tape. To accomplish this with the stencil cutout I used 1/8" Scor-Tape an cut 1/2" pieces and put them in key areas to assure it would be held securely.
      
 Next I black peel offs on the stencil cutout and to edge the image. I also used holographic peel offs to highlight between the arcs on the outside of the stencil.

To finish the card and separate the image from the stencil I used washi tape as a boarder around the image.

I thought about more embellishments but decided not to. I guess you could say it is an clean but I don't know about simple. This is a bit early but there are things that must be attended to for the next few days so I am not sure how much time will be available to me. 

Just remember to always pay attention to and  LOVE THE DETAILS. Now maybe that should learn to type. NAH! It's more fun when I do typo's and make you laugh.