Have you ever bought craft supplies because of an amazing card you saw one of the crafting goddesses make only to have the supplies arrive and you get to busy to make the card? They get put in your stash, then time passes and you completely forget about the project. Well needless to say it has happened to me many times. I have decided to revisit many of these items and let you see how my attempt to recreate their masterpieces tuns out.
Today we are going back a few years to an awesome creation by the one and only Jennifer McGuire. She, like so many others, makes everything look so easy and always beautiful. I watched the video in October 2016 and purchased the supplies after watching “Embossed Impressions” using a die from Simon Says Stamps – Corbel Tree Die. I thought those looks easy and so pretty….”that will be this year’s Christmas card”, I thought. We will just say it didn’t happen and I came across it again this season – 2 years later.
I revisited the video and made my attempt to create her amazing card. Below is my sad outcome.
Parts of the die cut through and the embossing is just a mess. Sadly I did this several times and this was the best of the worst. So, I decided to try something completely different. I cut the design out to use as a stencil with Nuvo Glimmer Paste to made a dimensional tree. This did not work very well either, but out of that fail came inspiration. I cut out another of the same tree from white cardstock and after the “stencil” dried I put it behind the white piece.
I took some Lawn Fawn Pixy Dust cardstock and colored it with varies colors of blue, green and purple Copic markers to create this.
I put it all together and was in love with all of the layers and the colors. I attached some craft foam to the back for dimension and then to a purple card base. I added the “joy” from Hero Arts stamp set Joy. It was cut out once from purple and three times from white cardstock and stacked. I also added Glossy Accents to add shine.
My Jennifer McGuire fail turned out to be a moment of learning, so thank you, Jennifer, for the inspiration. Merry Christmas!