Friday, June 17, 2011

Moxie Fab World: Tuesday Trigger - Rainbow Bright

I played this week's Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger! Here is our inspiration:

And my interpretation:

Just a wee bit literal, eh? But when I saw the spools of thread, I thought of my neglected PTI quilt set and the lonely thread spool stamp. I stamped it thrice on Kraft in Memento Brown and cut them out, then I stamped it thrice again on another piece of Kraft for the base. (Psst ... Deep dark secret: that top piece of Kraft actually started out as the card base, but I hosed it. What you see here is a save.)

I wound the baker's twine around each cut-out spool, then stuck a short piece to the base (*ahem*) before I stuck down the spool. The ends of the wound-around pieces of baker's twine are held down with some Martha Stewart gel glue (I do intend to marry that stuff, omg.)

I really don't want to talk about what happened, so let's just say I ended up with a smaller piece of the card front, which I then layered onto Tempting Turquoise, which I also used to make that handsome button. Since I'd measured incorrectly, I ended up with gaping sides on the card front which I ever-so-cleverly filled in with Kraft pieces punched out with my SU Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border punch.

So, does it look like I meant to do that? Good. Then my work here is done.

Off to play some more before I nod off. Thanks for stopping by!

ETA: Sentiment by Paper Smooches

10 comments:

Mary Dawn said...

brilliant save!

ackstay said...

I totally LOVE this!!! you are amazing!

Amy* said...

Totally looks like you meant to do that...all great art happens by accident :)

Carla aka scrappypug said...

You are so freakin' clever! Love it!

fls said...

I love it. It's literal and very witty. And has the lovely turquoise pop!

Jessica Lamb said...

very clever save -- cute card!
Happy scrapping!
Jessica

Marlena M. said...

I love the loose ends of twine! Lovely. ;)

Julie said...

It does indeed look like you meant to do that! I think it's pretty adorable!

Cath said...

Hey Leslie! Thanks for linking this up to this week's Tuesday Trigger in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

onecraftymama said...

Embellishment opportunity. That's all. Heck, nearly every card I make has something on it that's only there to cover up something I muffed. Also, you used the word thrice. Twice. Awesome. Now I'm stalking you :) {um, I mean following. Yeah, following!}