I broke my New Year resolution to myself last month by failing to enter the CAS Christmas challenge - it was the first month I have missed this year.
I was determined to make something for CAS Christmas and not miss another month but found myself staring vacantly at card and ink!
In the end I did a simple remake of a card I made a couple of years ago - altering the colours to comply with the challenge theme of Gray and Red.
Another thing about this house we're in is it is simply impossible to get a decent photo of ANYTHING!
Am disappointed because after stamping my foliage in Smokey Gray ink and my flower heads in Memento Rocket Red, I took out the Nuvo Gloss Drops and painstakingly applied tiny red drops to all the flower heads. - It simply does not show either gloss or dimension on the pic - but it looks OK in real life.
And as I am struggling to come up with anything at the mo, this is the best I can do and I'll just have to accept it!
The sentiment is one of my favourites at Christmas and is from Stampin' Up I thought about altering it to say 'May your season be blessed with a new house'!!
I apologise again for my sporadic (sometimes non existent) visits to you all -fingers crossed for something approaching normality soon!
Thanks for looking! x
I would never have known you were struggling from the looks of your card Viv, as I think it's absolutely BEAUTIFUL! It may be a re-make, but the gray and red colors look fabulous with this design! YAY for one more for the Christmas stash and good luck with the house situation...hope things change soon for you! And thanks for playing along with us at CAS Christmas!! Marcia (DT) :0)
ReplyDeleteViv, this is one really pretty card, love the stamping of the flowers and foliage and a great idea to do the sentiment in the two colours. I expanded the photo and I can see the dimension on the heads Viv x.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you and sending positive vibes and 'May your season be blessed with a new House....And quickly....x'
Beautiful card and love the stamps-hope the house move gets sorted soon
ReplyDeleteCarol x
the card is so elegant, photographing dimension and shine is so difficult. Fingers and toes crossed for the house ♥
ReplyDeleteYour card is beautiful Viv and I love the little pops of red. I’ll keep my fingers crossed that everything gets sorted out soon with your new home xx
ReplyDeleteI think your feelings for this card might be influenced by how you feel about the house and the whole situation. With my objective eyes I can say that this card s really beautiful, love how you used the red and grey colors. And it’s better it’s a bad photo and good card irl than the opposite:)
ReplyDeleteGorgeous card Viv… .sorry to hear your struggling…I do hope things get easier with the house move,,,
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I think your card is just lovely, such wonderful soft stamping that looks amazing in grey and the shiny red dots really make it pop. Please don't be so hard on yourself. We are all struggling to get good photos now the summer light has left us. Good luck with everything to do with the new house and your move and please don't worry if you haven't visited much, it really is OK xx
ReplyDeleteYour card is beautiful and I hope this is the start of your mojo returning. It seems to be a common trend at the moment that many crafters are looking for their mojo, which seems to have gone AWOL. xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card Viv. Sorry to hear you’re struggling so much. Hope things improve sooner than you think.
ReplyDeleteSending hugs,
Sarnie xxx
A beautiful card Viv and if you enlarge it you can see the nuvo drops. My fingers are crossed for your move.
ReplyDeleteSue xx
Sorry to hear you are still struggling with your proposed house move - it will all be fine eventually but stressful in the meantime. This is a nice sentiment and a bit different and your delicate stamping is lovely. How it looks for real is the important thing but this is so often difficult to show in photographs. Hope things get sorted very soon xx
ReplyDeleteHi Viv! Well I think your card is lovely to say you are unmotivated, and I know that feeling well. I do hope things progress on the house front for you, it mus be so frustrating with a lot of your crafting stuff still packed away...it will be like Christmas when you eventually get to open it up. Truck on my friend as they say! xx
ReplyDeleteIt's hard to be moving and things up in the air. I understand and hope your situation improves soon. You card is really pretty with the red flowers and gray leaves! I love how you did the sentiment with both inks! Chin up, my friend. Good days are coming!
ReplyDeleteSorry to hear you're feeling a little funk, I too have been dealing with this. Your card is pretty though, and I do adore the gray and red. We'll just have to imagine the gloss and dimension!
ReplyDeleteIt's so pretty. It's a challenge I want to enter but inspiration has left me for an entry!
ReplyDeleteI love the delicate stamping though I can understand your frustration with the nuvo drops not showing... It happens. I find my camera picks up things I can't even see and the things I want to show just don't. I do hope things improve for you... Fingers crossed. Have a good weekend
ReplyDeleteSo sorry you are feeling down and unmotivated at the moment Viv - I hope things change soon for you - I think we all fall into that now and then.. I just love your pretty winter garden in red and grey with your lovely mixed color sentiment and thanks for sharing it with us at CAS Christmas! xx
ReplyDeleteYou are too hard on yourself Viv! This is a beautiful card and you've done amazing work, my friend. I feel for you with all the house "stuff" just hanging on, waiting, waiting, waiting. I hope things start moving soon for you. Love, Loll
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty card in the grey and red colours Viv, caseing your own cards is a great way to get your mojo back :) Hope all is going well with your plans, Cathy x
ReplyDeleteA beautiful card Viv. Sorry to hear your house move isn’t going to plan but I don’t think they ever do! No wonder it’s always stressful. xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, Viv! I love the greenery done in gray, with the pop of the red flowers!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, Viv! I love the greenery done in gray, with pop of the red flowers and the red in the sentiment! So elegant!
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