I
know I sound like a broken record but it what it is and what it is, is freezing
cold! We keep breaking previous cold records each night it seems and tonight
will be no exception. It snowed all day Saturday and on and off yesterday too
and we have quite enough already! The only good thing about the snow is that it
has completely covered the roses and perennials and hopefully we won’t lose too
many from the freezing temperatures. Other than opening the door to get the
mail out of the mail box, I haven’t left the house in days! The cold weather
triggers off my brain disorders and my speech is terrible. I don’t go out in
public when it’s like that – except to quilt guild meetings because my friends
are used to me.
My
lower studio is like sitting in a freezer as well so I’ve been in the upper
studio quilting instead of making cards or scrapbooking. I wanted to start
quilting the quilt I’m donating to the Friends of Rondeau for their annual
raffle but neither Joe nor I liked the fabric that I was going to use on the
back so it is delayed until I can get to the fabric store. Instead, I started a
new quilt top. I had some fabric with butterflies and bugs on that I’ve already
made two quilts out of but had some left over so I cut 24, 6 ½” squares featuring
the butterflies. Then I raided the stash for bright colours and made 6 ½”
blocks with 3 stripes of different fabric in each block to go between the
butterfly blocks. It went together pretty quickly. Joe asked me who this one
was for and I shrugged. I don’t have any little granddaughters but I wanted to
use the fabric up so I’ll decide what to do with it later. I’m hoping one of my
daughters will adopt a little girl but they don’t seem to be doing so – yet!
They talk about it, but so far, no action…..and this quilt would be perfect for
a little girl.
Today
I’m posting another water coloured background card on a pre-embossed cardstock.
This
time instead of just painting the middle of the card, I spread the paint to the
edges. I also used some Distress ink in places to add more colour. The
butterfly stamp was stamped with VersaMark and then black embossing powder was
sprinkled on top, the excess tapped off, and then heat embossed. The sentiment was
just stamped with Archival ink. You can see what a difference the embossing
makes – so much brighter. The stamp is wood mounted and the rubber is not
trimmed closely so once in awhile one corner will get inked and leaves a mark.
Rather than pitching it I just used a Sharpie and added a couple of lines and
it makes the butterfly look like its moving. I think it turned out to be a cool
way to cover up an oops! I took some left over paint and splattered it on as well. I like that look. Once it was dry, I just glued it to a white card base.
That’s
all from a frozen Monday, February-23-15
Cheers
Violet
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