Wednesday, August 17, 2011

August Blast From The Past Blog Hop - Hoppin & Stampin In The Dark By Flashlight



Hello again!  It's time for another Taylored Expressions Blast From The Past Blog Hop.  I bet you're wondering about the title of my post today.  Well this last Saturday night/Sunday morning, we lost power for over 2 1/2 hrs (2:30 - 5:00 am) in what was still 90 degree weather and with another migraine (rolls eyes).  For those of you that live in Central to Northern California, you know what that means...no power = no air conditioner = no sleep: even at oh-dark-thirty with the front door open and the screen door locked.  So I grabbed a flashlight, a battery operated mini floodlight and found my way to my stamp table in the dark.  Fortunately, I had already chosen my stamp set and stamped my images.

After pulling out my dusty Stampin Up! wood less pencils, I colored the dress form and sewing machine and then outlined them with a light gray prismacolor marker before layering.  Taking my Maya Road chipboard pieces and some Stampin Up! craft spots, I "colored" the chipboard pieces by using the direct to paper technique and then colored again using the matching marker on the sides.  Once the chipboard dress form was dry, I took the saying from TE's Sew Happy set, inked it in PTI dark chocolate ink and stamped the saying over the dress form.

Once everything was totally dry, I pulled out some Making Memories ribbon I've had for over 5 years and have been afraid to use since I liked it so much and began assembling my card still by flashlight.  Now, other than the card being crooked, and a few other things being slightly crooked, I think the whole thing came out ok considering the circumstances it was made under.  Under normal circumstances, I would have finished in 30min or less, however, with no power, working with a migraine, and working by flashlight/mini mag light it took the entire 2 1/2 hrs we were without power.

Make sure you stop by all of the participating blogs today for additional eye candy and don't forget to leave some love.






Thanks for stopping by.  Have a great day.



Stamps: TE Sew Happy
Card Stock: Stampin Up! Cameo Coral, Vanilla, October Afternoon Thrift Shop
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Stampin Up! Spots: Craft Cameo Coral, Close To Cocoa Craft, Old Olive Craft, Ruby Red Craft
Accessories: Stampin Up! Wood less Pencils, Color Spritzer Tool, Maya Road Chipboard Pieces, Primas, Ribbon, Stampendous Class-A-Peel Stickers, Ribbon, Pop Dots, Mini Circle Punch, Mini Pop Dots, Prismacolor Gray Marker

12 comments:

  1. Awesome card! That is serious dedication, I can't get things straight in regular light!

    Chris L.

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  2. Wow! Stamping by flashlight is impressive! I love that stamped dress form :)

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  3. Cute card! Love how you've used the sentiment! Very fun embellies!

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  4. WOW! Nice job packing on all the embellishments! LOVE IT!!!

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  5. Fantastic card, Bonnie! I love all of the chipboard :D

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  6. Way to work by flashlight!!! Love the chipboard pieces! Great card!

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  7. I can't believe you created this by flashlight!!! WOW! GREAT job!!!! That ribbon IS super cute and I LOVE the punny sentiment!

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  8. Super fun! I love all those fun chipboard pieces that you altered to match!

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  9. What a perfect card! Love the theme! The colors are so pretty! :o)

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  10. Very cute card! Great take on the sketch, love the lil scissors embellie!

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  11. Amazing! I love all the embellies and details! Super cute card :)

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  12. Wow - great card, Bonnie! Lots of fun details!

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