Well, yes, it's just a bit early! But I couldn't wait any longer to share this absolutely GOJUS card I made over at Sharon's house (my upline) last week! Lookie:
Ingredients: (all SU!): Autumn Days, Teeny Tiny Wishes; Paper - Rich Razzleberry, Very Vanilla, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede; Ink - Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Dusty Durango, Soft Suede; Other - Antique Brass Jumbo Eyelets, Old Olive 1/4" grosgrain, Modern Label punch, baby wipe, reinkers, sponge wedges, dimensionals
It's okay! You can gasp and tell me how wonderful it is and I''m cool with it! Really! (YILM!)
I used the baby wipe technique for the pheasant and the leaves. If you don't know what that is, basically, you take a nice damp baby wipe and drop reinker on it in different colors. This creates a custom ink pad which you can then ink your stamps up on and stamp!
I only made one change to this after I brought it home: I took a bender pen and added some Soft Suede and Rich Razzleberry to the top of the pheasants head, which was pure Crushed Curry before. It just didn't have oomph that way.
Now, I do not own this set...I used Sharon's while I was there. And this brings me to my newest stampin' disease: Wrath and Regret Over Not Getting (a stamp set while it was on sale), or WRONG, for short. I am really peeved at myself for not ordering this set during the preorder period, when I would have gotten an extra discount on it. Symptoms include a broken leg and a sore rear end from kicking oneself in the arse over and over.
And if you are a demo and you also didn't buy this set during preorder, I may have now infected you with WRONG by showing you this card. We shall suffer together, mes amies!
Guess I'll stamp standing up for a while. Ta!
Jan,
This is a gorgeous card. I love it. I.LOVE.IT. Wow. Seems like the stamping world is full of diseases and delusions(popped up on dimentionals*giggle*) It's like our own little addiction. Well when you turn out quality products like this, than what else is to be expected??? Have a great weekend.
Posted by: Darsana | July 17, 2009 at 10:55 AM
I think this is just beautiful. I absolutely love the colors and what you did with it. Once again a beautiful job!!
Posted by: Karen Milone | July 17, 2009 at 10:59 AM
"WRONG" is exactly why I will be purchaisng the entire mini on Aygust 1st. ~LOL~ Very pretty card!
Posted by: Kerney Whitman | July 17, 2009 at 11:23 AM
What a beautiful card. I suffer from that same disease and you have re-infected me. I didn't buy this because I thought I wouldn't use it. Drats!!
Posted by: Dixie Finn | July 17, 2009 at 11:39 AM
youre right! I now have the same thing you have . I MUST HAVE THIS SET!!!THis is so amazing.
Posted by: lena | July 17, 2009 at 11:44 AM
Once again you made just a stunning card!!! Wowzer, it is bea-u-ti-ful!!! I've been afflicted with WRONG off and on since I began stamping...what does one do? It's the nature of the world we live in...just think of all those jobs we continue to create (I keep telling myself) when we buy new stamp sets! Good rationale?? Works for me!
Posted by: Stephanie P | July 17, 2009 at 12:07 PM
Oh Jan, Jan, Jan! What are we to do with you? You've WOW'd us yet again!! I am proud to say that I don't often suffer from this disease. Why? Because I tend to pre-order EVERYTHING! Heehee... There was one stamp set on pre-order that I didnt' like - oh, that robot one! And I still don't like it, so I'm not afflicted with that disease.
However, now that lots of people have their new catty stuff, of course, there ARE stamp sets I don't have - YET! So I guess "WRONG" can afflict me that way!
I feel torn about the Holiday Mini because of course I want it all (except the Halloween stuff), but I can't earn the Mini Hostess sets (which of course I have to have) until September 1st. What kind of disease is this, Jan??
Hugs,
Susan
Posted by: Susan | July 17, 2009 at 12:11 PM
Ahhh I know the disease well! I wish I would have ordered the greetings set they offered...I held off thinking they might have one I like better, but alas I want that one now! Oh well! Beautiful card...and it does sort of make me want that set...but I shall be strong (mostly because I don't have enough money!)
Posted by: Andrea Vernagus | July 17, 2009 at 12:21 PM
I bought it, I bought it! Even though I was absolutely, positively sure I wouldn't use it -- but yours is the seocnd card with the new colors that has me doing the happy dance because I bought it! I have had the disease for years and this year my immunities must have kicked in! AND I love the card!
Posted by: Mary G | July 17, 2009 at 02:13 PM
Wow! This card literally took my breath away. GORGEOUS.
Posted by: Shelby | July 17, 2009 at 02:16 PM
Fabulous card (as yours always are). And yeah! I am not suffering from WRONG....I did go back and buy this set before the extra 20% off went away. Sweet, now I can case your card. :)
Posted by: Terri | July 17, 2009 at 02:33 PM
That is a gorgeous card. Autumn is my favorite season, not that we have one here in Houston, I'm afraid. But I grew up in the northeast, and I love fall and all the fall colors.
I haven't tried the baby wipe technique -- will have to do so!
Posted by: Amy's Stocking Stuffers | July 17, 2009 at 03:44 PM
What a wonderful, fabulous, envy-inducing card! I'm still waiting to see a new catalog, but I already love this stamp set from all the cards I've seen that use it (yours was simply the icing on the cake!) However, I don't have to be afraid of the disease, because my daughter WILL purchase this set (which means I can borrow it). Her husband is from SD & that means purchasing anything to do with their state bird). I can hardly wait!
Posted by: Peggy Maier | July 17, 2009 at 04:53 PM
Oh, Jan, you have infected me with WRONG! LOL I did not pre-order this set either. Now look what you've done! ACK! Your card is gorgeous...as usual! At least I can pretend that I don't need it since we don't really have Autumn Days here in Central Florida. ;)
Posted by: Elizabeth M. Harris | July 17, 2009 at 05:56 PM
YES.. GASP.. Man oh man.. this is actually one of my fav. sets as sniff,sniff I haven't gotten ANYTHING from the catty yet so I have been using my pre-order stamps but I seem to be grabbing this set the most... as a matter fact I'm using it right now.. but WOW.. I love your colors.. hmmm I want to try that! BEAUTIFUL :)
Posted by: Ellie Augustin | July 17, 2009 at 07:16 PM
Oh, I am an almost-constant WRONG sufferer - thanks to blogs like yours! What a beautiful card - I always think of the baby wipe technique for solid floral images, but it looks FANTASTIC with this pheasant! I love your tip for adding other colour with a blender pen too:)
Posted by: Desirée | July 17, 2009 at 07:23 PM
This card is stunning. I am going to my stamping room to case it right now! Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Laura | July 17, 2009 at 08:57 PM
What an absolutely amazing card! I might have to case it! Luckily I was able to not catch the disease this time...that usually isn't the case!
Posted by: Rachel | July 17, 2009 at 09:15 PM
AGH! I knew I should have bought this set but talked myself out of it. Then you do something amazing of course!!
Posted by: Samantha Stobbe | July 17, 2009 at 10:07 PM
Stunning!!!!!!
i suffer alot from wrong, only because i'm unemployed and don't have a choice. . . but that's what friends are for and one of mine has this set.
where do you get your inspiration?
xoxoxo
Posted by: carol marbach (udi) | July 18, 2009 at 06:02 AM
Wow! This card is absolutely, amazingly beautiful!
Posted by: lisa808 | July 18, 2009 at 07:17 AM
This is GOJUS! I, too, suffer from WRONG. I did get this set on the preorder, but there have been many other preorders where I beat myself up for not getting certain stamp sets. : )
Posted by: Laura Webber | July 18, 2009 at 10:09 AM
beautiful card!! you know, i suffer from that same disease - i am glad to have a diagnosis for it now! lol!!
Posted by: Regina Cornelius | July 18, 2009 at 10:27 AM
it's beautiful!!
and omg, WRONG!! I suffer from that too! You make me giggle everytime I check out your blog. Thanks again for sharing your humor with the rest of us :D
Posted by: Chelle | July 18, 2009 at 12:53 PM
Wow Jan, I LOVE this color combo, so very fall like.
Posted by: Colleen | July 18, 2009 at 01:20 PM