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Friday, September 5, 2014

Do 2 Mistakes equal something GREAT???

I don't throw much away... I give a lot of things I don't want, need or like away... but to throw something out... very rarely...so the other day I wanted to chill out... jet my mojo going into high speed... and so I did what I always do... create papers...  well these both went into the some other time pile... meaning that they were NOT GOOD...  I didn't like them at all... they were not what I was looking for at that time...

For some reason.. .they ended up on my work table... FUNNY how that kind of thing happens at times...  so I was cleaning up my work table today... as I had a project that I actually needed the whole table for... you will see it tomorrow... 

And these two pieces of paper that I had put in the NOT GOOD pile came together ... and I loved them together... they were just a perfect card for Simon Monday...  STAMPTEMBER.... I did something already... but needed to do something else...  and this was it... 

Okay... here they are...  totally different look for me... but I love it...

Well what do you think... yea or nay??? 
My first piece of paper was the background... and it was a piece of kraft paper... 
........and I had stenciled on it trying to match up the design.. .
......and had messed it up... ..
.....So I tried hiding it with some copper inka gold...  t
.....that didn't work either... 
.......so I picked up my texture paste and tried that on top...
......and it picked up the blue...
LOL...
oh well..
NOT GOOD... 
 
Oh well what is a gal suppose to do... try something else... right??? 
 
 
So I had picked out some of favorite fall stamps... and two of there were Fred Mullets... I love his stamps... so very real and GREAT... 
 
I wanted to do a relief... so grabbed my embossing pad... and the stamp had not been cleaned... guilty as charged...  I hardly ever clean a stamp... 
 
So when I stamped it onto white paper... it was this really pretty shade of a light teal... 
 
so I went with it... 
 
Too FAINT...  not going to work...
 
Then I picked up the teasel stamp... and brown archival ink... and stamped on top of it... just to see the teasel stamp... 
 
NOT GOOD..
 
But  I knew that before I even did that... put it into the pile... of NOT GOOD
 
So that is how these two came together... 
 
I tore the teasel and rosemary paper... and then edged it with some distress ink...  and the other... just cut out the section I loved... 
put them together... and made the tag ...
 
LIFE IS A JOURNEY.....
Not a DESTINATION....
 
 
So appropriate don't you think...  ??? 
 
So I think I took 2 mistakes and made something that at least I like... whether it is GREAT??/ is questionable... but I do like it... and the colors are right where I love them today... 
 
 
 

 
The whole card...  with a piece of cheese cloth as ribbon... LOL... 

 
The textured paste and the background... 
 
 
Thanks so very much for stopping by for a visit today... I really appreciate your visits... hope you will also go over to Simon and see all the pretties there... 
 
I also really appreciate all the comments you have been leaving me... I cherish each and every one of them...  thanks a million y'all....  (That's southern for you ALL... ) 
 
Have a great time today... and create something wonderful for someone special...  that also includes YOU... 
 
Love, Light and Peace... Bonnie 

6 comments:

  1. Wonderful work Bonnie, you turned lemons into lemonade! I love the damask pattern and what a great idea to use cheesecloth as ribbon! Just stunning :)

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  2. I will echo what Pamellia said about lemons/lemonade. I happen to love the colors and the paste over the background stamping. Love the teasel, too! So that's what's that's called!!! I didn't create a single thing today...had breakfast turned into lunch with my artsy friend, and then dinner with my family and neighbors. A good day without hardly opening the closet door! Great work/play, as always!

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  3. Oh I like the lemons into lemonade bit, so definitely a keeper!! But then I think that teasel stamp would look good on anything, I LOVE IT! And yes it is all a journey, but I think the result of yours today looks fantastic!!

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  4. Oh Bonnie, this is a favourite! LOVE how this turned out but then I think the most eventful journeys are the best! Beautiful! Ruth x

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  5. Dear Bonnie... It was so exciting to read your story about these papers that were put in the pile " no good".... And too see what you ended up with... I love what you ended up with. Thank you for also sharing your troubles with these....
    Hugs from Spain..... Monica

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  6. Well two wrongs do make a right! Love how your happy accident came together! Beautiful! Thanks for playing along with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge!

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