15 Minute Project: Recycle Your Magazines into Pretties ... Redux!

I'm having one of those days; you know the kind ... where everything that can go wrong will go wrong? Yup, like that there! And it appears to be contagious as the DH just failed an important test, was involved in an automobile accident, and, due to the accident, stood-up his new, uber-important client. And of course his cell phone was left home by accident, too.

Anyway, I photographed this card at least 150 times today; 149 of them with the card standing upright, and 1, this one, laying down. Which, if I'm being honest, was the result of a little hissy fit. I flicked it with my fingers, you know to punish it for not cooperating, and actually liked the way it fell. So I took a photo thinking "aww, what the heck, it couldn't be any worse than all the others." And then, it turned out to be the best one ... go figger.

So, there's your explanation for this photograph and it's strange orientation. 'Course, I could've said this was the "new, improved, and uber-kewl" way to photograph cards, but that would be dishonest. Unless, of course, everyone else in Blogdom starts doin' it. In that case, I invented the concept and you saw it here first, okeedokee?!?

Today's card was created with a beautiful sentiment stamp from "Healing Expressions Art Stamps" and another recycled magazine image. Again, I cut it out from a nature magazine that was on it's way into the recycle bin; I rescued this photo of sweet peas 'cuz I like sweet peas ... and what flower is more fragrant that sweet peas?!? Alright, hyacinths ...

I cut the image using my Large Classic Rectangle Nesties. TIP: Use your die as a "view-finder" by placing it over your image, moving it around to until you find the most pleasing composition. Then lightly tape your die in place and cut out your image in your die-cutting machine.

I matted my image using dimensionals on three layers of card stock and covered the card base with a scrap of designer paper. I stamped my sentiment, available HERE with Royal Purple Staz-on ink, added a lavender binder clip with a bit of ribbon, and two matching metal file clips.

Finished in less than 15 Minutes and saved a tree ... maybe it's not such a bad day after all. And for any of the family members who might be reading this, he's fine.

Thanks for sharing part of your busy day with me; have a great weekend!

~Hugs, Deb

Ingredients: Textured Card Stock, (Bazzill Basics and DCWV); Designer Paper, "K-ology, Verbena" (K&Company); Stamp: (Healing Expressions Art Stamps); Ink, Staz-On (Tsukineko); Dimensionals, (Fiskars); Metal Embellishments, (Unknown; found in Mt. Metal Stuph); Ribbon (Darice); Die-Cut Machine (Provo Craft); Nestabilities Dies (Spellbinder's)