When I get up in the morning I am often greeted with this little guy peeking in my kitchen window. This window sits about 2 feet off my floor and is one of many huge picture windows in my kitchen. It is about 3 feet from the chair I am sitting in while I drink my coffee and talk to you. HE thinks we are friends. It's pretty much a one-sided relationship. HE thinks I like him because HE thinks I am feeding him. I am not feeding him. I try to feed the songbirds that are so abundant in my rural area.
This feeder is his goal. I have NO idea how he can "fly" up there since it's over 3 feet straight over where he peeks his head up to greet me.
Silly Squirrel! I am not sure how to stop him so I just deal with him.
I wanted to share with you my design process that I went through when designing my swaps for the regional event last weekend. I shared my first swap below with you earlier and I am including it as a reminder. I liked it but yet it didn't have enough of the look I was hoping to go for.
Next I changed the colors around a little making the so saffron the main layer with soft subtle behind it. I liked this better but didn't like the bow. I liked the bow much better on version 1 but wasn't sure exactly how I wanted to change it.
These versions were actually before I spritzed them with the spritzing tool and a soft suede marker. That added that vintage look. After talking to the ladies at my card class Jamie came up with this version. That's it! This bow has seen it's better days but you can imagine with the spritzing you see in version 1 and a better bow this is basically the final version. It seemed to be well received when I was swapping so I hope someone can use the idea in their business because that is what swapping at these events is all about.
Supplies:
Stamps: Elements of Style (Summer Mini catalog)
Cardstock: Soft Suede, So Saffron, Ruby Red, Watercolor paper
Ink: Soft Suede, Jet Black Stayzon
Accessories: Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Vintage Brads, Watercolor wondercrayons, Aqua Painters, Spritzing tool, Soft Suede Marker, Distressing tool.
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