She sits alone by a lamppost...trying to find a thought that's escaped her mind...

Hey, y'all, Happy Saturday! Anybody doing anything fun today? We're just hanging out...going to meet some family for lunch later and have some Mexican food...YUM! So before I go, I have a card to show you that I made last night. Take a peek:

I refuse to tell you how long it took me to make this card. But it was a VERY long time. I decided to use the Weekend Sketch Challenge #92 as my starting point, and then I chose my image from Stamping Bella. I inked up the grass and flowers with an Always Artichoke and Rose Red markers, then huffed and stamped on Vintage Cream cardstock. I wanted to give my main image a little something extra, so after I cut and embossed it with my Labels One Nestabilities, I sponged the edges with Close to Cocoa and Chocolate Chip ink. Then I decided to go a step further and use the Cracked Glass Technique to age it a little bit more. Then I hand-cut a Chocolate Chip mat for the image and distressed the edges.

Then I moved to my base layer, where I cut a square from my Artichoke paper from the SU 6x6 Prints Pack, rounded the corners, and distressed the edges. Then I matted it with Vintage Cream and Chocolate Chip, and stitched around the edges with my sewing machine. I pulled out some lace from my stash and wove some ribbon through it for a little oomph and wrapped it around the base layers. Then I adhered the layers to my 5 1/4" card base. The main image is popped up on dimensionals, and I added three Glass Pearl Flatbacks from Stamping Bella to the top right corner.

See, it really wasn't that involved, but SERIOUSLY...it took me forever. Oh well, I had fun! I hope you like it. Have a fabulous Saturday!