Gardening for Two by Mercy Sauer

Welcome back crafty friends, Mercy here, today with a card inspired by my husband and I since we enjoy gardening (except much younger and better looking..lol)

Let's take a look...

I will start by saying I love this card.   I love the artwork and how it came about.   My initial thought was to create a one layer card, some masking, and lots of Copic coloring.    I did all those things and then I colored the ground....it was awful!   I also masked the planter sitting in front of the lady farmer incorrectly...it was obvious.   In addition, I felt the flower meadow in the background was too dark towards the bottom.   However, I was determined to fix this card.   I took a chance and proceeded to color the rest of the card.    Once I was done, it really didn't look right.   So this is what I did...

                *     I drew in a white fence using a Gelly Roll pen in front of the flowers to lightened the                               area...first win!

                *     I die cut the scene using a smaller size rectangular die to see if changing the scale would                        help....it didn't 

                *    Then I decided to fuzzy cut straight around the fence and the bottom part of the two                                  farmers...therefore, removing the ground section of the panel/scene.

                *    At this point, I decided to cut a new panel and paint in the ground....it was the ground I                          hoped for originally

                *    Then I placed the trimmed original scene over the new card panel and I LOVED the                              results.

                *    Finally I restamped the flower pot, fuzzy cut and added it to the finished card.  For extra                          interest, I did the same for the bee.

                *    I adhered the whole thing onto the final A2 size card

I love the results..the two farmers really pop off the card, the fence brighten the area, the potted plant looks right....a series of unfortunate events with a very happy ending.   So next time you are in a pickle, saving your project might be the right thing to do.   I love this technique, and I will use in future projects.

                

Happy Crafting Friends,