I made the time limit with 1 second to spare and its a good job that perfection isn’t expected, because my clouds are a disaster. I don’t know how other card crafters get such perfect looking clouds as mine never look good, but doing it in a hurry is a recipe for no success.
Once I had an idea in my head and had picked out the CS and dies I began by die cutting the wave along with the surfer and board. I quickly attached the surfer to the board and then went onto the wave. Of course the fallouts didn’t fall out as they should and it took a minute to pick them out. Huge sigh of relief when that worked without damaging the die cut and I added the two coloured sections to the main white wave. Another minute wasted in trying to decide where the surfer would go and I decided in the ‘pipe’. I added some glue and tucked him under the curl and over the rest. Silly me he also got glued to the card front and the wave wasn’t yet attached. A frantic couple of minutes trying to glue the wave without pulling the whole thing off the card front. The timer is ticking and I still hadn’t done the sentiment or the clouds. A bit of sponging and a quick stamp of the sentiment and it was done. I shall have to fix the clouds before giving this to someone, but on the whole it isn’t a bad effort.
Stamp set is from a Hero Arts card kit and clouds are created with a SSS stencil. Anyone with a good idea of how to repair my clouds please share. Thanks for taking a look, I appreciate your time.
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I didn’t notice the clouds as I was looking at the surfer and the wave. Fun card!
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Thanks Lisa. I should have checked another challenge before posting this as it would be perfect for it. No stamping so this one won’t work now.
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Wow, that is an awesome wave – fascinating dies! Love that you get a surfer to add, too, lol, and great color choices! I wish I had an answer on the clouds – I need help in that area myself, lol… We have a cloudy border die that I use these days to sponge off of… Thanks so much for playing at As You See It!
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Thanks Heather. Hero Arts often add a lot of little dies into their kits so you can do quite a lot of different designs. I wish I were better at clouds though.
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It looks great! The fact that you got it done so quickly is a bonus.
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Thanks. I’ve been thinking that I may add individual clouds over the top of the bad ones.
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A great take on the challenge indeed. Love the use of the colours. As for the clouds – I actually didn’t notice until you said – they look blustery. xx
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Its funny what we notice when looking at a card. For me they stand out and are ugly. Glad you like this and thanks.
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That is an awesome wave and I like how you added the clouds.
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Thanks Gerry. The way you do yours is always better than anything I come up with.
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My heart was racing reading your description on your timed card. That is always a fun challenge. Wow on your ocean wave and surfer dude. You took my eyes to your clouds only after you mentioned them….LOL….it was a lot of details for a timed challenge and you can spruce your high clouds up now.
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Thanks. I was thinking of you when I did this one as I know you often participate in the speed challenges and always have a fun dialog in the post. I’m no where near as amusing as you are. I’ve been thinking of adding some hand cut clouds to go over the top of the sponging.
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I enjoy that you always take us on an adrenaline filled journey when you enter our speed challenges! Almost as exhausting as making my own card! 🙂 Until you drew attention to the clouds, I wouldn’t have questioned them at all. I think that since no-one but you knew what you’d been aiming at, the recipient will be happy and none the wiser! Thanks for joining in with us again at As You See It Challenge.
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You are so kind and thanks for the positive feedback. Speed challenges are fun but a real challenge LOL.
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This surfer riding the wave is awesome- definitely the focal point of the card, so the attention is drawn away from the clouds – and they’re not as bad as you think! If you wanted to ‘rescue’ them, you could attempt to cover with punched or diecut clouds, but I think I would actually stick with inks. Use a sponge/blender brush to soften the lines of what’s there, then work in some less defined clouds using a blue close in colour to your card base as well as white. Just a thought! I love it as is though and think you did a great job with our As You See It challenge this week!
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Woo hoo! What a fun card! Love that wave.
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I forgot I had this die for a while so it was good to pull it out and use it. Glad you like the result.
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Johanna, that incredible surfer and wave combo are so dynamic that no one even notices the clouds! I know my eyes went no where near them, as I was fascinated by the great image! I had to chuckle with you as you described your process, because it is exactly the thing that happens to me as soon as you turn a timer on anywhere near me! I suddenly become all thumbs! Anyway, thanks for entering your lovely card and thanks for stamping on the edge with As You See It!
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Thanks so much – one of my problems with speed challenges is that I choose something too complicated. LOL.
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