Mornin' y'all! I did not let Ryan ride his bike or rollerblades to school this morning as it's supposed to be rainy and SNOWY this afternoon. Like my dad says, does Colorado know it's May? Ryan only has two more weeks of school after this one and we have snow in the forecast. Wild.
Anyway, I have another Eiffel Tower card to share today:
Do I have at least four SU! stamp sets featuring the Eiffel Tower? Yes. Did I buy this Eiffel Grunge stamp set from Unity last week anyway? Also yes. Do I have impulse control issues? Probably. But come on, that's a cool Eiffel Tower! I stamped it in my newly inked up Basic Gray ink pad, die cut it, and added some color to the flowers with a blender pen as well as Wink of Stella on the tower, which doesn't show up in the picture because it's shy like that.
I've hit all the ingredients for the As You See It recipe challenge:
One word sentiment: Bonjour! Die cut: four dies from three different sets. Flowers: on the stamped image and the patterned paper. Frame: patterned paper around the main image panel. Shades of pink: Pink Pirouette (I love this pink, I have been playing with it again recently) and Pretty in Pink. I tried a Regal Rose card base but I didn't like it, so I stuck with two shades of pink.
For the filigree pattern behind the tower image, I tried stamping it with Pink Pirouette ink but it came out blotchy, so I flipped the cardstock over and stamped it in VersaMark and embossed with clear powder. That means my card counts for the Inspire. Create. Challenge:
You can't tell from the picture, but the filigree looks shiny if you look at it from an angle, the tower is subtly sparkly, and I added Pretty in Pink sparkle gems. So yeah, this card also fits in perfectly with this week's Paper Players challenge:
And to go along with my Eiffel Tower cards of late, I recently started reading a book about an early medieval French and English queen. I listened to several episodes of You're Dead to Me over the weekend, which is a history podcast produced by the BBC and it's really entertaining and informative, and one of the episodes was about Eleanor of Aquitaine. Listening to that reminded me that I was pretty sure I'd bought a book about her at some point, and as I had just finished a book, I did a search on my Kindle. I was wrong, I have SIX books about Eleanor of Aquitaine. Ha! Okay, one is about her daughters, but still. I picked one of the biographies and got started on Sunday night, it's really interesting. Eleanor is the only woman to have been queen of both France and England, she went on crusade with her first husband, she's the mother of Richard the Lion-Heart and the dastardly Prince John of Robin Hood fame, and her second husband locked her up for over a decade because she wouldn't do what she was told. She still outlived him I think. Fascinating lady.
I've just finished my tea so I should take Daphne for a misty and cold walk around the neighborhood; the rain and snow is supposed to start after noon so this is the time to go. Cheers...or should I say, ciao!
Supplies:
Stamps: Eiffel Grunge by Unity Stamps, Filigree, Carte Postale
Ink: Basic Gray, Pink Pirouette, Soft Sea Foam, VersaMark
Paper: Pink Pirouette, Basic Gray, Thick Basic White, Pretty in Pink DSP
Accessories: Eiffel Grunge die by Unity Stamps, Rectangles Stitched dies, Stitched So Sweetly dies, clear EP, Dimensionals, Pretty in Pink Gems
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