Have you ever been working on a card only to discover that you’ve glued the front panel to the back of it? Or that you’ve meticulously stamped the inside message to the wrong side?
It can send you over the edge, especially if your crafting time is limited.
I did exactly that when I was creating the gold foil version of the Sparkly Sunflower card. I was so efficient with my stamping time and got all of it done at once…and not along the way. And THEN I glued that beautiful watercolor panel to the back of the card form. My language was a colorful as the card…just sayin’.
So, what to do? I thought of tossing the card. But I really liked that panel…a lot. So, I cut the front panel off and figured that I would try to save it.
When it is a 4-1/4” x 5-1/2” card front, one possibility is to rework it into a 5” x 7” format. I thought that some color blocking with the Stampin’ Up! Bumble Bee cardstock might work – like one of those 1950 abstract designs.
With the Bumble Bee card stock and the gold strips that I have in my stash of “these could come in handy someday” drawer, I came up with this:
With a few Gilded Gems, this card front might serve the purpose.
So, my message to you is this: if you mess up a card, set it aside until you’re not ticked off about it and then go for a save. You just might find that it works out.
And if it doesn’t? It’s only paper. It will remind you not to do whatever you did again.
I sure won’t forget…