Sometimes, you get an idea in your head, or you get some inspiration from something you've heard or seen. This happened to me recently. I saw an awesome card with some really nice ink blending and thought, oh, I want to make a card like that, but with a different theme. I went searching on the internet for the dies to use because I didn't have them in my stash. I don't have a lot of slim line card dies mainly because my little cuttlebug doesn't have an extended selection of plates. I googled it and my cuddlebug is actually stopped production from Cricket, so they are not going to make extended plates for something they are not producing any more.
Well, I found the dies I wanted, and I read that if you have two cuttlebug plate sets (which I so happen to have) then you can cut larger dies with them. I waited for the mail to come in and today was my Happy mail day where I got the die set. I thought about autumn colors and selected a yellow, orange, red and green distress oxide. I then used my cuttlebug to cut out the framed dies Id purchased on some new white shimmer cardstock. I adhered it all together, letting it dry. I then went about ink blending the whole panel.
I've decided that this shimmer cardstock, you have to be careful ink blending because it really shows where the most ink has been applied. I finished the panel and then stamped my images. The card disn't turn out the way I wanted it to, but I'd learned a lesson, sometimes you just need to practice and learn from your mistakes and maybe the next the next time it will work out beautifully.
Here's the card that I made, and you can see where the ink hasn't blended smoothly and I have some dark spots that I'm not sure how they got there. I'm going to keep practicing though and hopefully I'll make a card like the one I saw.
