Time Out has more than one meaning this afternoon after the assault on the Capitol yesterday. The horrific event will be haunting us for months (and years), and there are many, many questions that need to be answered. Although I do try to stay away from discussing political events on this blog, but this can't be ignored. I'm not one that watches television during the day, so I actually discovered what was happening in Washington when an international blogging friend emailed me to be sure we were safe---knowing that we were miles away. As it turns out there were demonstrations in other cities, but fortunately, not here.
But the Time Out I'm referring to is a card challenge:
Last night after the Congress was able to resume and as I was listening to their discussions of the objections to the Electoral College votes, I decided I needed to find something to do at the same time. This My Favorite Things "City Block Background" had already been stamped, and I decided to do some spotlight coloring. Needing a masculine birthday card, I thought this might be a fun, albeit a bit unusual, one.
I picked just a few of the buildings in the center of the panel to color with Copic markers. After finishing the coloring, I used one of Simon Says "Stitched Rectangles" to die cut the panel, and added it to a very thin border of Honey Nut cardstock. The brown card base is one I've had in my stash for years.
Trying to decide on a sentiment was the next problem. I have a box of pre-stamped and die cut sentiments, and found that this one, "Penned Elegance" by Papertrey Ink, worked quite well.
I backed the sentiment with thin strips of dimensional tape to lift it up and give it some space from the black and white background. I ended up making a second version (nearly identical) this morning. I think the card's charming, and I hope my buddies do too.
Just a note: some photos haven't been showing recently. According to Typepad, it's an error on their end and should repair itself with time. If not, I'll be sending them a message and they will retrieve it. So annoying.
