Don't give up

This is a card that I would say took a

quite a bit of practice to make. I wanted to try the

Splitcoast Stampers Technique Lovers Challenge

to do Acrylic Block Collage Technique. 

It looked like an easy one to do. And the

results in the TLC399 gallery  were amazing and

artistic. But I have to say this was one of the

hardest challenges for me.This photo below

shows the 17 failed tries. I had almost given up

and thought, well, this technique isn't for me, 

when my friend Pam encouraged me to give it 

another try.

This is the result of my 18th try. What I did

differently was I added raffia to cover up the rough 

edge on top, and I also just relaxed and said,

It is ok if it isn't perfect, just do it.

Then when I was done, I looked at it,  and

realized that I really liked it. It helped

that I used the new cracked background stamp

from MFP. It is going to be released next week.

It is called CRACKED HELLO.

Have you ever just seen a stamp and know

right away that it is going to be one of your favorites?

Well that is what has happened with this set. 

I looked at the butterfly and thought... yea another butterfly,

not like I don't have a million of those already. But, I

am really loving this one. It is really easy to color and make

it look like a real one.

The card below used the same set and I did crayon resist for the

 Ways to Use it challenge.

I am thankful for encouraging friends who don't let me give up!!!!