Experimental WIP

I have never been what one would term ‘artistic’. Ideas that form in my head rarely turn out as I envisaged, but that doesn’t mean I’m not prepared to have a go.

Reasons for not being able to source the usual trimmings for my cards could simply be a lack of the wholesaler getting his own supply, but there are no gaps in the shelves to suggest things are available, just not in stock, so I have been thinking outside the box.

I bought some colouring pencils the other day for £1 and one of my ideas was to colour in the cut out butterflies on some cards I purchased a little while ago. Surprisingly, these too are no longer on the shelf, so I was glad I bought two packs as there are only 4 in each. I still have the lattice template Hubby did for me, and have had some success with that here:

This is what I did with the butterflies today.
Still a WIP obviously, but it’s a start.

The stencils were a little different and the two smaller cards are textured so the effect was quite pleasing. The bird was OK and I added a flower at the bottom, but again all three are still a WIP because it was an idea I was playing with, not actual card making.
These four cards took me over two hours, and colouring made my hands ache, so I won’t be doing a lot at any one time. The idea seems to work though. One thing’s for sure, whatever I do is going to be more time consuming.
Should I be thinking about December already?

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