Fussy cutting.

I think I must have phases of specific mojo. I have recently been fussy cutting. A lot. And I’m not a patient woman and don’t normally set myself up for such things. I stamped a couple of A4 sheets with images confident that I would avoid the cutting impatience by using my Scan & Cut machine. Couldn’t load the mat...., didn’t even get as far as struggling to make the images scan! So, to show the machine just how much it was in my bad books, I cut the lot out with teeny scissors that made my fat thumb sore.

And then, my beautiful Aunty Sue’s birthday appeared in the upcoming events page of my diary. So I decided to stick to what I know for her card, and selected a big hydrangea stamp that I love. Stamped it, embossed it and thought it looked a little flat and dull. So I stamped three more on different papers, and set about paper piecing the thing. Oh my word, why, when I’m so impatient?!! Pleased with the finish though, and happy to report that Susie liked it, which is absolutely what I was aiming for.

Here’s a thing. I didn’t have a big enough piece of the black floral outline paper to adequately cover the card front, because of the shape that had previously been cut from it.The hydrangea is quite a large image so I had no choice for card size. So I ripped up the paper and stuck it on in a wanton collage fashion. Perfect coverage, if a little arty for me. And then, because I just don’t know when to stop, I added a coating of pearlescent shimmer to the flowers. 

I’m thinking that this fussy cutting phase is probably at end. As I type, I’m thinking about a new stamp that I feel may need to be coloured with a nice easy thump from an inked sponge. 

I wonder if I know this mojo thing at all.