TSG33: Layers, Layers, Layers!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Good Morning!

I'm so sorry I've been MIA this week. I got some news last Friday that really threw me for a loop. The architects I work for told everyone that last Friday was our last day of work. Since February we had all been working three days a week to keep the business going, but I guess they decided that they could no longer continue this way. So it wasn't a complete shock, but they way they were acting, we all thought they were just going to continue this way until things turned around. Anyway, so now I find myself unemployed for the first time in 15 years. It's a weird feeling to say the least. Finding a replacement job in our little town is highly unlikely too, so I'm not sure what the future holds for us, but I told myself I'm not going to think about it too much now and tackle this head on in the New Year. I'm just going to enjoy this festive season and focus on what's important to me right now - my family.

Ok, onto today's card! This week's There She Goes challenge (TSG33) was given to us by the uber talented Wendy Bond, and it's all about layers! The more, the merrier! There's a minimum of three layers, but you get brownie points if you use more. :)

Well, I think you all know by now that I love my layers, so this challenge was a little bit easy peesy for me. I pulled the Craftier Taglines set and used this week's Sketch For You To Try for my layout since it had A LOT of layers! :) Sketch challenges really are a godsend to me because I still feel like a newbie to this hobby and layouts never come easily to me.

I sponged the circle panel with a bunch of distress inks and machine stitched it to a chocolate cardstock layer. The other layers of patterned paper were sponged and machine stitched to the chocolate cardstock. In all I managed to pull together 9 layers on this card. No bad hey?? :)

Now it's your turn. Create a card with a minimum of 3 layers and leave a link to your creation on this TSG post in the Mr Linky provided. You have a chance to win a $5 gift certificate to the TSG store! If you really want a challenge, this week There She Goes is sponsoring the Color Throwdown Challenge #73 and you can double your chances to win some TSG stamps!


Supplies
Stamps: There She Goes 'Craftier Taglines'
Inks: StazOn 'Jet Black', Distress Inks 'Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain'
Papers: Very Vanilla, Bazzil Basics, PP - My Mind's Eye
Access: Prima Marketing Flowers, Raffia, PTI Rustic Button Twine, PTI Rustic Buttons - Cream, Spellbinders Large Circle Nestibilities, Machine Stitching, Sponges, Dimensionals