One Short Weekend - Two Completed Cards (Take 1)

Hello friends! Here it is almost the end of the weekend already.   I was a homebody for most of the weekend due to the cold and snow - it was nice and it sure went by quickly. How does that happen so fast?

I had high hopes to get a lot of crafting time in - which I did, but unfortunately my mojo seemed to be on vacation (probably somewhere warm and sunny) as I only got a couple of cards done in that whole time.  The ideas were there, but there seemed to be a hiccup in the process and end result.  I completely tore apart 2 cards yesterday.  I'm the kind of person who saves every little bit of paper and the discarded elements from cards that did materialize. I hate when it happens that I actually tear it up and toss it - I feel so wasteful!  So...I took a break and tried again this afternoon and was successful in making a couple cards that I'm happy with.    Here's the first one I made with some specific challenges in mind:

I seem to have baby on the brain since finding out that one of the ladies from my card group is having a baby.  She doesn't know if it's a boy or girl.  I made a boy card recently and decided to keep this one generic in case she has a shower before the baby arrives. Now I just have to make a baby girl card and I've covered all possibilities (except twins - but she said she is only having one) :o)/

I stamped the image w/Memento ink (black) and then colored it in with copic markers.  

I hadn't originally intended on fussy cutting around the intricate image but I dropped an inked stamp on the outer edge of the first circle as I was moving things around on my desk and it got messed up.  

Ohhhh...I wanted to cry as I was really happy with how it had turned out. 

And... it wasn't easy coloring those tiny little parts and staying in the lines.   

I just couldn't bring myself to scrap the whole image.  

Sadly, there was no way I was going to be able to hide the boo-boo.  

So... I grabbed my scissors and began the process of fussy cutting and redoing the main circle piece.  

I think I saved it and it's still pretty cute - but what a bummer when that happens :o(.  

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:

Addicted to CAS (ATCAS) where the code word is BABY

CAS - Colours and Sketches - Sketch Challenge #63

Stampin' Royalty Challenge #216  - Clean And Simple

 To save you from having to read through a really long post - I'm going to put my second card from today on a separate post.  Isn't that sweet of me - lol.  

Stay tuned for Part 2.  Til next time...hugs and happy crafting! D