You may notice that the Bundle Girl on my card looks a bit different than the original image in the store. That’s because I had some fun with masking and selective inking to add more flowers and an extra pot to my scene. Using Memento Rich Cocoa ink I first stamped Bundle Girl Among the Foxgloves as is, low and on the right hand side of the card front. I then masked off the entire image before repositioning the stamp and adding ink to only the larger stem of flowers and stamping them behind the first flowers. I repeated this process of repositioning and inking only a single stem two more times, until I had filled up the space with foxgloves. Wanting to extend the scene a little further across the card, I masked off the flower stems out front before inking up just the flower pot and laying it on its side. There wasn’t much of a stamped line left along the bottom of the image but once I colored in the dirt beneath the pot you don’t even notice the missing line work. Once all of the masks were removed I was left with an abundant garden full of flowers for the wee Bundle Girl to enjoy. I was also left with a small smudge of ink just above the center stem of flowers, which wouldn’t do because the clean and simple card design that I had planned meant having the ground I colored in fade to white at the top of the card, and even a tiny bit of errant ink would stand out like a sore thumb. So I took a page out of the great Bob Ross’ playbook and told myself, there are no mistakes… just embellishment opportunities. Using a few yellow and brown markers, plus a black multi liner pen for the legs and wings, I colored a very simple little bee shape right over the smudge, then gave him a couple of friends for good measure. They certainly weren’t part of my original design plan but I think they ultimately added some extra charm to the over-all design. The sentiment is from the Hello Spring Sentiment set and I stamped it in the opposite corner from the image, in an ink color that coordinates with the flowers, which adds a sense of balance and cohesion to the completed card.

Hopefully this reminds you that rather than get upset the next time a crafting mishap occurs, instead look at it as a challenge to get really creative and turn it to your advantage.  😉