I received this card from a friend who bought it on a trip to England. She was sure that I would love it and she was absolutely right!
The intricate design is printed in gold ink on the pale pink card and cut inside the shape of the rabbit (probably by a laser). The card is from Roger la Borde First Press and there is a website listed rogerlaborde.com. I looked at the site but couldn't find much information about this type of card.
Here you can see how incredibly delicate the cuts are. The outline of the rabbit is printed with black ink to add definition.
The eye is also printed with black. The width of the black line along the edges varies when it overlaps the cut areas. You could make it more consistent if you were adding it by hand.
This card has all sorts of ideas spinning in my mind. I can't wait to try a Cricut version of a card using this concept.
My mind is also spinning from spending hours and hours today on the phone with various computer support people. My not-so-very-old computer (new last September) has been giving me trouble and I can't access some of my programs. It looks like I will need to do a complete recovery due to software issues, possibly caused by allowing a Windows update. This will take many additional hours of reinstalling programs, transferring data and generally sorting things out. I hope to have it done later this week and I will try to get some projects uploaded before I start the process. Wish me luck - I have such a love/hate affair with technology at times - so fantastic when it is all working and so frustrating and time consuming when it develops problems!
I LOVE this card! I'm going to Paris at the end of April and can hardly wait to see what craft and paper items they have there. Good luck with your computer. I feel your pain! Thanks, Pam
ReplyDeleteOnly today I was chatting with a fellow crafter and agreeing that computers are a shared mess of awesomeness and pain-in-the-A-ness.
ReplyDeleteAh well. If not for this, something else.
Thank you so much for taking the time to share this card from your friend!
It's an amazing inspiration!
That card is pretty amazing!
ReplyDeleteI just had to do the same thing with my computer. All because of a windows update! Shouldn't they be responsible?? LOL
Hope you have a great week!
That's a really unique card. A cricut version offers all kind of possibilities. And sorry to hear about the computer. They can really be trouble sometimes & what a mess to restore all that. Good luck - I hope it doesn't take too long.
ReplyDeleteI'll be curious to see how you translate this inspiration for all of us. I'm sorry your computer software is acting up. Mine acted up so badly I bought a Gypsy, because the DS became a task to run each time my computer upgraded. Thanks for sharing this card.
ReplyDeleteI feel your pain with the computer. I'm glad I've not installed the update yet. lol
ReplyDeleteWith your computer saavy, I'm sure you'll get it worked out in no time.
Thanks for sharing. I feel your frustration with your PC issue. I've had the same thing happen on two different computers due to Windows updates. I have since just turned off the automatic Windows updates and just select the updates I want when I want and (fingers crossed) haven't had any more issues. Good luck and I hope you get your problems fixed soon.
ReplyDeleteYes, we definitely have a love/hate relationship with technology. Can't seem to live without it anymore, but boy can it be frustrating! Hope you get it all sorted out!
ReplyDeleteThe card is breathtaking! It grabs you as soon as you look at it.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with your computer. Those Guru's can fix anything, so I'm sure they'll have it up and running fast without any loss of your savings. The downtime is certainly inconvenient though.
Wow, this card is right up a Cricut users' alley! It's beautiful!
ReplyDeleteLove this card and will be anxious to see what you do with this!
ReplyDeleteWishing you the best on getting the computer problems fixed. I just had to go through some of the same things so I totally understand your frustration.
This is just a gorgeous, wonderful, fabulous card!
ReplyDeletei can just hear something spinning in that head of yours already....
ReplyDeletecan't wait to see what you come up with.
kat
Very interesting (and pretty) card...looking forward to seeing what you create from it's inspiration. Good luck with the computer junk....love/hate them: I do!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful card. I can't see what you do with this as inspiration. Don't you just hate computer problems, I'm having printer problems and they are making me nuts!
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize till the last pic that the rabbit is almost lace like..you can see thru it, very lovely.
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about that love hate relationship and good luck hope all goes fast and smoothly.