Hot Mess - Take 48

This is the 13th of July, but I'm sharing my Hot Mess Success card a day late, as I had a design team post on my blog tomorrow. As you likely recall from previous 12ths, I am not one who likes messes. Not one bit. BUT a challenge is only a challenge if it stretches you, and I'm up for the Hot Mess Success Challenge. 

Barb, Carol, Darlene, Terry, and I create cards for the Hot Mess Success challenge each month and share them on the 12th. 

It's Anything Goes - as long as there is something messy involved.

Now, don't think I'm crazy, BUT... I had lab work done last month and as they always do, they used a wrap to hold a cotton ball in place when they were finished. When I removed it from my arm, I had an AhHa moment. Surely this would be useful for stamping.

First I wrapped it on an acrylic block and used that to "stamp" SU Lemon Lime Twist ink onto a piece of white CS.

I used the other side to "stamp" SU Tip Top Taupe ink on top of the same square of ink. I used a die to cut the piece for use on my card.

Next I unwrapped it from the block and wadded it up a bit. I used that to "dab" ink onto the edges of another piece of white CS, which I later die-cut.

 My fingers managed to get quite messy with these techniques.

I did end up blending TE Toffee ink around the edges of the smaller piece because I thought it needed some definition.

Be sure to check out the other Hot Mess gals blogs, too, to see their cards (you'll be WOW'd!)... 

Barb

Carol

Darlene

Terry

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Stamp/Die: Technique Tuesday Hellebore stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored with Copic Markers

Papers: Accent Opaque 120# White and SU Pecan Pie CS 

Messy Medium: Bandage Wrap from the Lab and Inks (SU Lemon Lime Twist and Tip Top Taupe and Taylored Expressions Toffee)

Dies: MFT Stitched Rectangle, MFT Stitched Tag-Corner Square, and Technique Tuesday Hello

Embellishments: Amazon Diamond Dots