Morning
My regular readers will recall that I swap ATC materials with a buddy on the Isle of Skye and, earlier this week, I got my latest batch of materials. Yesterday I set to work on them and this is what I came up with ..
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I struggled with the stylised flower and enormous leaves but ....
see below .... |
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| My ATC |
And here's how it got this way ..
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| Layer One, brayered paints |
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| Layer Two - Patterned card stuck on to my brayered panel |
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Layer Three - A thin layer of gesso to mute the colours so they don't detract from my focal image
Layer Four was stamping, Layer Five was the addition of the flower |
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Layer Six was the addition of dimension with the partial and "curled" flowerflower
You can see the "curled" petals of the second layer just a little better here
With the matting I think that totals SEVEN layers!!! |
Materials provided:
- Piece of hexagon patterned card and a piece of white card which had been stamped with three of the same hydrangea image
Additionally I used the following:
- ATC blank
- Snippet of brown card, cut to ATC size
- Snippet of white card cut slightly smaller than ATC size and on to which I brayered fresco paints in Bora Bora and South Pacific, Deco Art metallic bronze and Pebeo iridescent yellow green acrylic paints
- I cut out a piece of the hexagon card and adhered to my brayered card panel using Cosmic Shimmer glue
- Once dry I coated the entire piece with a thin coat of white gesso, to mute the brightness of the colours
- Dimensions faux brick image stamped using Ranger Archival watering can ink
- Whilst that dried I coloured two of the images provided, using alcohol markers and fussy cut out, one in its entirety and a selected panel of another, cutting deeper in to each petal so I could curl the petal to simulate real life petals
- I stamped the JOFY sentiment on to a piece of white card and cut out in chunks before running through my Xyron sticker maker in order to attach to my ATC
- Once my flower was attached I placed the second (curled) piece over the top using Cosmic Shimmer glue
- Using a white Faber Castel Big Pitt pen in white I doodled a border
- Using a black Faber Castell Pitt pen "S" thickness I drew around the sentiment
- Stardust stickles to highlight the blooms and bricks
I'll be entering the above make for the following challenges:
- Crafting from the heart - challenge No. 126 - ANYTHING GOES
- Through The Craft Room Door - September 6th challenge - ANYTHING GOES
- Our Daily Bread - challenge No. 278 - DOTS or DASHES (I drew dots around the outside of my make)
- Crafty Cardmakers - challenge No. 172 - LAYER IT UP - Seven Layers! I checked the rules, an ATC appears to fit the bill too!
- Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday challenge September 7th - STAMP IT
I shall be sending her these materials and will be most interested to see what she makes of them.
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| You can see my ATC on the right |
And now for the Friday Funny .... this week's laugh is provided by my pal, SandraT ... you're in the draw mate!
HELLO, OPERATOR
ANOTHER
CHAPTER OF "THEY WALK AMONG US AND REPRODUCE!!
Actual call centre conversations!
Customer: 'I've been calling 700-1000
for two days and can't get through;
can you help?'
Operator: 'Where did you get that number, sir?'
Customer: 'It's on the door of your business.'
Operator: 'Sir, those are the hours that we are open.'
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Samsung Electronics
Caller: 'Can you give me
the telephone number for Jack?'
Operator: 'I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand who you
are talking about.'
Caller: 'On page 1,
section 5, of the user guide it clearly states that
I need to unplug the fax machine from the AC wall socket and
telephone Jack before cleaning. Now, can you give me the
number for Jack?'
Operator: 'I think it means the telephone plug on
the wall.'
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RAC Motoring Services
Caller: 'Does your European
Breakdown Policy cover me when I am
traveling in Australia ?'
Operator: 'Does the policy name give you a clue?'
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Caller (enquiring about legal requirements while traveling in Europe )
'If I register my car in France , and then take it to England ,
do I have to change the steering wheel to the other side of the car?'
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Directory Enquiries
Caller: 'I'd like the number of the Argo Fish Bar, please'
Operator: 'I'm sorry, there's no listing. Are you sure that the spelling is
correct?'
Caller: 'Well, it used to be called the Bargo Fish Bar but the 'B' fell off.'
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Then there was the caller who asked for a knitwear company in Woven.
Operator: 'Woven? Are you sure?'
Caller:
'Yes.. That's what it says on the label -- Woven in Scotland ..'
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On another occasion, a man making heavy breathing sounds from a phone box told
a worried operator: 'I haven't got a pen, so I'm steaming up the window to
write the number on.'
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Tech Support: 'I need you to right-click on the
Open Desktop.'
Customer:
'OK.'
Tech Support: 'Did you get a pop-up menu?'
Customer:
'No.'
Tech Support: 'OK. Right-Click again. Do you see
a pop-up menu?'
Customer:
'No.'
Tech Support: 'OK, sir Can you tell me what you
have done up until this point?'
Customer:
'Sure. You told me to write 'click' and I wrote 'click'.'
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Tech Support: 'OK. At the bottom left hand side
of your screen, can
you see the 'OK' button displayed?'
Customer:
'Wow! How can you see my screen from there?'
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Caller: 'I deleted a file from my PC last week and I just realized that I
need it.
So, if I turn my system clock back two weeks will I get my file back again?'
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This has to be one of the funniest things in a long time. I think
this guy should have been promoted, not fired. This is a true
story from the WordPerfect Helpline, which was transcribed from a recording
monitoring the customer care department..............
Needless to say the
Help Desk employee was fired; however, he/she
is currently suing the WordPerfect organization for 'Termination without
Cause.'
Actual dialogue of a former WordPerfect Customer Support employee.
(Now I know why they record these conversations!):
Operator: 'Ridge Hall, computer
assistance; may I help you?'
Caller:
'Yes, well, I'm having trouble with WordPerfect ...'
Operator: 'What sort of
trouble?'
Caller:
'Well, I was just typing along, and all of a sudden the words went away.'
Operator: 'Went away?'
Caller:
'They disappeared'
Operator: 'Hmm. So what does
your screen look like now?'
Caller:
'Nothing.'
Operator: 'Nothing??'
Caller:
'It's blank; it won't accept anything when I type.'
Operator: 'Are you still in
WordPerfect, or did you get out?'
Caller:
'How do I tell?'
Operator: 'Can you see the 'C:
prompt' on the screen?'
Caller:
'What's a sea-prompt?'
Operator: 'Never mind, can you
move your cursor around the screen?'
Caller:
'There isn't any cursor; I told you, it won't accept anything I type..'
Operator: 'Does your monitor
have a power indicator?'
Caller:
'What's a monitor?'
Operator: 'It's the thing with
the screen on it that looks like a TV.
Does it have a little light that tells you when it's on?'
Caller:
'I don't know.'
Operator: 'Well, then look
on the back of the monitor and find where
the power cord goes into it. Can you see that??'
Caller:
'Yes, I think so.'
Opera tor: 'Great. Follow the
cord to the plug, and tell me if it's
plugged into the wall..
Caller:
'Yes, it is.'
Operator: 'When you were behind
the monitor, did you notice that
there were two cables plugged into the back of it, not just one? '
Caller:
'No.'
Operator: 'Well, there
are. I need you to look back there again and
find the other cable.'
Caller:
'Okay, here it is.'
Operator: 'Follow it for
me, and tell me if it's plugged securely into
the back of your computer..'
Caller:
'I can't reach.'
Operator: 'OK. Well, can
you see if it is?'
Caller:
'No..'
Operator: 'Even if you
maybe put your knee on something and lean way over?'
Caller:
'Well, it's not because I don't have the right angle -- it's because it's
dark.'
Operator: 'Dark?'
Caller:
'Yes - the office light is off, and the only light I have is
coming in from the window.'
Operator: 'Well, turn on
the office light then.'
Caller:
'I can't.'
Operator: 'No? Why not?'
Caller:
'Because there's a power failure.'
Operator: 'A power
.... A power failure? Aha. Okay, we've got it
licked now. Do you still have the boxes and manuals and
packing stuff that your computer came in?'
Caller:
'Well, yes, I keep them in the closet..'
Operator: 'Good. Go
get them, and unplug your system and pack it
up just like it was when you got it. Then
take it back to
the store you bought it from.'
Caller:
'Really? Is it that bad?'
Operator: 'Yes, I'm
afraid it is.'
Caller:
'Well, all right then, I suppose. What do I tell them?'
Operator: 'Tell
them you're too stupid to own a computer!'
Have a great weekend everyone
