Monday, March 9, 2009

What I DIDN'T learn in first grade

Do you know how to color? I don't mean color your hair or pick a color of paint for your bathroom wall....oh yeah, I still need to paint those bathrooms......I mean

Do you know how to color like a first grader?

Coloring is a skill that has eluded me my entire life. Do you remember the little girl who could color a picture in vivid detail, trace the outline in black, and color the background?

That wasn't me.

I was the girl who sat in the desk in the row next to her and leeaaanneed over to see what color she chose for the dog's fur.

It is a curse that follows me to this day.

Don't believe me? Check this out.



I made this card for a monthly "Stampin' Up" group that I attend. Everyone designs a card, makes multiples of it and then we swap cards. That beauty up there is my "swap card".

I like the color combinations.....who doesn't love a little ur-ange and green?......I L.O.V.E. the quote. (If you can't read it, it says, "A girl should be two things: classy and fabulous. -Coco Channel) I even like the swirly doo-dad I added at the last minute. But the coloring?

Can you say "preschool"?

What does a girl who can't color do?

She changes the design of the card.


To this.

Okay, not really. I still like the first one. Even if I can't color better than a first grader.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

I like your card, but I like to color too. My daughter always upsets me because she wants to color the same picture as I'm coloring. I don't like sharing my canvas or page out of a coloring book!

I think you did great!

-FringeGirl

Mandi Shandi said...

That Chanel quote is one of my favorites. I've actually seen it on a wall in a bathroom in vinyl letters. It looked great! Anywho, I love to color and I think I was the one you would have been looking at in first grade. BUT I guarantee I would have been trying to cheat off you if you are even half as smart as Delawierd said you are. I think the card looks perfect!

Unknown said...

Well, aren't you just crafty. I'm not good at this stuff, but I still try.

Nina in Portugal said...

I was that girl who colored perfectly.

You know, the one you were always trying to copy?

But when it was time for math, I was the one looking at your paper trying to figure out how to "borrow" in subtraction.

Janna Leadbetter said...

But I like its imperfection! It's so endearing in that new trendy sort of way. Love the colors, too!

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