Blooming with Kindness Mother's Day + How to Fix An Ink Smudge

Today I have a Mother's Day card to share made using Blooming with Kindness.  I really love this set, it has such a beautiful softness to it.  I sat down and had the entire card put together, was doing a monochromatic look, then disaster!  I had opened the card to add a greeting to the inside and forgot about the open ink pad not far away.  Take a look.

I ended up with an ink smudge on a FINISHED card...I about died!  So, I needed a quick fix to save it.  The funny part is the quick fix made the card look BETTER!  First, here is a closer look at the ink smudge.

And now take a look at my fixed card that I ended up just loving!

What do you think?  Isn't this card with the boo-boo fixed much prettier than my original card!  So needless to say, I am so glad I got ink on this card! My first thought when I saw that the ink smudge was "how do I cover this up?"  I figured flowers punched and added on would be perfect.  So I used the Itty Bitty Shapes Punch Pack and made some flowers for that area.  But, I needed to keep the card balanced so I added flowers in other areas too.  Then, as a finishing touch, I stamped and cut out a hummingbird from Bloomin' Marvelous to put next to the flower.  Here's a closer look at the area with the smudge.

You can't even tell there's an ink smudge here.  And the bonus is that I love how this card looks much better than my original plan.  I think the addition of the Pink Pirouette makes the card design pop.

So, now if you have a little boo-boo on a card, just think about what element you can add to cover it up!  Worked for me!!

Thanks for visiting today.  Tomorrow is Monday, so come back to check out the Monday Lunchtime Sketch challenge card for the week.

If it doesn't move...stamp it!!
Nicole Tugrul
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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