Michelle W., who has been leaving lovely comments here lately, said she wished I'd give more details. It made me realize how lazy I have become about my posts. I just throw some pix up, and off I go! Well, Michelle, your wish is my command! This card is very simple, especially compared to yesterday's, but I'll still tell ya all about it!
The small flower is an old DOTS stamp I won in a huge lot on eBay. I still haven't used all those stamps, and it was over a year ago! I embossed it in SU! Detail Black, and colored it in Bashful Blue re-inker. The button is SU! Soft Subtles. I used my white
Inkssentials (the BEST!) gel pen to make it look like it was sewn on. I embossed SU!'s Big Blossom in the blue from the retired pastel stack. SU! has always had such nice quality embossing powders, but every catty for the last eight years has had less ep than the one before, it seems. Oh, well, I love Ranger and Judikins ep, too! Plus, I know everyone isn't as crazy for embossing as I am. I'm just mad for it! I emboss on probably 95% of my cards.
I cut the big flower out and glued it down to Chocolate Chip. After I did it, I wondered if the light blue ep would have covered well right on the CC card stock. I never tried it, so I still don't know. Those of you who have been stamping for a long time will remember the Happy Birthday stamp from good ol' Button Bear. I sold mine years ago, but that stamp was in the huge eBay haul.
Finally, I rounded the corners, mounted the CC on Kraft, and doodled some dots. The inside and the matching envelope are stamped with
ColorBox Ice Blue. (ColorBox pads are on sale! Click the link if you need ink!)
I'm lucky enough to have been asked to be August Guest Designer for Clear Artistic Stamps, and this is my first project! (Sorry about the two nearly identical pictures, I can't figure out how to delete a picture!)
I mixed Scenic Route and Basic Gray paper DP (designer paper) here. The colors are perfect together, and I loved the way the very crisp SR looked behind the oh so nostalgic Artistic Outpost stamp from the Keeper plate. I added a little bling to this rather simple card with some Stickles in Patina, some gems, and Holographic EP in the left corner.
It's hard to tell from the picture, but the sentiment is on acetate. It's from one of those ready to use acetate sheets, and I have to say, they are pretty easy to deal with. I've done some acetate stamping, and it isn't the easiest thing in the world. Acetate is slippery! With pre-printed acetate, your only trouble is hiding the adhesive!
I made this card a couple of years ago. Back then, I didn't feel like I had to put at least one of everything in my stamp room on a card! Now I feel that this card is naked. I'm sure I could add four or five layers and several embellishments, but I think I'll leave it. It's painted with Radiant Pearls, so it has a lovely shimmer in real life. My photography skills are improving, but I still have a hard time capturing subtle shimmer like this.
