I love the black, pink and gold combo! And the Whisper White ink on the black chalkboards? And the little boxes? Fantastic!
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Every time I pull out this stamp set I start to sing... not as good as this guy:
But it makes me sing anyway...And it's time to celebrate my daughter's birthday! So I pulled out Stake Your Claim, started to sing, and this is what happened.
Lots of new goodies going on here. Lets start with the basics - The card has a Cucumber Crush base, with a layer of Watermelon Wonder. Top corners were rounded with the Project Life Corner Punch. Then comes a layer of Whisper White, and what's that in corner? Oh, that? It's a new punch, soon to be released in the new Holiday Catalog. And I'm only showing you one of the possibilities you can do with it--it actually is a "trio punch" with two different types of corners and a ribbon slide. Woo hoo!
On my Whisper White I began to layer...lots and lots of stuff!
First some Silver Metallic Thread, scrunched up and held down with a Mini Glue Dot. Next some Cherry on Top Washi Tape. Then a beautiful Metallic Foil Doily in shiny silver, topped with a strip of Cherry On Top Designer Series Paper Stack.
My stamp was inked in Cucumber Crush and cut out with the matching Handpicked Framelits. It was adhered with Dimensionals and then a sparkly strip of Silver Glimmer Paper, with the ends notched, was added. Along with a few Rhinestone Basic Jewels just for fun!
Finally, I cut the "cheers" using the Greetings Thinlits with Watermelon Wonder cardstock and added it with a fabulous new skinny-tipped glue from the Holiday Catalog--I can't wait for you to see all the great stuff in there!
And inside? Had to have as much fun as the outside:
A stamp from Amazing Birthday was inked using Watermelon Wonder, Cucumber Crush, Crushed Curry and Bermuda Bay Stampin' Write Markers.
Happy Birthday, darling Aly! Can't wait to sing you Happy Birthday next weekend when you come to visit!
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I finally got a chance to play with a really pretty set that I purchased from the Annual Catalog, and just haven't had time to experiment with yet. It's called Timeless Love and it is perfect for an anniversary.
Teamed up with English Garden Designer Series Paper, this made a just-what-I-was-looking-for to celebrate my sister's and brother-in-law's anniversary this weekend.
My card base is Tip Top Taupe with a layer of Night of Navy. English Garden lists Soft Suede as an included color, but I found that the Tip Top Taupe was just the ticket!
I took the English Garden layer and cut an oval with my Oval Framelits, and I used the next smaller size to cut a piece of Hello Honey. This was adhered to the back of the DSP.
Now for the stamping.
I used my new Archival Basic Black ink pad to stamp the flowers, then colored them with Blender Pens and Night of Navy and Tip Top Taupe inks. To the get the Navy color right, I added ink to my Blender Pen but first colored on a scrap piece of paper to dilute the deep navy color.
"Happy Anniversary" is also stamped in Night of Navy, but was stamped off once on scrap paper. The color was then perfect with the DSP.
I colored some Pearls Basic Jewels with a Sharpie marker, and added them to the center of my flower. The top layer of DSP with the oval cutout was placed over the stamped image with Dimensionals, and a bow of Tip Top Taupe Dotted Lace Trim was tied. Then the entire top was adhered to my base card.
Because this was an odd-sized card, I made an envelope using the Neutrals Envelope Paper and my Envelope Punch Board. The flower image was stamped on the front using Archival Basic Black ink.
