Lots of folding

Hello. I hope your week has started out great. Today's technique challenge on Splitcoast was a folded dahlia. This was something new for me and I loved the samples, so I decided that I must make one. And I think it will be the last one that I make. It was very hard to get all the folds even working with such small pieces. I guess I just don't have the patience to do that. The flower is made up of 8 circles that are folded a number of times and then arranged in a circle to form the flower, which turns out very pretty. I used my 1-3/8" circle punch and some designer paper that I've had for awhile. The paper was a blue-gray, so I built my card around that and pulled out a piece of bordering blue, which happens to be my least favorite color from SU. I decided I needed a couple of contrasting colors to make the card pop, so I chose elegant eggplant and cameo coral. The sketch I used was found here, a blog I just found today. I cut the white quarter circle the same as the dp, and then trimmed off the dp with my scallop scissors. I sponged the edges and added dots along the scallops. I pulled a 1/2" printed brad from my stash, lightly sanded it and topped it with a stamped circle and page pebble for the center of the flower. The square panel is popped up.

Details:
stamps: priceless, kind thoughts, fancy flexible phrases (SU)
ink: elegant eggplant
paper: bordering blue, elegant eggplant, cameo coral, whisper white, dp (unknown)
other: 1-3/8" & 1/2" circle punches, giga scallop circle punch (Marvy Uchida), scallop scissors (Fiskars), piercing tool, brad, page pebble.

I'm so glad you stopped by.

Leftovers

That's what today's limited supplies challenge on SCS is all about - using leftovers to make a card. I have lots of scraps on my table, but it was hard to find things that worked together. The flower image was already stamped and punched, as was the oval layer behind it, so I decided to design my card around that. The next two layers of blue and white were also on the table, but had to be trimmed down a bit. I ran the white through my cuttlebug with the textile embossing folder and then brayered ballet blue ink over the raised embossing. I added a layer of brilliant blue. The small flowers were punched from another scrap and blue eyelets were added to the centers. The ribbon pieces were cut from a larger piece. All the holes were punched with my crop-a-dile. For the background, I pulled out a new stamp called stitched, which added a bit of color, but isn't overwhelming. The oval layers are popped up.

Supplies:
stamps: Petal Prints, Stitched (SU)
ink: ballet blue, brilliant blue, always artichoke
paper, whisper white, brilliant blue, ballet blue
other: brayer, cuttlebug, textile embossing folder, sponge, crop-a-dile, brilliant blue eyelets, flower punch (EK Success), giga & mega scallop oval punches (Marvy Uchida), mounting tape

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful day.

a little paint

Happy Thursday. It's been a few days since I've posted anything, or even stamped anything, for that matter. Today's ways to use it challenge on Splitcoast was to use acrylic paint on your card. This is something I'd never tried before, but it sounded like fun. I have quite a few bottles of acrylic paint from other crafting projects, so I grabbed a white to play with today. I had a piece of wild wasabi card stock on my table, so I decided to use that. I squirted a bit of paint on an old CD and then used a sponge brush to swipe it onto the card stock. I let that dry for a few minutes. Then I stamped the morning glory right over the paint with black stazon ink. To color it, I used SU markers. I started by coloring the flowers with apricot appeal and the leaves with certainly celery. Then I added some regal rose along the outer edges of the petals, working just a small area at a time, and spread and blended the color with a blender pen. For the leaves, I used the blender pen to pick up some color from the wild wasabi ink pad and blended that in. How simple is that? I then used my ticket corner punch on all 4 corners, and backed this piece with black. I added a bit of ribbon and some fun baubles, which I picked up in the candle department at Michael's yesterday. Then I put that all on a regal rose base and I was done. Actually a very quick and easy card.

Supplies:
stamps: morning soft (SU)
ink: jet black stazon, apricot appeal, regal rose, certainly celery, wild wasabi
paper: regal rose, basic black, wild wasabi
other: white acrylic paint, sponge brush, ticket corner punch, horizontal slot punch, blender pen, ribbon (Michael's), baubles (Michael's)

Thanks for stopping by.

Garden in a Bag

Over on SCS, this weekend is Virtual Stamp Night, or VSN. This is a series of about 18 challenges based around a central theme. It starts on Friday evening, and then again mid-day on Saturday and run till quite late, with one challenge being posted each hour. The rules require you to complete each challenge in a time frame of 45 minutes. If you take longer than that, you disqualify yourself for that challenge. It gets you outside your box and is a totally fun time. If you've never tried it, you should, even if you only participate in one or two of the challenges. All of the rules and challenges can be found at the above link, if you decide to join in. So far, I've done 3 of the 6 challenges already posted. The deadline for uploading is on Sunday, so there's still time to catch up.

On another note, Saturday is also the inspiration challenge, which was posted late last night. When I saw the picture, I knew I had the perfect stamp, so I did up a card right away, but it was late, so I decided to post it here this morning.
I used the flower from the set Touch of Nature and another stamp from Garden Silhouettes. I stamped the flower two times in black stazon on my white panel, and then a couple more times on scraps. I colored all the flowers with ruby red and always artichoke for the stems. I then masked the flowers on the panel and stamped the other flower, which was colored with markers, over them three times. Then I cut out the 2 extra flowers and popped them up over the existing ones. I matted this on a piece of black and added black brads and natural hemp. For the base behind the panel, I used ruby red, basic black, and a layer of brown paper bag, which I cut from a grocery bag. I stamped the sentiment on the paper bag layer. The main image panel is popped up.

After I took the photo and brought it up on my computer, I compared it to the original inspiration and realized that the flower centers should be yellow - aack! Back to the work table... I stamped a couple more flowers, colored the centers with yoyo yellow and cut out just the flower centers with deckle scissors and glued them on. Much better. I reshot the photo and am very pleased with how the card turned out.

Supplies:
stamps: Touch of Nature, Garden Silhouettes (SU)
ink: jet black stazon, ruby red, always artichoke, yoyo yellow
paper: ruby red, basic black, whisper white, brown paper bag
other: 1/16" punch, black brads, natural hemp, mounting tape

Thanks for stopping by.

Pocket Heart

Wow! I have been in such a funk this week, with no mojo to speak of. I started working on this card on Monday for the technique challenge on SCS, and just couldn't get it to gel. Every day I've played with it, set it aside and tried to work on something else, but I just couldn't seem to put a card together. I was using a pattern for the heart pocket that I've used before and I really didn't like how it fit on an regular sized card. But I already had the pocket pretty much done, so today I finally decided to go with a larger card (5"x7") and make this work.
The heart pocket is cut from Basic Grey paper. The lower half is backed with a square paper doily, and the top is backed with dark cranberry card stock, trimmed with scalloped scissors. I punched a scalloped circle from the cranberry cs, cut it in half and covered the parts that fold up to form the pocket. I added some white rub ons. I'm not sure how it happened, but the word 'me' got messed up and I had to write over the 'e' with a white gel pen. So then I added a tiny white punched flower and some extra dots to distract from the messed up letter. (I should just keep my mouth shut and not tell you, right? lol)

The lacy strip on the left is vellum card stock punched with a Martha Stewart border punch. I rubbed it with my pomegranate ink pad to color it. I also added some dots with white gel pen. The butterfly is another Martha Stewart punch.

The background is stamped with regal rose and bravo burgundy.

The heart is stamped in bravo burgundy flowers which were stamped off once. The sentiment is stamped in pomegranate. The edges are sponged in pomegranate and punched with a 1/16" punch. Behind the heart is stamped Love You.

The corners are made with a combination of a scalloped square punch and a scalloped circle punch. The square was cut diagonally into quarters and I cut two wedges from the circle. I glued a wedge behind the square piece to give a different look to the corner. I also added the tiny flower and white dots.

Details:
stamps: always, garden silhouettes, kind thoughts (SU)
ink: bravo burgundy, purely pomegranate, regal rose
paper: regal rose, whisper white, purely pomegranate, bravo burgundy, vellum card stock
other: eastern elegance rub ons, square paper doily, sponge, white gel pen, scalloped scissors (Fiskars), butterfly punch & border punch (Martha Stewart), scallop circle & scallop square punches (Marvy Uchida), $1 flower punch (Michael's)

Thanks for stopping by.

Fabric, Anyone?

Happy Saturday! Did you watch those Packers today? What a great game!

Last night on Splitcoast, the inspiration challenge was posted early. When I checked it out, I knew immediately that I wanted to dig into my fabric stash and use some on my card. I wasn't able to get to it until this evening, but that is exactly what I did. I took a pair of scissors down to the basement and just looked for a few small pieces that from memory might resemble some of the inspiration picture. I figured it really didn't matter if the prints were similar or not - it was the fact that my inspiration was to use fabric. Since the pieces were wrinkled, I had to pull out my iron and press them, so they would lay flat on the card. I just small squares or rectangles freehand, so that they would fit side by side across the card.

Now for the stamping part of the card, I used flowers from Simply Said, stamped in black stazon on soft sky card stock and colored with various markers. Then I cut a piece of garden green for grass and trimmed the top with deckle scissors. Above the flowers, I drew a curved line for a clothes line, glued all the pieces of fabric down, and drew in the clothespins. I used Snap Stamps to make the sentiment and added a bit of faux stitching - you can't have fabric on a card and no stitching, right?

Supplies:
stamps: simply said (SU), snap stamps (Karen Foster)
ink: jet black stazon, basic black, various markers
paper: soft sky, garden green
other: fabric scraps, deckle scissors

Thanks for stopping by.

Dare to Be Fabulous

Happy Friday. Are you all having a good week? I hope so. DS is back in classes this week and DD will be heading back on Saturday. It's nice having them home all day, but it does mean Mom has more cooking and laundry to do.

The limited supplies challenge on splitcoast was posted early last night, so I made a card before I went to bed, but by the time I finished, it was after 1:00 a.m., so I decided to wait until this morning to post it. Our limits were to use only one SU color family and limit our colors to two plus white or vanilla. In addition, we could only use two embellishments and were to limit our tools. So the colors I chose were really rust and not quite navy from the earth elements family.

I stamped the large flower from fabulous flowers 4 times on vanilla card stock - 3 times in rust and once in not quite navy. Then I cut out the whole flower from one and portions of it from the other three, each a bit smaller. One those that were rust, I sponged the edges in not quite navy, lightly on the large flower, and more heavily on the smaller versions. The center, which is the not quite navy one, was sponged with rust. I wanted to add some dimension, but dimensionals and mounting tape are just a bit thick for so many layers, so I used some circle punches and layered 3 punched circles between each part of the flower. I love how it pops up the flower without making it too thick.

I love the sentiment that comes with this set. We all have people we admire because of something they've said or done. But, you don't have to be famous to be fabulous. We can each be fabulous in our own special way. Maybe it means just doing a special favor for someone or sending a card to cheer someone. What does being fabulous mean to you?

For the sentiment, I cut one strip each rust and not quite navy, then laid them end to end and stamped the sentiment in black stazon. I then trimmed off the ends and mounted them together on a piece of vanilla. Faux stitching is an easy, quick way to add that finishing touch to a card, so I did a line around the sentiment and the accent strip, using a white gel pen. The stitches around the edge of the card are done with a not quite navy marker. I decided to use one of my build a brads that I purchased a few months ago and have only admired in the cute little tin they came in. If you've never seen these, they're really cool. The base looks like a regular 1/2" brad, but the top is just slightly indented. You punch a circle and glue on the indented part and then top it with the clear plastic dome, which has adhesive on the back. So I pulled out my wanted set (same as I used in my last post) and stamped the little paisley stamp in rust on vanilla, punched out a 1/2" circle and put the brad together. I attached it to the sentiment piece before attaching it to the card with mounting tape. I really like this color combination.

Supplies:
stamps: fabulous flowers, wanted (SU)
ink: really rust, not quite navy, jet black stazon
paper: really rust, not quite navy, very vanilla
other: 1/2", 3/4" & 1-3/8" circle punches, build a brad, white gel pen, mounting tape, sponge

I'm looking forward to a great weekend and hope you are too. Thanks for stopping by. Now go Dare to Be Fabulous!

Saddle up!

Hi. I hope you're all having a wonderful day. I have spent almost all day on one card. That is not how I planned to spend my day. The ways to use it challenge on SCS today was leather in some form. I chose to use the real stuff.

The horse is stamped on a piece of deer hide using timber brown stazon ink. Then I colored it with Copic markers. I attached it to a piece of really rust card stock and punched the holes with my crop-a-dile and added eyelets. Then I sponged the edges of both the leather and card stock with chocolate chip ink. I also added the lacing of natural hemp. This piece is raised up.

The circle is a piece of an old purse and is stamped with versamark and embossed in copper. I put it in my cuttlebug with a scalloped circle nestabilities die, but it wouldn't quite cut through that thickness, so I had to finish the cut with my paper snips. I backed the circle with a piece of card stock for stability and added the turquoise jewel brad in the center.

The background is polished stone, done with Ranger alcohol inks on vellum card stock. I scalloped the edge with a corner rounder with the guide removed. I added dots in the scallops with a marker.

The little horseshoe brads were a light purple and just didn't look right, so I embossed them with copper.

Supplies:
stamps: wanted, bareback (SU)
ink: versamark, timber brown stazon, chocolate chip, alcohol inks - stonewashed, stream, wild plum, copper (Ranger), copics - E27, E99
paper, really rust, chocolate chip, outlaw dp, vellum card stock
other: leather, natural hemp, crop-a-dile, eyelets, sponge, copper ep, heat tool, brads, corner rounder, mounting tape

Even though it took me most of the day, this was a fun card to make. Thanks for stopping by.

Kick stand cards

Happy Wednesday! Today I have two cards for the sketch challenge on Splitcoast, which was to make kick stand cards. These are fun to make. Can you tell I like birds? On the first card, the background was stamped using sage shadow, elegant eggplant, and regal rose ink, with stamps from Carte Postale, A Beautiful Thing and Itty Bitty Backgrounds. The stitching is faux.

The circles on both cards are cut with my circles nestabilities in my cuttlebug.

The 2nd card is stamped with a brand new set of acrylic bird stamps, which weren't in the house more than a half hour before they were in the ink. I saw these birds on Amy Westerman's blog and just had to have them - Thanks, Amy! The flock is stamped with eggplant craft ink and the large bird is stamped with rose coral chalk ink, but out and sponged around the edges with groovy guava ink. The swirl from Priceless is stamped on the circle in creamy caramel ink. The brads are made with the mat pack and eggplant marker, and then highlighted with white gel pen.

supplies card 1 - stamps: Carte Postale, A Beautiful Thing, Itty Bitty Backgrounds
ink: elegant eggplant, sage shadow, regal rose
paper, whisper white, elegant eggplant, sage shadow
other: cuttlebug, circles nestabilities, eggplant grosgrain ribbon

supplies card 2 - stamps: Polka Dot, Small Script, Priceless (SU), Birds Galore (Inkadinkado)
ink: sage shadow, elegant eggplant, creamy caramel, groovy guava, rose coral Colorbox chalk ink (Clearsnap)
paper: groovy guava, elegant eggplant, sage shadow, very vanilla
other: cuttlebug, circles nestabilities, eggplant grosgrain ribbon, crop-a-dile, mat pack, ticket corner punch, white gel pen, sponge

Thanks for stopping by. Have a wonderful evening.

Worth reading...

This post on Gina P's blog is definitely worth reading: one flaw in woman

Thanks for stopping by.

A spirelli card

Happy Monday. The weather has been pretty warm again today - about 60F. It was foggy this morning and rainy this afternoon. I even saw some flashes of lightning and heard thunder. It's hard to believe it's January.

Today the technique challenge on Splitcoast was number 150, so there was a bonus where we could pick a favorite from past challenges and use that on a card. I chose to do a spirelli corner.

I colored the flower with watercolor crayons and aqua painter and then highlighted with a regal rose marker. The spirelli is made with a needle and black crochet cotton, as are the sewn X's. The strip where the X's are is actually folded over toward the front and then stitched down. The sentiment is on a small oval punch layered over a round tab punch.

Supplies: stamps: embrace life, vases in vogue (SU)
ink: jet black stazon
paper: regal rose, apricot appeal, basic black, very vanilla
other: piercing tool, mat pack, needle, black crochet cotton, small oval punch, round tab punch, mounting tape

Thanks for stopping by.

Inspiration

Happy Sunday! It was warm today, around 50F, so much of the snow melted. But this morning and most of the day was very foggy - so dense that I couldn't see past the houses across the street. It cleared up a bit mid-afternoon, but came rolling back in before it got dark.

I always enjoy the inspiration challenge on Saturday on Splitcoast. In fact, that was the first challenge I ever tried. It didn't take long before I was participating is most of them on a daily basis. This time I ended up making two cards, because I wasn't totally pleased with the first one - not that it's bad, but I knew I could do better.

The first I used white card stock. The second I made with vanilla. I think it gives it a softer, richer look.



































I made the shelf on both cards with direct to paper faux woodgrain technique. This is done by swiping your ink pad down your card stock. By using several colors, you get variations in the grain of the wood.

The flower pot on the first card was just cut from card stock and sponged. The flowers are part of SU set Close as a Memory. The other flower pot is from Stamps by Judith. The bird, grass and flowers are also by Judith. The background on card 2 is a new one I recently won called Geometric Flowers II Backgrounder from Cornish Heritage Farms. It was a recent new stamp release along with a number of other background stamps. Both sentiments are SU.

Supplies - Card 1: stamps: Close as a Memory, Sincere Salutations
ink: real red, garden green, always artichoke, mellow moss, creamy caramel, chocolate chip
paper: whisper white, mellow moss, always artichoke
other: piercing tool & mat, brads, crytal effects, dazzling diamonds glitter, mounting tape, crop-a-dile, moss gingham ribbon

Supplies - Card 2: stamps: Very Punny, Geometric Flowers II Backgrounder (Cornish Heritage Farms), dorky bird, flower pot, plants (Stamps by Judith)
ink: basic black, groovy guava, more mustard, really rust, always artichoke, mellow moss, creamy caramel, chocolate chip
paper: very vanilla, mellow moss
other: piercing tool & mat, brads, mounting tape, brayer, craft knife

I hope you all have a wonderful week. Thanks for stopping by.

Chocolate, anyone?

Did that title catch your attention? Not candy, but a chocolate card.

The limited supplies challenge on SCS today was to make a card using no white or vanilla card stock. That is actually not too difficult, since there are so many choices of card stock in light colors. I chose to use a combination of creamy caramel, close to cocoa and chocolate chip, in both ink and card stock, using a picture from Diane's blog as my inspiration. This card also fits Tracy's January blog challenge to use something new that we received for Christmas.

These flower stamps I used were a Christmas present from my husband - 3 Step Daisy from Kitchen Sink Stamps. The flower is 3 separate stamps that when stamped on top of each other give dimension and color to the flower. The leaves have only 2 steps. The flower is stamped in creamy caramel, close to cocoa and chocolate chip. I stamped the center in black, but it really doesn't show, because I covered it with cinnamon stickles. The leaves are stamped in creamy caramel and chocolate chip. I added the swirl from Priceless and the sentiment is from a retired set called Noteworthy.

I pierced around the leaves and flowers, added brads and folded ribbon. The main image panel is raised on mounting tape.

Supplies: stamps: priceless, noteworthy (SU), 3 step daisy (Kitchen Sink Stamps)
ink: creamy caramel, close to cocoa, chocolate chip, basic black
paper: creamy caramel, close to cocoa, chocolate chip
other: cinnamon stickles (Ranger), brads, piercing tool & mat, chocolate grosgrain ribbon, mounting tape

I hope you've all been having a great week. Thanks for stopping by.

Flowers

By the time I finished yesterday's sketch challenge on SCS and uploaded my card, it was past midnight and several late nights were catching up with me, so I decided to wait until today to post. The stamps are all from one of the sets demos could pre-order from the new Spring/Summer Collection 2008. It is called Embrace Life. For the top panel, I stamped this flower 3 times in black stazon for the main image and colored it with a blender pen, using ink directly from my ink pads. I backed this piece with a layer of purely pomegranate. The next panel was stamped with the leaf spray in sage shadow ink and the sentiment in purely pomegranate. I backed this with layer of black. The next panel is sage shadow, which I ran through the textile embossing folder in my cuttlebug. I sponged it lightly with sage shadow to bring out the embossing and backed it with handsome hunter. The card base is purely pomegranate. I added two black brads to the sentiment piece. The little green clip is something I found at Office Depot called a Supaclip. The dispenser comes with 8 various colored clips and then you can purchase additional clips in a larger amount. After I put the clip on, I slipped a piece of black gingham ribbon through it and tied a knot. The floral panel is raised on mounting tape.

What did I use? stamps: embrace life (SU)
ink: jet black stazon, purely pomegranate, sage shadow
paper: purely pomegranate, sage shadow, basic black, handsome hunter, very vanilla
other: cuttlebug, textile embossing folder, sponge, black gingham ribbon, black brads, 1/16" punch, supaclip (Office Depot), mounting tape, blender pen


I also made a card for the ways to use it challenge on SCS which was to use flowers on the card. I used the same set again. I stamped the large flower with black stazon 3 times on watercolor paper. Then I created masks from post-it notes and stamped the floral spray a number of times to fill in the background. These images were all colored with watercolor crayons and aqua painter. Layers behind this piece are black, cameo coral, black and apricot appeal. The ribbon is wrapped around all but the apricot layer. Attached to the front are two black pieces. The upper one has two corners rounded with a corner rounder. The flower is cut from two pieces of felt, using a pattern punched with SU's 5 petal flower punch. On top is a prima and a flower brad. The lower sentiment piece is punched with the key tag punch and one end is trimmed off. The sentiment is punched out with the small oval punch.

What did I use? stamps: embrace life, so many sayings (SU)
ink: jet black stazon
paper: apricot appeal, cameo coral, very vanilla, basic black
other: watercolor crayons, aqua painter, felt, 5 petal flower punch, key tag punch, small oval punch, prima, flower brad, corner rounder, black grosgrain ribbon, mounting tape

Thanks for stopping by.

A fun New Year's Eve Party

Last night Lindsey had a party in the Jacksonbelle Embellishment members forum on SCS, which included some chatting, trivia, and stamping challenges, along with a lot of giveaways and fun. Here are the three cards that I made.
This black and blue card (and I don't mean bruised) was for a color challenge.
The flowers were stamped with black stazon ink on the white panel and again with brilliant blue ink on a scrap of white. I punched out the single flower with a 1-1/4" circle punch and layered it on a black 1-3/8" circle. I popped this up over the same flower stamped in black for a spotlight technique. The ribbon was tied around the white layer before I glued it to the black card base. The sentiment was stamped in brilliant blue along the flower stem and then I added some faux piercing in the corner. A very simple but elegant card.

Stuff I used: stamps: flower (stampendous), sentiment (warm words - SU)
ink: jet black stazon, brilliant blue
paper: whisper white, basic black
other: ribbon (michaels), circle punches (SU), mounting tape








A card using eyelets was another challenge, so I made a laced panel with designer paper and chocolate chip card stock. I used my crop-a-dile to punch all the holes and set the eyelets. Then I laced it with brown crochet cotton and a needle. I wanted to put an image over the dp, so I stamped the flower on acetate with stazon ink and colored it from the back side with copic markers. While that was drying, I stamped the same image on the right side of my really rust card base and colored it with SU markers. I coated the flowers with crystal effects. Of course, I now needed to let that dry, so I slipped the acetate underneath the lacing and folded the ends over to the back. Using my crop-a-dile again, I punched through the acetate and card stock and added eyelets to anchor the strip together and finished off the lacing. I popped up the panel and stamped the sentiment along side the other flower.

Stuff I used: stamps: oh, so lovely (SU), sentiment (Judith)
ink: jet black stazon, chocolate chip
paper: really rust, chocolate chip, dp (old world stack - DCWV)
other: crop-a-dile, creamy caramel eyelets, needle, brown crochet cotton, crystal effects, ruby red and old olive SU markers, R27 Copic marker, mounting tape





And the last challenge was a valentine card. I started by gluing some rich cranberry card stock to a piece of cereal box chipboard. Then I made a heart pattern and traced it on the back and cut it out. I was going to emboss with white on the heart, but then I remembered that I just got some new rub ons from SU and decided to use those instead. I added a row of diamond stickles along one side of the heart.

For the background, I stamped the flower from a new SU set called 'it's a beautiful thing' in purely pomegranate ink on naturals ivory card stock. I made the scalloped edge with a corner rounder without the corner guide, and then punched a 1/8" hole in the center of each scallop. I glued this piece to cranberry card stock and added a strip of black and some gold cord along the left hand side.

The sentiment from the same set was stamped on naturals ivory card stock and punched out with a large oval punch. Since I wanted a layer of dark card stock behind that, but don't have a larger oval punch that would work, I had to improvise. I punched a designer label punch and another oval from cranberry and glued the sentiment onto the designer label. Then I cut the other oval in half and glued each end behind the designer label so that it formed a nice layer on the ends. Both the sentiment and heart are raised on mounting tape.

Stuff I used: stamps: it's a beautiful thing (SU)
ink: purely pomegranate
paper: naturals ivory, basic black, non-SU cranberry
other: gold cord, white rub ons, corner rounder, 1/8" punch, designer label & large oval punches, mounting tape, diamond stickles

It was a fun party and a great way to end off the year. I want to wish you all a wonderful and blessed new year. Thanks for stopping by.