As a Stampin Up demo, most of what I buy in the stamping field is from Stampin Up. But, I've always been a crafter so I'm always looking at what everyone is doing. I get reg emails from several sources, often I find product SU doesn't have that looks like fun. What started as make up brushes has come over to stamping now. I had that first for elsewhere. SU wisely decided to carry them too, they are fab if you haven't tried them.
I remember when I first started stamping. There wasn't much to be had besides stamps. Stampers would buy lots of different things from all kinds of strange places to use. One I remember well was from the lumber yard. It was a product meant to tape walls together and it started showing up on cards. It was a lot of fun back then, but stamping has only gotten better and more fun.
So, I saw a card from one of my mailings that hit a nerve, and this is my take from it. It's not the same anything, it just spoke to me and I went off with an idea. The stamp set here is retired, but it's very much a favorite of mine, it's called Wonderful Romance and has matching dies. There are extra pieces to cut, but I liked it simple this time.
I used Mango Melody, Soft Seafoam, Gorgeous Grape and white.
My top layer of card stock was embossed using the Tasteful Textile 3D embossing folder. I love that it lets you add something subtle so your eye is drawn to the center. I just stamped and embossed on vellum and softly colored on the back side adding my purple centers on the front. I love the little extra that the dots give to the design.
This is going out as an Easter card this year. Just got 3 or 4 more to go.
Thanks for stopping.
1 comment:
Lynn, this is a beautiful card. I love all the elements. Thanks for your tips on how you made it. Enjoy your day!
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