Love You Card

Better late than never.  Here is the card that I mentioned earlier.  This card features the new Stampin' Up! set called Dreams du Jour.  I love this image and how it turned out.  If I could change anything I would like to have this image slightly larger.  Anyway, I was happy with how the card came out.  I also used two of the new Stampin' Up! In Colors for 2008-2009.  They are Pacific Point and Kiwi Kiss.  I have to say that I really love these new colors!  There are six new colors and they are all beautiful.  I will be featuring them in my next stamp class at the end of August or first of September.  I also embossed the Pacific Point layer with the Swiss Dots Cuttlebug embossing folder and punched the edge of the card with the new Scallop Border Punch (this new punch is really cool!).  The image was colored with Koh-i-noor pencils and blended with blending stumps and odorless mineral spirits.  I was so happy with how the colors blended and shaded.  It really made the image beautiful.  

Supplies Used:

Paper:  Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Summer Sun, Whisper White all from Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Dreams du Jour from Stampin' Up!

Ribbon: Olive Twill Ribbon from Stampin' Up!

Ink: Stampin' Up! Basic Black

Misc.:  Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder, Stampin' Up! Scallop Edge Punch, Koh-i-noor pencils, odorless mineral spirits, blending stumps

Stamped Thank-You

I hope that everyone had a great July 4th weekend!  Ours was pretty busy but we had lots of fun.  

Today I actually had a few minutes to stamp a card.  A friend of mine was willing to watch the kids for me today while I was at a drs. appointment.  When I returned home my box of new stamping supplies from Gina K. Designs was waiting in the mailbox.  This new stamp that she recently released was in the box and I thought it would make a great thank-you card to send to my friend.  

Also inside the box was my new Koh-i-noor pencils and I tried them on this card also.  I loved the results!  I will be working on this technique a lot in the future.

Supplies:

Little Guy at Play stamp from Gina K. Designs, background paper from My Mind's Eye, Spellbinders rectangle nestabilities, Stampin' Up! Old Olive paper, Stampin' Up! Basic Black ink, Koh-i-noor pencils with odorless mineral spirits and blending stumps, Stampin Up! Old Olive Polytwill Ribbon, sentiment from Stampin' Up! Much Appreciated set