Good Morning Fellow Stampers -
Happy Monday!! How is everyone after this busy Spring weekend? There have been many goings on around here, and turns of events. Some of those we'll talk about down the road some . . .
In the meantime, a tip for everyone. Do not eat melty chocolate-covered pretzels while designing a card - especially a very white card. Just sayin' . . . LOL
It's Paper Players [PP292] challenge time. This week is a fun sketch challenge, which in the end caused me great grief and trouble. 'Course, maybe it was the melty chocolate pretzels -- haha. I actually started one card, hated how it was turning out; literally threw everything away. Walked away and took a hot shower, and then came back and started over. Here's what I came up with for today's sketch design . . .
Doggone Delightful Stampin' Design Tips:
- Layerothology. I chose a simple clean design today, with little details to make it elegant and fun. This card is cut from Shimmery White cardstock, 5 1/2" x 8 1/2", scored at 4 1/4". It has one overlaid layer of the same Shimmery White cardstock, cut 4" x 5 1/4", with a score line laid in around the outside edge, exactly 1/4" from the edge all the way around.
- Sneak Peak of Colors. Today I "fussy cut" the beautiful rose spray from the Birthday Blossoms stamp set as the focal point of this card. The blossoms were stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black ink also on the Shimmery White cardstock; and then watercolored using the Blender Pens before I fussy cut them. I did not put a color line-up on the blog for you today, because . . . . drum roll . . . . I used several of the brand new In Colors on this rose. In fact, you will see Flirty Flamingo blended with Blushing Bride on the petals; and Emerald Envy has been used on the leaves. The Shimmery White cardstock is perfect for beautiful blending like this, especially with that subtle shimmer coming through. I did, however, have some fun with Wink of Stella on the rose once I was done to add lots of fun shimmer and glimmer to the image.
- A Good Greeting. I "clipped" just the sentiment I wanted for today's design from the Good Greetings stamp set. By stamping "my amazing mother" and then fussy-cutting just the part I wanted, I got the simple clean sentiment for this fun Mother's Day card design.
I hope you have enjoyed this card design today, meant especially for the upcoming Mother's Day holiday; yes indeed, that time is right around the corner. I have not used this beautiful stamp set nearly enough; thankfully it is carrying forward into the new Annual Catalog in June, so we'll have plenty of time to play with it in the months to come.
Wishing everyone a fabulous start to your week.
Until Next Time . . .
