Today's Ways to Use It challenge is to use something in a language other than English. I was stumped at first and then I remembered this old thank you stamp I have that has Italian, French, and English on it.
I did a wrinkle free distress background with two colours of Distress inks (but they blended together a bit more than I wanted). And then I used my new World of Dreams stamp set for the image and stamped it in black, added the sentiment, cut with a label die, and bordered with black. The background is the debossed version of the branch embossing folder - I wanted the branch to be angled in the same direction as the branch in the image.
Date: Thursday, January 15, 2015 GMT Views: 1701
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Registered: February 5, 2007 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 92631
Thu, Jan 15, 2015 @ 5:38 PM
Susan, you covered it in three languages! : ) Love your beautiful turq bg for your lovely birds/nest silhouette. The bg embossing is a perfect match. A lovely way to say "thank you".
Registered: March 31, 2008 Location: Eastlake, OH Posts: 22598
Thu, Jan 15, 2015 @ 7:32 PM
Love that technique on watercolor paper Susan and how beautifully you stamped on it too! I have such difficulty getting a clear image on it but yours is perfect! Great idea to have the branches angled the same!
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 132004
Thu, Jan 15, 2015 @ 9:48 PM
Great matching of embossing folder (a very under-used one in my collection) with your lovely silhouette stamp. A beautiful CAS card, and perfect for the challenge.
Registered: January 6, 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 20543
Fri, Jan 16, 2015 @ 1:05 AM
Very pretty!
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Registered: July 20, 2007 Location: Fergus, Ontario, Canada Posts: 52591
Sat, Jan 17, 2015 @ 10:26 AM
Susan, this is so pretty! That stamp is wonderful.....great to see the birds on the nest. I love how you teamed up the embossing folder to the image, so they are running the same way. The wrinkle free distress panel looks super and the sentiment is a perfect fit here.
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