Kim is our hostess this week, and she has selected a lovely trio of colors for Challenge 519: Pool Party, Pear Pizzazz, and Blackberry Bliss. The dessert option was to use your favorite embellishment; but for me, that's like choosing which child you love best! I love `em all!
I did use my newest toy, though, MFT Blueprints 12. This has been around for a while, but it's new to me, and I had a lot of fun with it. For this card, I used one of their suggested layouts, but I see lots and lots of possibilities with this array of dies.
This card is in its second incarnation: After I finished the card the first time, the Pool Party cardstock was plain, and needed "something." So I got out my Itty-Bitty Backgrounds set and oh! so carefully, stamped around the other elements in Pool Party ink, to give it a little bit of pattern. If I were to start over, I might use an embossing folder to give it some texture.
Thanks for stopping by, and please play along with us this week!
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Mon, Mar 02, 2015 @ 12:45 PM
Barbara, what a lovely Thank You card - so simple and easy, yet using one wonderful stamp (which I have but have not used in forever!!) Love the way you combined your colors - and the spatter gives it some extra character, that would most certainly be missed if you omitted it. Those banners behind the sentiment are also the nicest touch!
------------------------------ SUE aka GREENIE - Twisted Sistah Handmade cards because..No one displays an email on their mantle, or saves a FB post in a box of treasures! Nothing is impossible with God!