Hmmm....this reminds me of my initial reaction to rubber stamping..."I scrapbook. Why would I want a drawerful of wood and rubber? Seems useless." I'm beginning to think I should never say never LOL!
I began to think about blogging when I realized how much I love to share what I create and how much I love seeing what others have created. I'm totally new to this and although I have a computer geek for a husband (he's a senior programmer by day), he refuses to come close to anything stamping or scrapping related LOL! So, bear with me as I figure this thing out. I'll call it an adventure in blogging and leave it at that LOL!
Ok, for my very first post I'm showing you a card I made a couple days ago for a wonderful lady I've met through Stampin' Up! I haven't mailed it yet because I have to make it to the post office for a pesky 2 cent stamp, but Sandy, it will be coming to you!
I had just gotten a trade stamp set in the mail that afternoon (Natural Beauty, a retired Stampin' Up! set) and I couldn't wait to use it! I knew I wanted to watercolor my image so I stamped the flowers using Palette Hybrid Noir ink on watercolor paper. I used my Watercolor Wonder Crayons (Bold Brights) with my Aquapainter to color the image in. I mounted it on a Tempting Turquoise panel that I trimmed with my scalloped scissors. I used a marker to ink up just the "beauty" part of the word stamp in this set and stamped it on Very Vanilla cardstock. I used my Word Window punch to punch it out, then trimmed one end straight. Stuck a silver brad through the end, mounted it on the card with a Stampin' Dimensional, and tied some narrow ivory organdy ribbon through it.
Now the background on my Marigold Morning base was done using a cool technique known as Faux Flocking. Apparently, it was a popular wallpaper texture in the '60's and it's now being brought back to the papercrafting community! I think it looks better on a card but I wasn't here in the '60's so what do I know ROFL!
What I love most about this card is the color combination of Marigold Morning and Tempting Turquoise. Marigold Morning is part of the now retired 2006-2007 In Color line from Stampin' Up! (but the new In Color line is FABULOUS!). I don't see it put together too often and it's such a cheerful look.
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