Monday, February 21, 2011

Roses Fade, but Thank You is Forever...

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It's Monday of Presidents' Week, which means the rugrat is not in school and I'm tearing my hair out trying to entertain him! To decompress, I made a card, my favorite kind, which is Thank You. I brought out two of my go-to sets from Taylored Expressions, New Beginnings and Banner Day 1 to create a simple card (no time means quick card!)
I took on of the cute butterfly images and stamped it several times, fully inked, then again in an adjoining pattern by de-inking it once between stamping. It's a great way to create some patterned background paper. Next, I stamped and shaded the sentiment banner and rose, also shading the edges of my card base. After popping them up with foam tape, I was ready to get back to amusing a very bored three year old!

BEAN NOTES

  • Stamps: New Beginnings and Banner Day 1 (Taylored Expressions)
  • Ink: Real Red Classic Dye (Stampin' Up!)
  • Cardstock: Pink Pirouette, Sage Shadow (SU!)
  • Coloring Medium: Sketch Markers (Copic)
  • Dies: Banner 1 (TE)


5 comments:

Diane - oliver.mdiane@comcast.net said...

Such a nice card. I always forget to "make" my background... especially when I'm out of a perticular color of DSP.... why not just ink it? TFS..

Carla said...

So beautiful. I absolutely love those colors together and your background is gorgeous!!! Hugs,

Patti MacLeith said...

I love your original DSP!! Very cool choice of colors, too.

Ann Schach said...

I love the pink with the sage...very pretty! Your handstamped DSP is so unique and creative!

Paper Crafts & Scrapbooking Editor said...

Just lovely, Regina! :)