True Friend...

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I've been a fan of My Mind's Eye for a while, but just recently discovered their blog and found myself faced with a fun sketch challenge. The theme is "friendship," which is always a nice one and I decided to make my mother-in-law a "True Friend" card. We have an ongoing joke between us that she won't purchase any friendship-themed stamps because she claims she doesn't have any friends to send a card to (which just cracks me up!) She's my best stamping buddy, so I thought I'd go ahead and violate her rule with a card to show her how much of a friend she is to me!

I'm still on a "going through my stash" kick and I re-discovered some beautiful designer paper from MME that I had been hoarding. I enjoyed looking through all my mountains of paper and, though it's always almost painful for me to cut into a gorgeous piece, I was happy with the finished results.

BEAN NOTES
Stamps: "Friend" sentiment from World's Best set (Verve)
Patterned Paper: Penny Lane (My Mind's Eye)
Cardstock: Pear Pizazz, Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip (Stampin' Up!)
Fibers: Twine (generic)
Accents: Decorative Brads (My Mind's Eye)
Dies: Medium Scallop Border (PTI); Go-Go Boots Alphabet Sizzlets (Sizzix)
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)