My card today is for the challenges at retro sketches and The Paper Players.
Baja Breeze is retiring at the end of this catalog year and I didn't really think I would miss it too much until I actually got it out to use it! It is a nice calm light blue. It has kind of a "dirty" look to it too, which I like for vintage or old-world style cards. I haven't used it in a while and it kind of got me teary just thinking about it leaving. What a color-addicted dork! lol
I haven't really used Friendship Preserves all that much but I thought it worked well with the sketch and colors. It stamps so nicely when colored with markers too! For my flowers at the top I first pressed them into my Baja Breeze ink pad and then Rich Razzleberry. I love adding color to these flowers. They are so gorgeous! I really hope they carry over into the next catalog. It is nice that they are all joined so you can use a strip of them or cut them apart. The twine at the bottom is a strip I cut from the Natural Cotton ribbon and pulled the fibers apart. I used some on another card earlier this week and had this extra lying on my table and thought it looked to nice to throw it away. :)
Stamp Set: Friendship Preserves
Cardstock: Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla
Ink: Baja Breeze, Crumb Cake, Island Indigo, Rich Razzleberry
Tools: Window Frames Framelits, sponge, Lacy Brocade Embossing Folder
Accessories: Natural Cotton Ribbon, Flower Trim, Dimensionals, Subtles DSP Stack
Lol! I recently resolved to do the same! I would finish my card, write down all my supplies and rush off to photograph it only to come back later to a mess! I know enjoy the fact that I can come back to a clean desk and start fresh on a new card without first cleaning up the remnants from the last one. So far so good for me.....we'll see how long I can keep it up! I love all your stuff, Shanna and this card is no exception!
ReplyDeleteShana, I often times say "pull out that Friendship Preserves set and use it" but it doesn't get used enough. Thanks for sharing this card - I'm inspired to use mine now. Thanks for playing along with The Paper Players this week.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Shana! I love the triple flowers, and the "twine"...how creative! I had totally forgotten about this set. Thanks for reminding me how pretty this image is and hanks for playing with The Paper Players!
ReplyDeleteSo pretty, Shana! I love all of the fab texture on your card and the softly colored flowers. Thanks so much for joining us this week at the Paper Players! :)
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