Hello, Sweets! I have a fun little surprise for you today. My dear friend, Jennifer McGuire, asked if I'd like to play along with her this week for a week of card challenges on our blogs. Jen is absolutely one of the sweetest people in the paper-crafting industry and besides that, she's just plain fun! I love popping in to see her at CHA each year....she's always smiling and laughing and I love that about her. Plus, she's a just really good friend......so caring and kind. Truly a gem.....she's one of the best and I'm grateful for her friendship. (She needs to come visit me one of these days.....we'll go on a grand foodie tour together! Haha!)
Soooo.....we've cooked up a fun little week of card festivities for you. Each day this week, we've got a different challenge set up. We'll be mixing some Hero Arts stamps with some Papertrey Ink stamps each day plus we'll be using a different monochromatic color scheme each day to make things even more interesting! We'll each make a card using that day's specific assortment of product and colors and you can pop in here and over at her blog to see what we've each created using the same items!
For today, we're both using this group of goodies:
Hero Arts LP195 3 Silhouettes stamps
Hero Arts CG138 Ledger stamp
Papertrey Ink Mat Stack 4 Collection stamp set
For my card, I started out with a plum pudding card base and added a panel of lavender moon card stock that I stamped with the Ledger stamp and then added a "hello, friend" sentiment from Mat Stack 4 Collection.
For the focal point on my card, I stamped one of those pretty silhouette images in plum pudding ink on lavender moon card stock and punched it out with a 1 3/4" circle punch. Behind that is a plum pudding scalloped layer that was die cut using a limitless layers: 1.75" circle die. Next is a white doily that I die cut using one of my Doily Details dies and behind that is a plum pudding layer that was die cut using the mat stack 4 die and stamped & heat embossed with a coordinating image from the Mat Stack 4 Collection stamp set and clear embossing powder.
I adhered a strip of lavender Happy Spots patterned paper behind the mat stack layer and added a bit of plum pudding ribbon off to the right. A few purple rhinestones finished things off.
Are you excited about this fun blog week with Jennifer? I know I am! It's gonna be a fun week. Be sure to pop over to see what Jen created for today's challenge!
See you again tomorrow, friends!
{hello, friend supplies}
Paper: plum pudding, lavender moon, stamper's select white, happy spots
Stamps: Hero Arts LP195 3 Silhouettes stamp, Hero Arts CG138 Ledger stamp, Papertrey Ink Mat Stack 4 Collection stamp set
Ink: plum pudding, versamark
Other: mat stack 4 die, limitless layers: 1.75" {scalloped} circle die, 1 3/4" circle punch, doily details die, clear embossing powder, plum pudding classic grosgrain ribbon, Kaiser Scrapbook purple rhinestones