Final Day of Summer

  I know it is not officially the last day of summer but mentally it is for me. August = summer. September = autumn. Add to that we just returned yesterday from 5 glorious sun filled days at Cape Cod so I really feel like summer is over now.  

  And don't forget that today is also the very last day you can order from the Summer Mini Catalog! Plus, have you checked out the Clearance Rack at Stampin' Up!?? They added to it! Just CLICK HERE. Then click on Shop Now.

Here is cute little box I made a while back and it seemed appropriate to show it today, the final day of the Summer Mini Catalog.

  It was made with the luscious Island Oasis designer paper found in the Summer Mini. I used the Fancy Favor Box Bigz die to make it and then added some Rose Red cardstock and a layered scalloped circle to the front. 

   This is a perfect way to celebrate a birthday or any other occasion. Just fill it with the recipient's favorite candy or maybe a gift such as a candle. Lots of possibilities. The paper is so bright and cheerful it can be used all year round!

Stamps: Perfect Punches 

Paper: Island Oasis designer series paper - Summer Mini Catalog

           White, Rose Red, So Saffron, Tempting Turquoise cardstock

Ink: Rose Red

Accessories: Old Olive Button, Pumpkin Pie Striped Ribbon, XL Scallop Circle punch, XL Oval Punch,   1 3/4" Circle punch, White Gel Pen, Big Shot, Fancy Favor Box Bigz die

Oh by the way. I hope you had a chance to tour the blog hop I participated in! I thought everyone did a wonderful job showcasing the upcoming products from the Holiday Mini Catalog.  If you left me a comment - Thanks!!! If you didn't take the tour but would like to, just go HERE and follow the links.

Hoppin Down The Holiday Trail!

      And welcome to Stampin Addicts Holiday Mini Blog Hop.

   If you arrived from Holly's blog, InkPaperStamps you are at the right place. I know she showed you some wonderful projects and entertained you with her humor as well! 
    But maybe you just started the blog hop. That is ok too cause you can make a complete circle either way. Just follow the trail links!

   Everyone on this hop is featuring items from the upcoming Holiday Mini Catalog. I chose to show you some projects using the stamp set, Merry Crittermas cause I am such a push over for anything with animals and these stamps are adorable!

The card I made uses this darling little beaver with his stocking. 

And isn't that paper perfect for a woodland setting? It is from the Candy Cane Christmas Specialty Designer Paper also found in the Holiday Mini. What makes it Special? Glitter and sparkle - just like the Glimmer Brads on the front of my card. 

But the best part of this card? Open it up and a woodland holiday scene, made with lots of glittery snow, pops up!! 

Stamps: Merry Crittermas

Paper: Baja Breeze, Real Red, White, Candy Cane Christmas Specialty Paper, Watercolor paper

Ink: Black Stazon, SU Markers

Accessories: 1 3/4" Circle punch, Crystal Effects, Dazzling Diamond Glitter, Sponge, dimensionals, Blender pen, 1/8" Real Red Taffeta Ribbon, Glimmer Brads

Candy canes, peppermint sticks, or in this case, chocolate covered pretzel rods fit perfectly into this versatile pouch. The adorable little squirrel stamp sets the pace for this project! And he is surrounded by some other items from the Holiday Mini such as a new 2 1/2" Circle punch, a Big Designer Button, and more of the Candy Cane Christmas Specialty paper!

Stamps: Merry Crittermas

Paper: Real Red, White, Candy Cane Christmas Specialty Paper, Watercolor paper

Ink: Black Stazon, SU markers

Accessories: 1 3/4" and 2 1/12" circle punches, XL Scallop circle punch, Scallop Trim Border punch, Large oval punch, Big Designer Button, 1/8" taffeta ribbon in white and red, Blender pen

What I love most about this Merry Crittermas stamp set is that it isn't just for the holidays! Which translates into more for your money and if you are like me, being economical is especially important these days.

   Rather than make this a holiday gift, I made it into a gift that could be given any time of year! I picture this being given to someone who loves music. The adorable kitty and his book of music make a perfect tag for whatever you choose to give. For this project I used some more of the new items offered in the Holiday Mini including Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon and Glimmer Brads as well as the Decorative Label Punch which makes a great complementary tag to the Fancy Favor Box. I love how Stampin' Up! coordinates their products!

Stamps: Merry Crittermas

Paper: Early Espresso, Watercolor paper, Newsprint dsp

Ink: Black Stazon, SU markers

Accessories: Cherry Cobbler Seam Binding Ribbon, Glimmer Brads, Decorative Label Punch, 1/8" Early Espresso taffeta ribbon, Big Shot, Fancy Favor Box Bigz die

Well that was fun! And now it is time for you to move on to see what fabulous projects Yapha has waiting for you over at her blog, Rubber Stamping and Card Making With Yapha.

Enjoy! And I hope you will come back and visit me again.

Pull Up a Chair and Relax

  Hi there stampers!
Well I am looking forward to tomorrow because David and I will be relaxing - not necessarily in a vintage chair though. We are going to escape to our beloved Cape Cod (Books and a Beach chair!!) for an extra long weekend. It has been an incredibly busy summer for both of us - he and his missions trip to Kenya plus speaking engagements and me with Summer Reading Club at the library. Those 3 words in of themselves equal CRAZY for me. lol!


And as I relax, I will be looking forward to the Stampin Addicts Holiday Mini Blog Hop beginning August 27 and going through Sunday, August 29th. I know I keep reminding you but I am so excited! This is my first Blog Hop of any kind and I hope it will be "well attended" if you know what I mean!


   Today's card is all about the chair (not a beach chair). I bought this stamp set called Have A Seat, because I have emotional attachments to 3 of the 4 stamp images in this set. Well sort of. The 3 chairs (not the bench so much) all remind me of my paternal grandmother's house which reminds me of my childhood. Great memories by the way! When I first went through the catalog back in June, I thought I just had to have this stamp set so I purchased it. But wouldn't you know it, I haven't even used it until now. I pull it out, look at it, admire the chairs, remember the chairs of days gone by and ..... put the stamp set back on the shelf! Do you ever do that?


  So this time I was determined to ink it up and make a card. And wow it came together so fast! I used this week's Sweet Sunday Sketch and just went to town (figuratively speaking of course).

   Another thing I bought and rarely use is the Presto Patterns Specialty Paper . It is so, so, so white! I don't know I guess I need my paper to come colored and ready to go even though I like the concept of being able to making it my own depending on what color is needed. So I cut a small piece of the Presto Patterns paper just to try it out. I sponged this piece with Cherry Cobbler and Chocolate Chip ink. And I love how the words just start to appear and the color is so rich and vibrant. I can totally see myself using this paper more often.

   For the chair I stamped it in Chocolate Chip, punched it out and very carefully colored it with a marker. It had to be red because that is the color of the chair at my grandmother's house. Sigh. I loved that chair. 

   SNEAK PEAK! The Early Espresso cardstock behind the main image was punched with a new Holiday Mini punch! And so were the words enjoy life! Gotta love new punches!

   In keeping with the vintage look I added some Crochet Lace and a Vintage Brad at the bottom. And if you look closely you can see 2 little Vintage Trinket Brads on either side of my stamped image. They look like teeny tiny buttons. So cute!

I feel better now that this stamp set has finally seen ink and, just like the Presto Patterns Specialty paper, it will be getting more use than it has because it goes so well with the vintage look.

Stamps: Have A Seat, Fabulous Phrases

Paper: Crumb Cake cardstock, Presto Patterns Specialty paper, Early Espresso cardstock

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Crochet Lace, Vintage Brad, Sticky Strip, Vintage Trinket Brads, 1 3/4" circle punch, 

         Decorative Label Punch, Small Oval Punch - both in upcoming Holiday Mini

Find time to stamp . It is good for what ails you!

A Robbery and a Card

   Before I show you today's project I have a funny story to tell. I meant to tell it last week when it happened but I kept forgetting.

   I work in our city's public library and last Monday when I got to work everyone was all wound up because our library had been robbed early that morning (1:00am)!! Yes, someone - actually 2 people - broke in and robbed us! Fortunately our library is rigged with alarms so the police were alerted right away. But to break in the robbers had parked their bikes (they were 2 guys in their 20s), climbed the fire escape to the 3rd floor, and climbed in through the window of our break room/kitchenette. Then they walked out into the little hallway which tripped the library's silent alarm. The police arrived unbeknownst to the burglars, and one guy was caught red handed as he climbed down the fire escape. The other guy jumped 20 feet and got away! But the part we found to be hilarious was what they stole. They stole a half gallon of chocolate ice cream and a bottle of wine -seriously!!  Both of those items were left over from an event the week before by the way. So needless to say the jokes have been flying and the news headlines were too funny! First we have a bomb scare, now a robbery!

   Now on to more serious things like stamping!     

   Once again I turned to Stampin Addicts for a sketch. This week's sketch is a group of 3 blocks. 

To make the card I used markers on the stamps, misted them with water and stamped. I repeated that across the front of a complete piece of Vanilla cardstock. I even stamped the saying in the upper right corner. Then I cut the stamped cardstock into thirds, sponged it, spritzed it with my Color Spritzer Tool, and layered everything onto a piece of Pear Pizzazz cardstock.

  SNEAK PEAKS!  I added a piece of punched cardstock and a brad to the top just to balance it. The Decorative Label Punch is a new one from the Holiday Mini and it is sure to be a hit! I like it because it is large enough to fit images as well as sayings. And check out that button! The Always Artichoke button is also from the Holiday Mini Catalog. These Big Designer Buttons come in 8 colors and really add alot of pizzazz to any project! 

Speaking of SNEAK PEAKS here is another friendly reminder to come back Friday, August 27 - Sunday, August 29th for LOTS of projects featured in the Stampin Addict's Blog Hop!

   

For today's card all supplies are Stampin' Up!

Stamps: Just Believe

Paper: Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Vanilla

Ink: Poppy Parade, Cajun Craze, Pear Pizzazz, Always Artichoke

Accessories: Color Spritzer Tool, Hemp Twine, sponge, brad

             Big Designer Button and Decorative Label Punch - Holiday Mini

Thanks for looking!

You Only Live Once Baby!

   Do ever make a card and step back and say " I LOVE this card!"? Well that is exactly what I did when I made this card. I wanted to make a card for my daughter  - kind of a "cheering her on to have fun while  she can" type of card. So I came up with the idea for today's card. 


   I have been playing with my new things from the soon to be released Holiday Mini Catalog because I am going to be in the Stampin Addicts Holiday Mini Blog Hop on Friday, August 27 - Sunday, August 29. More on that later! This little guy on his toboggan was fresh on my mind. He is one of the stamps in the upcoming set, Merry Crittermas so consider this a SNEAK PEAK! Add to that the One Layer Wednesday Challenge found HERE, is to make create a scene (the landscape type, not the tantrum type. Ha Ha). 

   How did I do it? Glad you asked! 

First I stamped the bunny on the white cardstock. Next I created a mask by stamping again on a piece of paper and cutting it out. I placed that over my stamped image and went on to create the mask for the hills of snow.

  The hills of snow were made using another item from the Holiday Mini Catalog - the Tasteful Trim Bigz die. In this case I die cut the large rick rack and used it for a mask by placing it at an angle on my cardstock. I then sponged Baja Breeze ink over it, and over the mask of the bunny on the toboggan. When I pulled off both masks I had my hills of snow and a bunny tobogganing down them! I just used a blender pen and ink to add color to the bunny.

   The saying is from the current Fifth Avenue Floral stamp set. I just used a marker to ink the words I wanted. It worked perfectly with the concept of the card - take a risk, have fun, you can do it!

  If you like this cards come back sometime between Friday, August 27 and Sunday, August 29th. I have some other Holiday Mini projects to show you! And so do 22 other talented and creative stampers on the Stampin Addicts Blog Hop! I know that is a long time to wait so I have some random projects to show you in the meantime. I was a busy stamper this weekend!

Stamps: Fifth Avenue Floral and Merry Crittermas (Holiday Mini)

Paper: Whisper White

Ink: Black Stazon, Baja Breeze, Marina Mist, Cherry Cobbler, Crumb Cake

        Basic Black Marker

Miscellaneous: Blender Pen, sponge, Big Shot, Tasteful Trim Bigz die (Holiday Mini)

   

Have a blessed day - what's left of it!

First time in 17 years

   I was just telling my husband that this is the first time in 17 years that we don't have a child going back to school. That makes me sad yet a part of me is saying "yippee".  Our youngest daughter graduated from college this past May (Read a little about it here) so now there are no more trips to Ohio with a loaded van; no more back to school purchases/care-packages; no more final waves goodbye while choking back tears. You get the picture. 

  But I can't help it - August makes me think "back to school" and I NEEDED to make a card with that in mind. Kind of therapeutic if you know what I mean (and I am sure you do! lol!).

  I haven't had much of a chance to play with the new Owl Punch so I gave him a pair of glasses and made a pencil for him to perch upon. It gave him a scholarly look I think. The pencil, by the way, is made with 2 punches: Word Window Punch and the Star Punch. The glasses are made with the Round Tab Punch(trimmed) and the circles from the Owl Punch. 

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  But before I get into any details let me say that I chose the colors because I found a new blog for challenges, called Stampin' Royalty and last week's challenge was a color challenge. The colors were Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive and Not Quite Navy. Well I didn't finish my card in time. That is the bad news. The good news is their challenge for this week is School Days! How 'bout that?! If you have time hop on over there for some great inspiration!

   And I also discovered that the challenge at Our Creative Corner blog is also a School Theme so be sure to check out all of the fabulous entries there as well!

  Ok back to my card. If you notice the background, it is stamped with the new background stamp called Wonderfully Worn. Now I used to use background stamps all the time and then I discovered paper, beautiful paper. I still love our paper. I mean how could you not? But I want to get back to using background stamps - at least some of the time- so I purchased Wonderfully Worn for its versatility and, well, I just like the look of it. 

  To make the little piece of notebook paper I cut a piece of Newsprint designer paper (see what I mean about paper?) and punched 2 holes in it to resemble notebook paper. A clip, button, and a little alphabet stamp from the Hostess set, Cute By The Inch gave the card some balance. I love how that little stamp highlights the word "hi". 

   And the scalloped backgrounds are NOT punches! Oh no! They are from the new, soon to be released, Bigz die called Scallop Squares Duo! It is so nice to have different sizes of scallop squares! 

   I hope you like the card. Have a wonderful day.

 Lisa

Gratitude Black

I am sorry (once again) for bad photos. I am working on getting a new camera and making a light box so hang in there!

   A quick post today cause I missed the alarm for work. Yikes! This is the sketch from Clean and Simple Blog. This view looks rather boring but if you look at it from the side like this even though it is blurry you see how I popped up the center and added one of the new Glimmer Brads from the Holiday Mini Catalog. The Holiday Mini goes live September 1st btw. And if you are one of my customers you should be receiving yours in the mail this week! Enjoy!

   Those Glimmer Brads are fabulous - large and sparkly! And the stamp set is another item from the Holiday Mini and it is called Day of Gratitude. It comes with other images and was meant for autumn but can be used for other occasions as well! Definitely one of my favorite sets from the Holiday Mini!

To make the ribbon treatment I ran a strip of Sticky Strip down the side and then folded the ribbon and "stuck it down good". 

Stamps: Day of Gratitude - Holiday Mini

Paper: Black and Vanilla cardstock

Ink: Basic Black

Other: Dimensionals, Circle Punches, Sticky Strip, Black Striped Ribbon

           Black Glimmer Brad - Holiday Mini

Have a great day. Gotta run! 

Clear Block Stamping

   I had so much fun with today's technique! I learned about it over at Stampin Addicts. It was this week's challenge and it uses ink and a clear block. For detailed directions I encourage you to head over there. Here is the link.  

   For this card I used white craft ink. After it dried I stamped the bird on a branch from the hostess set called Silhouette Sentiments. But I decided to take the technique one step further by using a clear block in a slightly larger size. I rolled the block's edges around the Night of Navy stamp pad. Kinda like the Rock and Roll Technique. Then I stamped the clear block right over my image. It left the coolest outline!! I love it! 

  Back to the stamp set Silhouette Sentiments. I wasn't going to get this hostess set cause it is so similar to Pocket Silhouettes. But I love this bird on a branch (what is it with me and my birds?)! I am so glad I chose this set because I love everything about it. It comes with 4 sayings and 4 delicate stamp images. And the best part? It is a Level 1 hostess set!

Stamps: Silhouette Sentiments (hostess)

Paper: Crumb Cake formerly known as Kraft

Ink: White craft ink, Night of Navy

Accessories: Clear blocks, Night of Navy button, hemp twine

 I hope you will try this technique for yourself! Happy stamping!

Simply Said and a Sneak Peak

   Wow it has been a really long time since I used the Simply Said stamp set! It used to be a favorite of mine too! I still love it - just don't use it. I used it today because of the Color Challenge at Pals Paper Arts. The colors reminded me of a card I made eons years ago and it was one of my favorite workshop make and takes. This one is similar but way more involved than my card of long ago.

   The colors:

The Card:

The sketch is from Stampin Addicts website. 

And I know there are some of you saying "That's nice, but what is the sneak peak?!" Well the sneak peak my friends happens to be that strip of rick rack! No it isn't ribbon, it is cardstock cut with the new Bigz XL die called Tasteful Trim. It is from the Holiday Mini and I can see all kinds of possibilities for the different borders it cuts! 

  Close up of the holes punched in the designer paper.And to add some special detail I added a pearl to each flower and to the saying. Love those things!! 

Stamps: Simply Said

Paper: Melon Mambo, White, Daffodil Delight, Island Oasis designer paper

Ink: Black Stazon ink, Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo, Daffodil Delight markers

Accessories: Basic Pearls, Oval punch, 1/2 Circle punch, dimensionals, Big Shot, Tasteful Trim BigzXL die (Holiday Mini)

  Happy Stamping!

Just Believe Make and Take

   This card was the make and take at a recent workshop I did. They are a fun group of stampers and can easily handle anything I throw their way!

   The card is pretty straight forward. I used the set, Just Believe (clear mount) and had them stamp the background foliage 3 times. Clear Mount makes this sooo easy to do! I had already run some Pear Pizzazz cardstock through the Big Shot using the new embossing folder called Vintage Wallpaper. A strip of that plus some Daffodil Delight satin ribbon made up the bottom third of the card.

   1/8" Early Espresso ribbon, a little punched flower and Pearl jewel finished off the card. It was alot of fun to see what these creative stampers did to make this card "their own"! Wish I had pictures - next time.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

• Just Believe stamp set
• Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz, Daffodil Delight and White cardstock
• Early Espresso, Pear Pizzazz ink
• Early Espresso 1/8" Taffeta Ribbon
• Big Shot and Vintage Wallpaper tief
• Itty Bitty Punch Pack
• Pearl Basic Jewels

On a sadder note the last of my daughters went back to Ohio yesterday. 2 of the 3 were here for a wedding and it was WONDERFUL having them home. So I am thinkin' I will be doing some major stamping in the next few days to help get my mind off my empty house - empty except for David of course!

Vintage Coffee

   It's morning, you drag yourself out of bed and wonder how you will ever get through the day. But then, a fragrance fills the air and you realize....the coffee's on! Ahhhh. And nothing like a card to remind you of the many delightful benefits of coffee! 

   Side note: David brought back some Kenyan coffee for me - straight from the source - now THAT is good coffee!

   

All supplies are Stampin' UP!

• Morning Cup stamp set
• Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, So Saffron cardstock
• Watercolor paper
• Poppy Parade designer paper (Hostess pack)
• Black Stazon ink
• Baja Breeze, Early Espresso, Poppy Parade and Crumb Cake markers
• Rhinestone jewel - on the coffee pot
• Vintage Brad
• Scallop Trim Border Punch
• Clip and Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon

     Happy Stamping! 

Earthy

   This is a fabulous sketch from Mojo Monday! To make my card I turned to my favorite stamp set, Growing Green and matching designer paper, Woodland Walk, for color inspiration. I am just soooo happy to have Wild Wasabi back in the Stampin' Up! color palette! It is such a lovely green and coordinates beautifully with so many colors. I used Early Espresso and More Mustard for this card. 

  Detail: I stamped the More Mustard flower three times and then cut out 1 flower in its entirety, the middle part of the 2nd and the little center of the 3rd flower. Then I sponged the edges, bent them a little and glued them to the center. 

All supplies are Stampin' up!

• Growing Green and Really Retro stamp sets
• Early Espresso, Wild Wasabi (textured) and Vanilla cardstock
• Woodland Walk designer series paper
• Early Espresso ink
• Big Shot, Square Lattice tief,  and Fancy Favor Box die
• More Mustard buttons
• Vanilla Satin Ribbon
• Corner rounder punch
• XL Fancy Flower punch
• Word Window punch
• Color Spritzer Tool - for the speckles!
• sponge

Happy stamping!

Using a Tag as a background layer

   I have this stash of punched shapes and shapes from Big Shot dies. I poke through them every so often which is where I found the Real Red Tag from the Two Tags die. I decided to use it as a layer for my stamped image but first I scored the top then added a Jumbo eyelet and folded it down over my stamped image. So cool! I love when I can find another use for my Stampin' Up! products. 

   After I put everything together I felt it looked a little bare at the top so I punched some branches with my 2 Step Bird Punch. I got the idea while checking out the New Catalog Blog Hop over at Stampin Addicts. Mickey Roberts and did a wonderful job with the Aviary stamp set and I loved how she creatively used the branch. 

The sketch is from Stampin Addicts. Click HERE for more details on their Sketch Challenges and if you can why not play along?! It's fun!

I hope you found inspiration today!

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

• Aviary stamp set
• Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black, Real Red, Old Olive and White cardstock
• Island Oasis designer paper - Summer Mini catalog
• Old Olive, Tempting Turquoise and Basic Black ink
• Basic Black marker for the hand drawn "rope"
• 2 Step Bird Punch
• Corner Rounder punch
• Big Shot and Two Tags die
• Jumbo Eyelet
• Black grosgrain ribbon
• Rhinestone jewel

Hope you have a fun, stamping day!

   

Reminiscent of Autumn

   I absolutely LOVE these colors together! Don't they just remind you of Autumn?! Peach Parfait, Cajun Craze and Early Expresso are all part of the current (until Tuesday) Color Challenge at Stampin Addicts. I had alot of fun putting this card together using a combination of techniques. 

   I stenciled first with the Mostly Vintage stencil, Versamark and Clear Embossing Powder. Then I sponged on the 3 colors at random. Once I was satisfied with that I wiped the ink off the embossed image and stamped the background with images from the Vintage Vogue stamp set. Our distressing tool from the Cutter Kit made distressing the edges very easy! Finally I added a Vintage Brad and a floral embellishment. 

  Can you see the little brad in the center of the flower?? That is one of the adorable little Vintage Trinkets that look like tiny buttons. They are in fact brads - love them!!

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

• Vintage Vogue stamp set
• Mostly Vintage Stencil - Summer (not Occasions) Mini catalog and pg. 224 in current Idea Book & Catalog
• Peach Parfait, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, Vanilla cardstock
• Peach Parfait, Cajun Craze, Early Espresso, and Versamark ink
• Clear Embossing Powder and Heat Tool
• Cutter Kit - distressing tool
• Vintage Brad
• Vintage Trinkets
• Hemp Twine
• 1 3/8" circle punch
• Dotted Scallop Ribbon Border Punch
• Sponges

Thanks for stopping by! 

Blue Hydrangeas

   Well I love blue hydrangeas and a few years ago I finally planted, not one, but two bushes in my yard. They have grown and flourished and produced some beautiful blue flowers. But I found out this year that blue hydrangeas need water and water is scarce this summer so my poor bushes have produced little piddlin flowers - not at all what I was looking forward to! And droopy, the bushes are so droopy. Yes I know I should be watering them and I have but with the summer we are having I would be watering all of the time and I just can't do it.

   So I sat down today to make a card for One Layer Wednesday and I kept being pulled to the hydrangea stamp found in the SU hostess set, Because I Care. I tried to stamp a card with other flower stamps (I have plenty. lol) I really did, but nothing was working so I just went with my first choice.

  Before I show you my card let me explain the challenge. It had to be a square card - no problem there cause I love square cards! It also had to be a line image with coloring it in as optional. You know me. I LOVE to color but I decided, no doggone it, I am going to just let the ink do the work. And finally the card had to be one layer, minimum embellishments. Bring it on!

  Yes the center of the flower is intentionally faded. Actually that is the true color, I just added extra  color to the edges.

All supplies are Stampin' Up!

• Because I Care stamp set - Hostess
• Vanilla cardstock
• Wild Wasabi  and Marina Mist markers

Have a blessed day! Stay tuned for some more projects this week.