Thinking of You-Artful Elegance

After my cleaning marathon yesterday, and dealing with a sore back, I decided I would take it easy today. So, I made a card! My inspiration came from this card by Janine Tinklenberg. She has a great and funny blog called Stamps, Paper, Scissors. If you check it out be prepared to giggle. Anyway...you can see where I started to follow her card and decided to finish it up a little differently. I have to admit that I like it. Stampin' Up recently started online shopping (in case you hadn't heard) and I immediately took advantage to buy a few tools I have had my eye on for awhile. I used the piercing mat I bought on this card. I love that little thing! Ü

The color combo is a bit different, but it looks good together, don't you think? I used Holiday Red and Kiwi, from CTMH, and a brown cardstock from Martha Stewart. I sponged the edges with Holiday Red, Kiwi and Chocolate ink. Then I cut a scallop circle with my Nestabilities and ran that piece thru my Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder and sponged color on with Chocolate ink. You might not be able to tell from the photo but the square sentiment piece is a stamp that I paper pieced together. I stamped the image on the brown cardstock, Kiwi, Holiday Red and white. Then I cut out the pieces I wanted and glued them onto the brown base. The rest of the card should be easy to figure out.

My time is up for now...have to take the girls to swim class. If you have any questions please feel free to ask away.

Thanks for stopping by! Ü

Jeanne