Daily Archives: April 16, 2007

Trying out those templates again!

I’m trying out a new template that has a customizable banner. I’m hoping to find something that I can actually use my new banner with! Yes, you have seen the banner before but the template I was using it with, was having a few glitches with comments when I used it! Please bear with me! Could I ask for a favor? I need to know if comments work with this as that has been the problem in the past! If you could comment on this entry, I’d be most grateful! If you cannot comment…please e-mail me (to the left right by my photo)  so that I am aware of the problem! Many thanks, my friends!

 EDITED TO ADD…Thanks so much everyone for all your help! Lots of comments and so far only one not able to comment! I think it’s a keeper for now! If you do run into problems commenting down the line…please let me know! Thanks!

Some darling new stamps!

Im so excited that I finally got around to trying out my brand new Lizzie Anne Designs Stamp set! My first set is called Funky Florals.  I just love the little stitched-look stems! Darling! I just knew I had to use a little of my sewing machine stitching with it! The Lizze Anne Designs stamp line are rubber unmounted stamps that come pre-trimmed with a fabulous foam/cling mount that you can attach directly to your clear stamp block. This gives you the best of borth worlds…a great rubber impression with the ablility to easily see where you are stamping and the storage aspect is fabulous! The stamps come in little clear CD cases and take up very little space!

Stitched Thank You

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For this card, I decided to start off with a Blush Blossom card base. Why do I never use this color…so fresh and pretty for spring and nice and light for stamping directly on! I paired it up with Kraft and Whisper White for a pretty, girlish look. The flowers I colored directly on with my SU markers and then stamped once and then again for a lighter look on some of the flowers. I just love adding a little bling to my designs! I pulled out my Hero Arts gemstones and added little rhinestones to the centers fo my three main flowers….good things always come in threes, you know! 😉 For my blush card piece, I stamped it all in the darling dotted circles stamp in Blush Blossom. The Kraft layer is stamped with Sahara Sand in a darling little sketched daisy. I find that Sahara Sand ink works great with the Kraft paper. The top edge was scalloped with my large corner rounder by EK Success. I then stitched a double row along the bottom. The image needed a little definition so I zig zag stitched around the central image. I found that the dotted soft pink organy ribbon works perfectly with Blush Blossom and tied it through a couple little eyelets I set with my Crop-a-dile.

Supply List:

Cardstock: Blush Blossomm, Kraft, Whisper White – Stampin Up

Stamps: Funky Florals – Lizzie Anne Designs

Ink: Regal Rose marker, Rose Red Marker, Old Olive marker, Blush Blossom Classic, Sahara Sand Classic, Chocolate Chip

Other: Sewing machine, ribbon – Michael’s, white eyelets – Making Memories, Crop-a-dile – We R Memory Keepers, gemstones – Hero Arts