Happy Monday -- and for those of you with school-aged children, happy return-to-school day! I'll also note that I'm not sure that anyone reads these blog posts; as I am writing this entry I'm thinking of that scene from A Charlie Brown Christmas where Charlie yells into his mailbox, "Hello in there!" But it's all good. I did let this blog languish and wither for more than a decade, and maybe one day I will figure out how to drive some traffic here. For now, I'll just ramble on to myself.
Last week I ordered and received the Simon Says Stamp! Mother's Day kit, You Mean the World to Me. It just had so much good stuff in it! And usually when I get these kits I admire all the component parts, vow to make projects with the goodies, and get distracted and never do. This time I challenged myself to actually use the supplies! Time was limited, so my card design was simple.
I used the Butterfly Layering stencil set on Distress Heavyweight Cardstock, blending three colors of Distress Ink (in order, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade, and Ripe Persimmon). Then I embossed -- a bit sloppily, I'll admit -- the flower centers and other dots with satin pearl powder. I fussy cut out the butterfly and set it aside. Then I took two pages of this Paige Evans paper pad to make the card front, also choosing one of the many amazing sentiments from this pack of Tim Holtz Idea-ology label stickers.
This design, though simple, was out of my comfort zone. There's a lot going on here in terms of color and pattern, and I usually embrace more white (or just blank) space. But, I completed my challenge to make a card using the contents of an SSS kit as soon as I receive it, and for that I feel a sense of accomplishment.
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