A new favorite card?

I am SO happy with how this card turned out! I used one of the precut cards that I purchased at the scrapbook expo a few weeks ago. But if you have the nestabilities you could probably make a similar card yourself.



I started by just stamping the bathtub image (Stampin' Up) near the center of the white circle. I paper pieced the towel on her head. Colored the image in with copic markers. Added a little stickles (glitter glue) to the bubbles. Once the image was finished it looked like it was just floating in the middle of the card. It needed a foundation of some sort. What better than a bath rug? So I stamped my image again on a post it note, cut out the bottom of the bathtub and put it on top of my colored image as a mask (didn't want to get pink ink on it after all that effort). Next I inked up the solid oval stamp (Amuse) in pink ink and stamped it over the feet of the tub.



Then I wanted a greeting of some sort. I picked through my greetings and didn't find anything I liked. I finally decided on just a simple one word stamp "Fabulous" (Clear Dollar Stamps). It is a polymer/acrylic stamp so I was able to curve it just a little bit on my block so it fit the curvature of the circle. Then I stamped it repeatedly - leaving a little space in between each word. The last thing was tying just a bit of ribbon at the top. This served a visual purpose as well...it hid the 'flat' portion of my circle card.

What do YOU think? I'm always amazed when I come up with a girly card that I like...because I am NOT a frilly/girly kind of gal! :-)

Jane

Umbrella Girl from Amuse

Is it Friday yet???? Boy this week has seemed long! I'm so ready for the weekend. When that alarm went off this morning I just wanted to curl up and stay in bed. Of course as winter comes and it's darker and colder...it just makes that instinct stronger.

Anyways, today I'm sharing a square card (5 1/4 x 5 1/4). I love square cards...but unfortunately they cost more to mail. Usually I'll make a 4 1/4 x 4 1/4 card and just use a regular card size envelope and then not pay extra postage.



The girl and the oval stamp under her are both from Amuse (the girl is a stamped image I got from the Wish RAK on SCS). I don't remember who makes the greeting.

Have a great day all.

Jane

Beate's Sketch Challenge

Beate (one of the queens of the stamping world) has a sketch challenge on her blog each weekend. This is for WSC22.



The dog, the saying, and the background stamp are all from Stampin Up. The oval under the dog is from Amuse. Cardstocks are from CTMH, as are the inks. This looks cuter in person...somehow pastel cards just don't photograph well.

Have a great Monday.

Jane

Cheerful doggie card!

I found this stamp at a local stamp store that was going out of business. I just love his simplicity and his happiness that shines through. AND I'm VERY proud of my bow on the right hand side (considering I can't tie a bow to save my life!)



The paw prints on the brown are a wheel from SU. The oval under the dog is from Amuse (just used it so my doggie wasn't floating in space)...so I "grounded" him. LOL! The greeting is another single stamp and I'm too lazy to get up and find out who makes it.

Today I was finally able to pick up my last day's pay from my previous job. I start my new job on Monday.

I have more stuff to share over the next couple days...so stay tuned!

Jane