Hey! I don't know if you're counting or not, but there's only one more day till I leave for the Stampin' Up! convention in Salt Lake City!!! I am going to try as best I can to
not even think about what is happening with Randy and the kids and
focus on having a great time. No guilty feelings about leaving my family. It's about time that I let myself have a much-needed break from all the chaos. What better way to combine fun with my job!?! I figure that the house is going to get trashed, then they'll all clean up the day that I get back home. They're still going to get lots of love from Daddy!
Yesterday I stocked the cupboards with a bunch of junk food to the tune of almost $200. And at Randy's request, I gave him some menu suggestions:
I said, "Grilled hamburgers." He said, "Burger King!"
I said, "Spaghetti and Meatballs." He said, "Pizza Hut!"
I said, "Chicken patties." He said, "Kentucky Fried Chicken!"
Let's just hope he was joking.
Onto the card...
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| This card features pearls and the Fancy Fan embossing folder. |
After completing this card, I decided to make a few more to swap at convention. I was up LATE last night!
I love, love, love the new Apothecary Framelits and the coordinating Essentials Paper-Piercing Pack! On this piece there are exactly 100 holes. Ask me how I know!
The Papillon Potpouri stamp set along with the coordinating Elegant Butterfly punch made it near the top of my shopping list for the new catty.
I chose this pattern from the Floral District designer series paper. It was easy to choose what color butterflies to add to the card.
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| This card features the Argyle embossing folder. Since I ran out of pearls I used rhinestones. |
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I actually like the rhinestones version better. Which version do you prefer?
Here's this week's
sketch!
Here are a few tips that I discovered after making the cards:
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| I cut the string of pearls so that three would stay together. They fit perfectly into the space on the butterfly stamp : ) |
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| While I was sponging the Apothecary frame, I kept getting some stray flecks of junk on my scrap paper. At first I thought it was something from the sponge, but it's really stray, micro fragments flaking off the card stock. ... Where did the mica flake come from??? | |
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| I was too lazy to get my "embossing folders only" cutting pads, and tiny cuts got embedded into the back of my card base. Folks, don't try this at home! |
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| When you emboss a detailed card base like this one, the card stock shrinks a bit. It's better to add a layer onto the card base. Again, folks, don't try this at home! |
Stamps: Papillon Potpourri
Paper: Baja Breeze, Whisper White, Floral District designer series paper
Ink: Baja Breeze for sponging, StazOn Jet Black
Accessories: Big Shot, Apothecary Accents Framelits, Fancy Fan embossing folder, Argyle embossing folder, Elegant Butterfly punch, Paper-Piercing Tool, Stampin' Pierce Mat, Essentials Paper-Piercing Mat, Basic Pearls, Basic Rhinestones, Stampin' Dimensionals
Happy Stamping!
Susan
