Friendship

Hello everyone! Welcome to a new week! I'm still out on medical leave so I'm enjoying relaxing and really enjoying these last weeks before Christmas. I don't go back until the 1st week in January. Thank you so much for your well wishes and comments - I am healing nicely.

Today I have a card that I made for the Featured Stamper challenge on Split Coast.

I chose this card of Lisa's to CASE. When you CASE a card you need to change at least two things - I used different stamps, different colors and added a ribon at the top.

I love the shadowy look of overstamping. You can get this look using two methods -

1) stamp once then immediately stamp again slightly off where you originally stamped and you get a lighter image from the ink that is left on the stamp,

2) stamp once with dark colors then reink the image with lighter colors and stamp slightly off the original stamping - which is the method Lisa and I used on our cards.

I added tiny gems to the centers of the flowers and tied a piece of wrinkled seam tape around the top of my card.

My stamps are from a set called Floral Silhouette by Rubbernecker.

Kent and I watched the Patriots vs Bears game last night on TV and it was snowing in Chicago and all over the field! We haven't had ANY snow here in Massachusetts yet - I'm starting to wish for it!! Of course I don't want to shovel it - I just want to look at how pretty it is on the lawn!

Today is the 8th day of Waltzingmouse Christmas and Jennifer is posting a very fun craft to inspire you - and Tuesday Sandie will have something for us!

Stamps: Rubbernecker - Floral Silhouette Set #467
Paper: Off white Bazzill
Ink: Memento - Black, bamboo leaves, new sprout, rhubarb stalk, angel pink
Accessories: tiny gems - Amuse, wrinkled seam binding - http://www.PrairieBirdBoutique.etsy.com