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Sneaky SFYTT - Beautiful Kindness

Hi Everyone and Happy Tuesday! It's another day of sneak previews over on the Verve Blog, and today the Divas are peeking two new sets. The first one is called Beautiful Kindness and is what I used on today's card. Be sure to hop on over to the Verve Blog and leave a comment for a chance to win the sets being peeked today!

Jen del Muro posted a fabulous Sketch For You To Try layout last Saturday, and there's some cool stuff on her blog you can win for participating this week! I loved the layout, so had to give it a go!




I started by stamping the flourish three times across the top and bottom of the pearlized cardstock in Tangerine Tango. Next I stamped over each one in Versamark and embossed in clear. I inked up just part of the "Spread your wings and fly" sentiment in black and embossed with clear, then did the same for the fly part of the sentiment in Tangerine. The embossing was all so I could do a brayered effect on the background with some Soft Sky and Baja Breeze ink. I finished off by stamping the butterfly in black in the corner, then stamping and embossing it again on Tangerine and popping up over the first stamp for some dimension.

I picked up a new Fiskars border punch this weekend at Archiver's, so I had to test it out on the tangerine and black layers. I fhinished with a little doodling and some faux stitching with a paper piercer and a white gel pen.

What's In It?
Stamps: Beautiful Kindness (Verve Stamps)
Paper: Pearlized White (Paper Accents), Basic Black, Tangerine Tango (SU!)
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Baja Breeze, Soft Sky (SU!), Onxy Black (Versafine), Versamark
Accessories: Clear EP, Mat Pack and paper piercer, white gel pen (SU!), Textile Embossing Folder (Cuttlebug)

21 comments

Lynda Benden said...

GORGEOUS Julee! LOVE the colors and the border punch is awesome! I cannot wait to see all of the new stamps being released!!!

Riet said...

woww Julee,what a beautiful card,l love the colours.

hugs Riet.x

Dawn Easton said...

Oh I'm getting more and more exciting for all these sneak peeks! This card is GORGEOUS Julee...love the clear embossing you did and that border punch is fabulous too! Great find~!

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

Just gorgeous, Julee! LOVE those colors!

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous, stunning, fabulous!!! Can't wait to get my hands on these :)

Silke Ledlow said...

Beautiful card - Julee!!! Love the butterfly!!!

Allison said...

This is gorgeous!

Unknown said...

Just beautiful, Julee! Love that butterfly and sentiment - can't wait to see the rest!

Linda Carson said...

STUNNING! Your artwork is always a cut above the rest!

Anonymous said...

I just saw punches like that at Michael's by EK Success...they were 30% and I am kicking myself for not getting them.... have unil Sat. so I may be making another stop there this week! Thanks for sharing!

Anonymous said...

OMG....will you STOP w/ the tangerine already!! You KNOW I am a nut for anything orange!!!

WOW...WOW!!!

Squirrellyshirley

Randee E said...

Absolutely gorgeous! I just found Verve stamps and would like to know where I've been! They are beautiful! Can't wait to see the new releases and get my hand on a set. . . or two.

Patti J said...

Absolutely gorgeous!!!

Cheryl said...

Absolutely Stunning!!! The colour combo is gorgeous!!

Evelyn S. said...

Darling card! Fantastic color combo.

Anonymous said...

Totally stunning... love the colour scheme, and of course your stamps. I'm also coveting that new border punch!

Ida said...

WOW! This is stunning. Love the colors, the gorgeous butterfly and the new punch looks fabulous.

Stephanie Hargis said...

Oh wow Julee! This is gorgeous girl! I am completely in love with this set and I haven't even seen the entire thing yet! Woohoo! :D I am excited to see what else is in store for us!

((Hugs))

Anonymous said...

Julee, I can't wait for the new sets! They look amazing!

Dana said...

Just beautiful Julee.

Kelly Schelske said...

Fabulous Julee!! Funky colors and that's a cool border punch!!