Hey everyone! Happy Thursday! There's only a few more days until my vacation officially starts!!! I just can't wait to put up a little "gone stamping" sign and head on out into the wild blue yonder. :-) I know it's just what I need to re-charge my creative batteries. I was thinking this morning that my mojo is kind of like my electric toothbrush. When the batteries are low it still cleans my teeth, but it takes a whole lot longer to get to the little vroom vroom sound that indicates I did a thorough brushing! LOL :-)
Anyhow, today's card may have taken me a little longer, but it was the most fun stamping I've had in quite a while. And it's all about the journey, right??? :) Some new toys arrived the other day that I wanted to test out, plus I'm head over heels for these dreamy new Waltzingmouse Stamps, so I had to ink a few more of 'em up!
I started by running some cream cardstock through my Cuttlebug with the new Tim Holtz Regal Flourishes Textured Fades. I was inspired by this week's color combination on SCS {CC270 Mambo Suede} to use melon mambo and soft suede, so I swirled on some of both of those colors with an Inkssentials blending tool, then distressed the edges with my new Distrezz-It-All. I watched the video on this machine a few weeks ago, and just HAD to have one. It's so cool! Fun distressed edges without all the work! Love it!
For the stamping, I stamped the frame and sentiment from Fancy Phrases, then cut out with the Fancy Tags Spellbinders die. Next I stamped the half frame from Very Vintage Labels No. 10, layered on a Soft Suede Labels 10 cut out and added some Zva Creative Sweet Blossoms. I finished off with a fun little ribbon treatment using some SU! polka dot ribbon and some Beaux Regards ribbon I got on my latest shopping excursion.
What's In It?
Stamps: Fancy Phrases, Very Vintage Labels No. 10 (Waltzingmouse Stamps)
Paper: Melon Mambo, Soft Suede (SU!), Cream
Ink: Soft Suede, Melon Mambo (SU!), VersaMark
Accessories: Tim Holtz Damask Texture Fades (Sizzix), Distrezz-It-All (Zutter), Fancy Tags, Labels 10 Nestabilities (Spellbinders), polka dot ribbon (SU!), striped ribbon (Beaux Regards), Inkssentials Blending Tool (Ranger), Sweet Blossoms (Zva Creative), Stardust Stickles (Ranger), mini-brads
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Gorgeous card Julee! Love the colours, distressing and ribbon details are super!
Have a great and well deserved vacation!
Oh my gosh, don't even know where to begin - can I buy this card??? :D
I love SO MUCH about it - the colors, the distressing, the flowers - just amazingly beautiful!!!
This is absolutely gorgeous, Julee! Love the rich colors and lovely details..!!
I hope you have a wonderful vacation!!
Your card is gorgeous. Love all the details. TFS
Have a great vacation.
Beautiful!! Love the stamping you did on the fancy tag and love the new rodent stamp (as Edna, a cyber friend from down under lovingly refers to Waltzingmouse stamps - lol) for the Labels Ten Nestie! Have a wonderful vacation, Julee!
gorgeous, Julee!! I am so loving those Waltzing Mouse nestie friendly stamps...got my first set (labels 4) last week and I think they are ingenious!! Claire is such a sweetie...like you :) Love the little flowers and this colour combo does nothing but POP!! Wow!!
If you've lost your mojo Julee there is no hope for me!!! Stunning card as always, I love everything about it, the colours are just yummy x Enjoy your break x
Absolutely gorgeous!!
Oh, wow! I absolutely love this card ~ the colors, the die cuts, the flowers, the stamping, the ribbon ~ all put together so beautifully! TFS!
Gorgeous Julee! I love how you blended both the colors. A great lot of details in this card, Awesome!!
Enjoy your vacation!!!
Dearest Julee...
Love your work
It Rocks
I love love spellbinders:))
I just got those:))
Here is what I made with your stamps:))
Radha
http://pearltouch.blogspot.com/2010/05/2s4u.html
Oh my goodness how gorgeous! I LOVE what you did with the texture fade and ink! BEAUTIFUL!
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