Summer Mini Catalog!

I love this time of year, Spring and the Summer Mini catalog are finally here! We are showcasing the Mini this week over at the Sisters (http://sistersinstamping.blogspot.com/), here is my card--

Recently participated in a long distant Swap with my group and this was one of my cards. I used the BigShot to make the ovals from watercolor paper and then stamped with black Stazon ink. Colored the image with Classic ink pads. If you look really close you can see the background stamp I used called Pretty Pattern, it's hard to see because I used the same color ink as the paper...I didn't want it to distract you, but I still wanted a little something going on there. I call it "background noise." The ribbon was kinda tricky and took me waaaaaay longer than I thought it would. I placed sticky strip on the back side of the oval and then ruffled the Pear Pizzaz seam binding around the out side. Over the knot of the bow I used a mini glue dot, a Paper Daisy and a pearl jewel that I colored yellow (so that it looks like the flowers in the vase).

Hope you can join us next week, we are doing some scrapbooking!

Happy Stamping, Karla c(:

Sneekly Peeking

This week at the Sisters (http://sistersinstamping.blogspot.com/) we are giving everybody a little sneak peek at the Summer Mini Catalog. Here is my card--

I used a stamp set called Flower Fest, as soon as I saw this set I knew I had to have it! The technique I used is a twist on Stamping Off. Instead of moving the stamp away from the original image I stayed in the same spot and over stamp it 6-8 times. The rubber carries a lot more ink than you think...and it makes it look colored and the edges get blurry. I recently participated in a Trade and this was one of my cards.

Thank-you for checking in today!

Happy Stamping, Karla c(: