Thank you Simon Says

for

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge

THANK YOU

I  experimented with some embossing frames

and was pleasantly surprised at the results.

I did a bit of masking to stamp the ferns

then found a stamped, colored and die cut butterfly in my UFO box.

Stamped a thank you (straight, yay!)

Popped it all on a card base and was done.

Hope you are having a great weekend.

We're trying to get caught up from a few days at the Outer Banks.

Would love to have stayed longer.

Thanks for stopping by.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Backyard Basics (retired), Butterfly Basics, Gifts of Kindness

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Old Olive,  SU Markers

Paper:  Solar White (Neena), Whisper White

Other:  Perfect Polka Dot EF, Embossing Frames (Darice), Simply Scored, Backyard Basics Framelits (retired)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted

Bloom with Hope for Loll

My good friend Loll (Stamping with Loll)

is celebrating her birthday.

Happy Birthday again, my friend.

One of the first cards that I saw of Loll's was lollipops.

This single daisy reminded me of a lollipop

so it had Loll's name on it right away.

I stamped the daisy (it's from a new Stampin' Up! hostess set)

with Smoky Slate and colored the center with a 

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Write Marker.

I cut out the flower and the stem

and placed it on my embossed piece with dimensionals.

Then I added some glue over the center and filled it with 

Faux Flower Soft.

The twine is some crochet cotton (the thickest I could find)

that has been dragged through some Gesso.

I let it dry on wax paper and wind on an empty ribbon spool.

I love how it molds easily with my fingers.

The partial embossing is something I saw recently on the Internet.

I usually save these things, but I can't find it now.

If you recognize this as your technique, please let me know

and I'll credit you with it.

I placed some painter's tape on my embossing folder, 

using 2 pieces to measure about 1 1/2"

Using tab 1, I put the edge of the cutting plates even

with the bottom of the tape

and ran it through my Big Shot.

Then I repeated the process for the top section.

I love how it leaves a clean spot for the sentiment.

Loll is the hostess for the

Addicted to CAS challenge 

I know it's a stretch, but this daisy has a sunny yellow center.

So I'm going to enter this over there.

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge

says

 ANYTHING GOES

The flower is from a snippet

so I can go to

Pixies Snippet Playground

and check out the ducks.

Addicted to Stamps

is doing

ANYTHING GOES 

They had a birthday last week.

a belated Happy Birthday ladies!

I'm so glad you could stop by.

And a very happy birthday, Loll.

Enjoy!

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Card Recipe

Stamps:  Bloom with Hope

Ink:  Smoky Slate, Pear Pizzazz, SU Marker (Daffodil Delight)

Paper:  110# Solar White (Neena), Whisper White

Other:  Square Lattice EF, Crochet Thread (stiffened with Gesso)

All supplies are Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted.