Greetings! I’m finding that this month, I’m getting to use a bunch of stamps/digis I had colored ages ago on my cards. It’s quite gratifying to have a stash of things and slowly working through it. For today’s card, I have a very old Laurel Bruch stamp (from Stampendous) that worked really well with the card idea I had for the Meteor Shower stencil from A Colorful Life Designs.
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I had colored this Laurel Burch stamp with my Zig Clean Color Real Brush Pens, and I used Liquid Pearls in Platinum from Ranger for the dots or ornaments on the tree. I really wasn’t going for a holiday card, though it does work for that. I think it really works as a card that can be sent any time of year. I dug though my 6×6 patterned paper pads and found Echo Park’s Bundle of Joy-Girl pad which had this great diagonal striped paper. It worked perfectly with the cat and tree. I used a pearlescent embossing paste with the Meteor Shower stencil on top of the paper.
Once the paste had dried, I inked the edges with Peeled Paint and Rustic Wilderness Distress Inks, to give the card a vignette feel. The sentiment is from A Colorful Life Designs‘ new Happy Thoughts stamp set. I stamped it onto a piece of rust colored cardstock, stamped the sentiment with Pinecone VersaFine Clair Ink, then trimmed the edges with my Tonic Deckle Trimmer. I also trimmed a piece of brick colored cardstock, then inked the two pieces with Walnut Stain Distress Ink and Aged Mahogany, respectively. I inked the edges of my card base with Brushed Corduroy.
I love the rustic, woodsy colors of the finished card. I used a holiday stamp and baby-themed paper to make it, and it definitely doesn’t look like it to me. Please be sure to visit A Colorful Life Designs to see the many, many stencils they have to offer. You can use my code, AlFan10 to save 10% off of your regular-priced purchase. Then, show off your creations in the A Colorful Life Designs Fan Group on FB. Thanks so much for stopping by. Have an inspiring day!
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