Faux Stitching Card #3

Well, this card comes on an appropriate day -- my 13th wedding anniversary . . . so happy anniversary, honey!  This card was my inspiration on creating the other 3 in this group's color scheme, as I had made it previously.  (All supplies by Stampin' Up! unless otherwise noted)

This card started off with a black base, which I punched in the lower right corner with SU's Word Window punch and tied light pink grosgrain ribbon thru the window.  Then with Karen Foster's Snap Stamps, I made the sentiment "truely i do" and stamped it on whisper white cardstock with classic basic black ink.  Then I positioned the sentiment behind the window, on the inside of the card and adhered it.

Did you know Karen Foster decided to quit making these fabulous stamps?  Many of you have them and if you don't know about them, you can form your own sentiments, sayings, etc. by snapping together each letter to form a word or even a longer sentence than this sentiment I created.  Then you just simply stamp your newly created sentiment all at once, just like a custom pre-made stamp!  AND they are reasonably priced, considering you get multiple letters in each pack.  Ellen Hutson used to carry them in her store (she may still have a few left HERE) and found this out when she tried reordering them.  But she says the people at Karen Foster ARE listening and you can make a difference by emailing them at: [email protected].  So maybe if they hear from enough of us, they'll reconsider and even come out with some new fonts for us!

So, back to the card :) . . . Then I matted this striped paper from Heidi Grace's Love Blossoms Collection with real red cardstock that I faux stitched with Uni-ball/Signo's white gel pen.  The gel pen leaves a raised line, which gives the impression of real machine stitching.

Next, I stamped the flowers and "i heart" square from Stampin' Up's Sweet on You on whisper white cardstock with basic black and punched them out with SU's large tag punch.  I watercolored the images with an Aqua Painter and real red & regal rose dye reinkers and stamped the "U" from SU's Typeset Alphabet Upper in red ink.  I adhered the images to black cardstock and free-hand cut the mats.  Then I stapled red, rose & black gingham ribbons on the tags and mounted them with dimensionals to the striped paper.  (Whoa -- looking back, that's a LOT of ribbon!)  Voila', all done!

So, hubby DID end up getting me a great gift for our anniversary (even after the camera for Mother's Day) AND more roses!  So I hope to get a little project completed today and have it to show to you a little later, so check back in!

Comments

[Tara]

1.

Love the color combo!

[Sue]

2.

Happy Anniversary! Sweet card. Love the ribbon tied through the window - will tuck that into my tips for future use.

[Teresa Chapman]

3.

Happy Anniversary! What a pretty card. Great job.

Teresa

[Peggy Maier]

4.

It's ok to have a lot of ribbon for such a special card! : ) Happy anniversary!!!

[asela]

5.

Happy Anniversary! What a great card

[Beate]

6.

Gorgeous card!

[bettyannmanghi]

7.

Very Striking! Love it!

[Colleen]

8.

Great Card! I love the pinks and blacks...and thanks for the tip on the Karen Foster stamps. I just got my 1/8 inch casual and I need to look for the 1/4 inch casual too...headed off to Ellen's store!

[trudee]

9.

cute Sharon!! This reminds me of another card you did back in February I think? I like the layout!! fun :)

[Angel W]

10.

Cute, cute, cute~
I ordered my Snap Stamps right away since there has been lots of chatter on them going away and I have put off getting them for so long. addictedtorubberstamps still has them as of last night.

[Vicki]

11.

I saw your cards in the Stamper's Sampler magazine!! Very nice!!

[Debbie Olson]

12.

Beautiful card, Sharon! Each element is so very well thought out and placed!