A Card for a New Friend...

...at least I hope she wants to be friends!! How can she not, when I am so talented and more cards like these would be in store for her!!! LOL Yeah...my humility will astound her!! LOL NOT!! Anyway... I broke out my new "My Favorite Things" stamps for both the inside and the outside...I have done the tame versions before, but this was the first time my ink touched the "naughty stamps" - and to think the inside verse of this card is pretty tame from THOSE!! heh heh heh...SNAGGED! ...now you know how my mind REALLY thinks!

I was a just a wee little bit afraid she might take it the wrong way...but I was also pretty sure I was right on the money...my friend Heidi thinks I'm a witch since I can read people so well - but I was probably burned at the stake in Salem way back for my "knowledge"!! LOL I'd better ask Garry, my psychic!

uh-oh!! Rubbah-dultery!!!! Eeek!

So, Friday night was stampin' at Jacqui's house (where my rubbah addiction started many years ago - so yeah, Jacqui, ...Bob just LOVES you!!! LOL) So besides doing a quick sample to redemo the faux tearing technique for Sue, I made five duplicate cards, a new sample card and this rubbah-dultery card using my new Sarah Kay stamps. See - Influence from my overseas sistahs in blogging (SBS9)! WOW was this time consuming to color!! Although I do love to color - this one is done with all SU watercolor pencils and a blender pen, except for the skin. For that I used the 'ol ink-in-the-lid trick using blush blossom and the blender pen. All the other supplies are SU! The other thing that took a long time was getting the sentiment into one small place so I could use the 1 1/4 circle punch. The saying is from a new SU stamp, however, it is one long line. I just covered all except what I wanted with plain 'ol scotch tape, inked on the pad, removed tape and stamped. Over and over again!! LOL but came out cute, eh? I really like the way this came out! Hope you enjoy it....

Stamps: Sarah Kay is the main image, then saying from Serene Spring (level 2 hostess), and BG on brown is Canvas.
Ink: basic black, blush blossom, creamy caramel, close to cocoa
Paper: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Close to Cocoa, Chocolate Chip
Access: watercolor pencils, blender pen, aqua painter, white gel pen, white taffeta ribbon, copper brads, 1 1/4 and 1 3/8 circle punches, scallop circle punch, ticket corner punch, dimensionals

Rubbah-dultery!!! OH MY!!

Jantink on SCS calls playing with other than SU stamps RUBBAH-DULTERY!! and boy if the shoe fits....so I must confess that I went to the Stamp Convention in Allentown PA and bought some stamps - from I believe Stamps by Judith....and I saw Judith doing some demo's...if I had realized it was her, I would have snapped my pic with her - or had Stephanie snap it for me...unbelievably - in years past I have spent HUNDREDS of dollars on stuff that has for the most part sat in my closet for years - especially since I have become a demo - but actually - I do really adore SU stamps - and paper especially - and embellishments...and and and.....YKWIM? So anywho - I only bought a few stamps and here is a sample of one - I got this idea from a display board - but it was using larger stamps - I was soooo excited this worked - as I love to water color - but it just CRACKS me up....its for my pal Candy who is getting ready for her soon-to-be daughter-in-law's wedding shower she is hosting for those of us who are in the Lehigh Valley and in NJ...SO CANDY DON"T LOOK! But it is too cute to NOT show you! Whaddya think?