I created this card for 2 purposes...I needed a swap for an SU! team meeting yesterday and I needed to create a card for my upcoming National Card Making Day Stamp-a-Stack class I am having on Oct. 3 and Oct 6. Any time I can kill 2 birds with 1 stone I'm all for it!
I created this card using SU!'s Season of Joy stamp set (which is in the current mini catalog). The wreath was created using the swirl stamp you see at the bottom of the card. I stamped the swirl using Always Artichoke ink on all 4 sides of the Whisper White card stock and then stamped the swirl kitty corner on all 4 corners - thats 8 times I stamped the swirl. I then stamped the poinsettia in Purely Pomegranate ink 8 times around the wreath. I also stamped the Merry Christmas in Purely Pomegranate in the middle of the wreath. I used the Ticket Corner punch on each corner. I layered the Whisper White card stock on a piece of Purely Pomegranate card stock. I then got out my brads and tried several colors but just couldn't find one that satisfied me...so I decided to emboss the brads with white embossing powder - this was exactly what I was looking for! However, when I finished my sample card and started making 30 of these cards (to swap) I realized I needed 120 of these embossed brads!!!! Well with the help of my DH we finished all 120 of them...well actually 121...guess we can't count! LOL
I used Always Artichoke card stock for the card and stamped the swirl and snowflake with VersaMark ink and embossed with white embossing powder - like I didn't already do enough embossing with the brads! I am happy with the way this card came out. I also got a call from one of my up-lines last night telling me I won the prize for the best swap yesterday...although there really was no prize other then the phone call. ha ha ha! But I was pleased that she took the time to call me and tell me she liked my card!
As always thanks for stopping by and looking. Now, I need to come up with 3 more cards for my class next week, so I need to get busy and stay focused!
I love this card Tracey!!! It is amazing what you can do with just 1 stamp.
Angela
Posted by: Angela | September 24, 2007 at 08:47 PM
I love the uniqueness in using this set of stamps. This is beautiful.
Posted by: kelly Neis | September 25, 2007 at 08:52 AM
i love it! very very cute card. you have some crazy ideas sometimes, but they always come out amazing!
Posted by: one of your favorite daughters. you can guess which one. | September 25, 2007 at 10:16 AM
Great card!
Posted by: Cheryl Horton | September 25, 2007 at 12:03 PM
Love this card. Cannot wait to learn how to do this on Oct 6. I Love it.
Posted by: Louise Martel | September 26, 2007 at 01:59 PM