May 24 2007
Can You Say Charge!
Happy Thursday! Today has started off with a bang, but I have found a little time to stamp. Mallory insisted that we get her housing and meal plan together for college done this morning – it was just enough to give her a headache. I suppose she now knows what it is like to make some tough decisions. I hate to tell, that there will be a great deal more to make before it’s all over. I have all my heavy cleaning and gardening done finally. All that is left is a sweep of the bathrooms and dusting and I’ll be ready for graduation on Saturday. Of course, I still need to grocery shop and I’m on my way out the door as soon as this post is done.
I had this brainstorm (yes, it did hurt) in the shower this morning for a card I wanted to make. When I checked in on the Ways to Use It Challenge on Splitcoast, it was perfect. The challenge today is to use YoYo Yellow and I could run with that color and still make the card that I had envisioned.
Using the Say Charge set from My Favorite Things, I stamped the main image twice in Stazon Black. I colored the second image with markers and then punched a circle using the 1-1/4″ circle punch. I already knew that my sentiment was going to be in a circle on the bottom of the card, so I pulled out SU’s Seeing Spots. I stamped the circles in Versamark on Whisper White and then embossed using a mixture of UTEE and Holographic EP. I then punched a hole in the bottom using the 1-3/8″ circle punch. I mounted the background that I had just stamped on Tempting Turquoise, found my spot and then punched a 1-1/4″ circle. The sentiment was then punched using a 1″ circle punch. I fretted about the ribbon, and finally decided that one single ribbon running from the sentiment was the best way to go. Once I had all my layers together, Iined up the highlighted/colored image and raised it on dimensionals. The main image and the sentiment were then raised on dimensionals as well. Boy, I hope I’ve covered everything!
Stamps: Seeing Spots, Say Charge by My Favorite Things
Ink: Real Red, YoYo Yellow, Tempting Turquoise, Only Orange, Blush Blossom
Paper: Whisper White, Tempting Turquoise, Basic Black
Accessories: 1″, 1-1/4″, and 1-3/8″ circle punches, Ribbon, Markers, Dimensionals, UTEE, Holographic EP
VERY cool! Not bad…not bad at all!!
OOOOH, love how you did the spotlight!! Darling card Sherry!!
Love how you did the circle accent on the image! And I bet the background looks a little cooler IRL than it comes across on the photo. Very cool!
Awesome, I love the clean look!
What a fun card!! I love the ribbon and the background is so subtle but just enough to really pull it all together!
This is so cute and this is mynew favorite stamp set, I love it:)
Sherry, this is so crisp and perfect–you ROCK!
Great spotlight! Those bright colors really pop.
This is one of the best spotlight cards EVER, I think, and the yellow is perfect! Love the white on white background and the continuation of the circle theme with the inset sentiment. Fabulous, Sherry!