Wow...another week has gone by FAST!! It's so hard to believe that we're already well into August! We are going school shopping this week. Where, oh where did our summer go? We've been having unusually cooler weather (we've had our HEAT on for the past three days) with the lows at night in the upper 30's! I used to always snicker when I was a kid and heard adults say that time goes by so fast! I thought that was something that they just said...kind of like talking about the weather...because time always seemed to go by too slowly for me then!! Now, I finally understand! :-)
Today, I've got a fun and simple little card to share with you. When I first got this Flip Out set (by Impressions Obsession), I had envisioned doing a color-blocked style of card. Usually when I get ideas like that I jot them down in my idea notebook. Well, yesterday (while feeling sorry for myself about summer coming to an end) I started flipping through my idea book and saw that note about this set. Immediately I pulled out my Prism c.s. Swatchbook and set out to find the color combo I wanted to use. I didn't have all of the colors in Prism c.s. (I only had the Blush Red Light), but substitued other c.s. for the Prism colors listed. I chose Blush Red Light (it's similar to Cameo Coral but a tad more pinkish), Certainly Celery, and Bermuda Bay. I have to say that I just LOVE these color together!
I have really fallen head over heels for my Versamagic Dew Drops! They are a pigment "chalk" ink and they cover SOOOOO nicely, and when I'm stamping a bolder style of image it really makes a difference! They are small with a pointy end...so it makes inking up only part of an image easier. Also, being a pigment ink they are embossable! I actually chose not to emboss the flip flops, so I just heat set them. I did emboss the little white strap thingies though.
To embellish my card, I added some rhinestones to the flip flops, some stitching, a dotted line across the bottom (using my Cutter-Bee and Scor-Pal), and a button tied with some string!
Hope the rest of your weekend is fabulous! ~Laurie
Recipe
Stamps: Flip out (Impression Obsession)
Paper: Kraft, Prism White, Blush Red Light Prism c.s., Certainly Celery, Bermuda Bay (Stampin' Up!)
Ink: Pink Grapefruit, Key Lime, Turquoise Gem Versamagic Dew Drops, White craft ink
Accessories: Sewing machine, Circle Nestabilities, Rhinestones, Button, Burlap string, Cutter Bee and Scor-Pal, White Embossing powder, Scallop border punch
