Hello Everyone ~ I played with the adorable platypus from the Postcard Pals from Stampin’ Up set for my adorable card today.
Well I got my car inspected and it is all set for me to go get tags on Wednesday. I also took Bijou down to meet the sitter who she will stay with this weekend. Then I went to my first Book Club meeting last night. I did manage to get my one swap completed so my Fancy Fold organized swap is all done! I am glad that one is done. I have to make some videos today. I am also going to a birthday lunch for a friend, and I have conference call in the afternoon. If I have time I will work on one of my general swaps. I have my idea and stamp sets just need to choose my colors! The colors will be based on the ribbon I have. I may do the same card using different colors to use the ribbon I have. Even if I get the images stamped I can work on punching the pieces so all I have to do is assemble it.
I am again working my way through the second Catalog Journey. Up today is the Postcard Pals stamp set. I love this set for cards for the girls. Today I used the cute little platypus from the stamp set. I stamped him using Memento Tuxedo Black ink. Then I used the Watercolor pencils to color him in. I did not add water to the coloring as the ink for the image would bleed. To add some interest to my image, I used my blender pen and the ink in the lid technique to add and some Balmy Blue ink around the image. I then took my cute little platypus and mounted him on Early Espresso. The background is a piece of Balmy Blue card stock with the Seaside embossing folder which was mounted onto a Whisper White card base. Before I attached the image, I used the Layering Ovals and cut out one of the ovals. I then used the next size down and cut out the center of the oval giving me an oval frame. I added this to the upper left hand corner for a little bit of a fun element. The image was then added to the front of the card base using dimensionals. I stamped the sentiment using Balmy Blue ink and punched it out using the Classic Label punch. Here is the completed Postcard Pals from Stampin’ Up creation.
inside of card and envelope
Stampin’ Up supplies used for my creation
Thanks for visiting me today and I hope I inspired you. The weather here is still very nice. It was 85 yesterday. I know some of you are looking at cold and rain and even snow. Hopefully you will see the sun and a little warmth soon! Have a Terrific Tuesday and do you have the Postcard Pals from Stampin’ Up set?