I didn't think I would take a quite such a break from posting as I did last week but, well, I did. I'm taking on some new responsibilities at my "day" job which have a bit of a learning curve. As a result, some of the free time that I had planned on last week dried up a bit. Then I got to do a little preparation for a stamping slumber party I had this last Sunday and Monday. A few of my downline came down to Belle Plaine from western Minnesota for winter stamping retreat. We stamped and talked and stamped and laughed and stamped and ate and stamped and slept and stamped, stamped, stamped! I think we all ended up with at least 2 dozen cards etc. before they headed home yesterday afternoon. Though several of the cards have already made appearances on my little blog I do have a few new pieces to supply blog fodder for awhile.
Now I'm sitting in a Caribou, after leaving extra early for a workshop (for the aformentioned day job) in order to avoid what was forecast as a messy morning commute (my usual commute is about 3 minutes.) and I have the luxury of time to blog a bit.
I haven't spent a whole lot of time playing with the new edgelits until the end of our afternoon yesterday. As long as you use a little Dotto on the edgelits and the cardstock - to keep them in place - they work pretty well. I had been working on a folded/envelope style card with an edgelit flap as I had seen something similar with doilies. When I went to pull out the doily stamps, I happened upon the Best Friends Forever set I featured in my last post. Isn't the border type stamp perfect with this edge?
I don't think the evening light captured the ribbon very well. It's Basic Black Taffeta, which is a little more gray than black. After initally doubting that the gray tones would work with the crisp Jet Black Stazon image on Very Vanilla, I was surprised to see that it was perfect. Then I had to rush and whip up three more so I could send them with my visiting stampers who were already loading their stamping goodies up for thier trip back home.
This could easily be made with an inside pocket for a gift card or the inside could be printed with an invitation.
Supplies for this are simple:
Stamps: Best Friends Forever
Ink Jet Black Stazon
Paper: Very Vanilla, Basic Black
Accessories: Big Shot and Adorning Accents Edgelit (bracket edge), Basic Black Taffeta Ribbon
Thanks for stopping by. I'll try to be back soon.
This is SO beautiful !!! I'll definitely be casing this card !
Posted by: Corinne (aka Roxy) | January 17, 2012 at 09:35 AM
This is really pretty! What are you measurements for the card scoring?
Posted by: Lisa Martz | January 17, 2012 at 10:25 AM
Love this, Chris. When you said you were sitting in a Caribou, do you mean the airplane?
Posted by: Wendie | January 18, 2012 at 09:34 AM
Chris, I love, love, love your work. I did case several of your cards using the doily and the Apothacary framelits. I certainly appreciate all your work and will forever give credit where credit is due. I love following your blog.
Linda
Posted by: Linda Warren | January 18, 2012 at 11:22 AM
Thanks Chris fro quickly making us one to go with us! We all had a WONDERFUL time...Good luck with your new job responsibilities...Liz
Posted by: Liz Michealson | January 18, 2012 at 02:52 PM
gorgeous and elegant Chris!
Posted by: Donna | January 19, 2012 at 01:44 PM
How very classy in vanilla and black.......just beautiful! I didn't realize you were in MN. Would love to stamp with you sometime! I am in SW MN. Kind of an orphan demo :) Thanks for your inspiration!
Posted by: Joy Jones | February 07, 2012 at 03:35 PM