Blessed - and grateful ...to be your friend. (the inside message)
A few days ago I was working with stripes as "dessert"for my color challenge. I did not intend to start off with such bold black stripes and had originally thought about softer gray stripes. Here is the card I made to finishing up my gray stripe card base.
- I made the card base by scoring the fold line and masking off the back of the card. Then I mixed a little Smoky Slate refill ink with Whisper White Craft and made some stripes across the card front with a sponge dauber. Not quite satisfied with those I used the edge of the dauber to make some skinny stripes between the bolder stripes.
- While it didn't work with the bolder colors I was working with earlier, it DID work with some To A Wild Rose pieces I had sitting on my desk. My demonstrator friend, Tracy, had made a few while we were experimenting with Merry Merlot and the new In Color, Rococo Rose. (Hint: it's a snap to whip up a little stack of these if you precut the shapes and stamp them up with the Stamparatus!)
- You could add a few pearls or something but I kind of liked the straightforward look of this and decided to leave it be.
- Don't you love the depth of color with Merry Merlot and Rococo Rose - and the bold "Blessed" font?
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