Feathers of Love

Have you SEEN the brand new August Pinkfresh Studio Kit? It really is another great one! I have created this card using the kit and the vellum from the recently released Happy Things 6x6 collection. These papers? Yup. Totally and completely in love!



The stamps in the kit are super cute and I, of course, super love the gold puffy alphabet! SO CUTE! I added just a bit of gold string behind the sentiment for some fun! Love it!



Be sure to check out the Pinkfresh Studio Blog for more inspiration using this awesome kit! It is sold out this month, so I hope you ordered yours early!

Have a Happy!

This Gold is Distressed!

I mean, it can be tough being a gorgeous gold foil flower. WAIT, nope. Not that kind of distressed. I recently purchased a pot of WOW Heat & Bond powder along with a packet of the Bright Gold foil that goes with it. It arrived. And I, naturally, was scared to death of it.

What? That doesn't happen to you? Oh. Wellll... it happens to me.

HOWEVER, my dear friends, I conquered that fear by carefully reading the directions and choosing the simplest application of the product. This involved using my heat gun and a burnisher (read: teflon bone folder, 'cause that's totatally what I used) to create a distressed gold foil look. The results? Well, I have to say, I kinda really like 'em!



Of course, that AMAZING stamp set from CAS-ual Fridays Stamps did half the work for me. I mean, SERIOUSLY, that flower, you guys?! I so love it. So, lots of love it. I made this card for the CAS-ual Fridays Stamps blog. You should visit that blog from time to time. We make some pretty awesome stuff. For reals, though.



I die cut the flower from the black and layered that over the dark teal cardstock before adhering the stamped, foiled, and die cut flower with foam tape. A bit of gold thread and a few sequins add even more pizzazz to the look. (Pizzazz has LOTS of z's in it. That is a fun word to type. And to say. Go ahead, say it out loud...PIZZAZZ!)

For those of you in the United States, I wish you a Happy Memorial Day weekend! For the rest of you...

Have a Happy!

City Love at Fresh Squeezed Stamps

I have a card up over on the Fresh Squeezed Stamps Blog today using my new favorite FSS stamp set, On Trend!  LOVE!!!  Here is a sneak, but you will have to head on over there to see the card!