OK so I have FINALLY participated in one of the AllThatScraps DT weekly challenges. Jen always comes up with a new challenge each week, and I post all the samples on the ATS blog - but I haven't yet had the chance to make something myself! Well I did today (and we will ignore the fact that I am HOURS late posting the actual challenge LOL - I'll be posting it on the ATS blog right after I'm done this post!).
SO here's my card:
I had to use stamps from my two new sets of course - mainly the SHOES!!
I LOVE shoes. If I could afford it I would have a room of just shoes (mmmmmm heaven) but in reality I can't afford it.
I have several pairs but the majority are form WalMart (love finding a sale and getting 3 pairs of shoes for like $50!!). Some day my dream is to own one pair of Manolo Blahniks (and at an average of $500 and up for ONE pair it is definitely a DREAM *grin*) - they have some beautiful shoes (tho the ones on their site right now are just...well.....different....).
OK enough about that - on to the card.
I stamped the 2 different shoes from Amy's Boutique onto patterned paper (all papers on this card are from Basic Grey's Two Scoops 6x6 pack - I gotta say it feels good to be actually USING these packs now that I have these stamps!! They've been neglected for far too long) and cut them out.
Technically I cheated as I used a 1 1/8" circle punch on the white cardstock when it should have been 1" - but the images fit better with that extra 1/8" :o)
I used Angel Wings Shimmerz on the shoes - I applied it with a small watercolor brush. It's the first time I've used it (and the only one I have - there are a bunch of colors available tho here) and I do like the effect!
I used my sewing machine to add the zig-zag stitch (I was sorely tempted to just use the brown thread but knew it wouldn't look right on this card - so I switched to the white. Black would have looked REALLY sharp but I don't have black thread! Hafta remember to get a spool of that too. If you're going to sew on cards you really should have a spool each of white, brown and black thread and pretty much stick to that. Any other colors are really unnecessary in my opinion.)
The sentiment is from Boutique Sentiments - I stamped it onto white CS then punched it out with my Stampin' Up! Key Tag Punch, highlighted the "every" with a Copic marker then adhered it to the card.
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Before I head over to the ATS blog I leave y'all with snippets of some more cards the DT made with my sets (click on their names to see their blog posts with the full cards!):
Made by Christina
Made by Lesa
Made by Dawn
