I hate to say it but I'm in a rather depressed mood. Maybe it has to do with the fact that I spent all morning cleaning the house and still have more to do. That and the fact that even tho tomorrow is my birthday (I'll be a whopping 25 years old! *wink*) there are no plans to do anything. However I'm not going to sit and pout - too much to do!! I have this card to share and some birthday blog candy to give away and it's going to be fun!! :o)
I made this card using my Amy's Boutique and Boutique Sentiments stamps, and patterned paper from Basic Grey's Ambrosia collection. I got the 6x6 pack and this is the first time I've cut into it. I know I gush about pretty much all the papers I use (I wouldn't be using them in the first place if I didn't LOVE them!!) but I really do love this colleciton. The colors and the patterns are just fabulous - they're so elegant yet funky and offbeat. You all will definitely be seeing more creations in the future from me using these papers!
Anywho, I stamped the dress onto the paper, cut it out then instead of paper piecing the band I wrapped it with embroidery thread and tied it in a bow.
I attached the dress to the grey paper with dimensionals and pierced each corner.
This card looks a lot busier than it really is b/c of the different patterns - when really it's a basic layout and not a whole lot of embellishments.
I added a piece of wide May Arts ribbon, then tied on some SU! grey taffeta ribbon.
To finish off the card I added some jumbo orange brads, the sentiment (punched out with SU!'s Word Window punch) attached with a mini grey brad, and a bit of paper piercing and that was it!
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Now on to the blog candy!!
I want you all to tell me what your MOST memorable birthday experience was.
Mine was my 17th - I was working that day (KFC LOL!) and Tim and I had been dating for only a few months, and he was 3 hours away going to school. I wasn't sure when I'd be seeing him again - definitely not on my birthday. I remember I was out front cleaning and my boss called me back in "that" voice (the one where you know you're in trouble!) and told me to go to her office. She followed behind me and shut me in by myself. I turned around and Tim was there with a box of gifts for me and a goofy grin on his face.
I'll never forget that day. He surprised me so bad I nearly fell over I was so shocked!! And him driving all the way there just to see me on my day meant a lot. It's prolly cheesy but it really was my best birthday ever!
So now it's your turn. Share your thoughts and I will be picking a random commenter via random.org that will win both my Amy's Boutique and Boutique Sentiments stamp sets either later tomorrow night or on Monday morning (still holding out hope that I'll get to do something tomorrow!) - so you have till then to comment and possibly win!!
Only one comment per person please - multiple comments by the same person will be deleted.
