No Time To Stamp?

The title sounds bad, but it wasn’t — actually, it was totally FUN to make this card!!! It is a card I made using Bloomin’ Beautiful from the SU Occasions Mini and I had fun distressing it — lots of fun!!! Hence, the name. This is a card we will do at a workshop this week — hope they like it! Here it is:

My inspiration for this card came, obviously, from the sample shown in the Occasions Mini. The image is stamped on watercolor paper (3″ x 4″)with Black Stazon and colored with ink refills and an aquapainter. Then I stamped over it with the Sanded background stamp in Chocolate Chip. The edges were then distressed with the distressing tool on the Cutter Kit — love that little thing!!! And I like to make my corners separate into layers and curl them!!! I then took a piece of black (3.5″ x 4.5″) and stamped French Script (I don’t have the newer En Francais) in Black (hard to see, but I know it’s there - LOL!), used the Spiral Punch on the left edge and crumpled it up really good in my hands, really working it until it was soft and pliable. I then adhered both pieces together, off-kilter as shown, wrappedwith ribbon and mounted to my card. Oh, the card was stampedwith the definition stamp in the set in More Mustand — hard to see. Then the bee is stamped onto Very Vanilla, colored, circle punched and mounted on a nice fat Pot Dot.

Coloring this will take a bit of time for a workshop card, but Ijust really wanted to have them do it — thisis such a pretty and fun set!!!

• Stamps: Bloomin’ Beautfiul, Sanded, French Script, God’s Blessings (inside sentiment)
• Paper: So Saffron, Basic Black, Very Vanilla, Watercolor
• Ink: Black Stazon, Chocolate Chip, More Mustard. Various reinkers to watercolor. Signo White Gel Pen for flower centers.
• Accessories: Aquapainter, Ribbon, Distressing Tool on Cutter Kit, 1 1/4″, 1 3/8″ and Sprial Punches, Mini Glue Dots, Pop Dots.

Thanks much for checking in! I wish you all a wonderful Sunday!