Sassy Thank You

Thank you for your kind and empathetic comments on my last post. I'm glad I'm not the only one who goes through that every once in a while. I don't get a lot of time to myself, but when I do, I like to sit and stamp. :) And I'd also like that precious time to be productive! LOL It actually made me sad that I had sat down for over two hours with nothing to show for it.

But, the hiccup was short lived, as early the very next morning I cranked out this card (a thank you for my mother-in-law) in no time flat while eating breakfast:

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That great flower image is from the Sassy Stems set by Stampin' Up!. I stamped it in black and then used my markers (SU and Marvy) to trace over the image to give it color. It was matted it on black card stock and adhered to the card with popdots. I used SU's Paisley background on the base and tried inking it with the marvy marker to match the flower, but obviously it didn't work too well. LOL I think that marker is about dried out. ;) Anyway, I've officially jumped on the Cuttlebug bandwagon and am loving the results! The turquoise panel was embossed with the D'vine Swirl embossing folder and also matted with black card stock which was pierced and faux stitched with my white Signo gel pen (also SU). That pen is amazing! It has an almost paint-like quality - fantastic coverage. In keeping with the swirly theme (the flower image and embossed panel), I added a spiral clip, and in order to round out my use of black, I used some black organdy ribbon and stamped the sentiment (from SU's old Small Script hostess set) in black as well.

Thank you for looking. Hope your week is off to a great start! :)