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Hi, there! For the American visitors, how was your Labor Day? :) Well, I've been having a blast breaking in my new SU! stamps! There's nothing quite as fun and exciting as new toys. ;) Here's a set that I just couldn't wait to ink up first (click to see larger):

I know there's not a lot of love out there for this new "Organic Outlines" set (some even describe it as "pond growth-ish" LOL!), but as soon as I saw it in the catty, I knew I had to make it mine (it figures I would go for the odd guy ;)). To me, it's different, it's fresh, it's funky... I just LOVE it.

First of all, somebody... help me step AWAY from the green card stock! LOL I don't know what it is with me lately... green, green, green. Anyway, I stamped the line image in the background with the darker Artichoke ink and matted it onto the Artichoke card stock. I quickly realized that I had wanted to mat it on black first. But since I was too lazy to stamp it over again I just very carefully ran the broad tip of a black marker along the edge... to make it look like there was a 1/16th of an inch black mat. I then stamped the solid image with Moss, cut it out, added some details with the fine tip of my black marker, and mounted it on shallow pop dots. I chose a bold, kinda funky/retro type for the sentiment to tie in the funky feel of the image. Black silk ribbon, paper piercing, and a few gemstones finish it off.

I really do love this set! I hope I can inspire others to love it as much as I do, because I really think it has a LOT of potential. I can't wait to come up with more ideas for it!

Thanks for stopping by today. Enjoy your week! :)

SUPPLIES
paper - SU! white, black, Moss, and Artichoke
stamps - SU! 'Organic Outlines' and Inkadinkado 'Chelsea Sentiments'
ink - SU! Moss and Artichoke Classic, and Memories black
misc - paper snips, SU! black marker, paper piercer and piercing mat, May Arts ribbon, Hero Arts gemstones, and pop dots