just because

Hello, again! :) Back with another card... this one, for my lovely friend Sarah. She sent me the most adorable "new home" card, and I made this one to thank her: :)



Sorry again for the poor photo. The birds were inked with black chalk ink, then kissed with an uninked definition background stamp. Look closely and you'll see the letters on the birds are actually backwards! LOL That's because the technique causes a reverse the of the pattern with which you're kissing. But at casual glance, it's not that noticeable... I hope! To coordinate, I stamped the same stamp in white pigment ink, this time down the left side of the card base (click the pic to see this in greater detail). I think next time I might try kissing the bird stamp with the definition stamped INKED with white pigment ink, rather than uninked... the pattern might show up better on the birds doing it that way. Hmmm....

Anyway, I then cut out the birds with my (long rectangle) Nesties, and then leaving the image still in the Nestie, sponged blue ink around the edges. The result is a masked and embossed border that helps to "ground" the birds, yet ties in with the blue card base as well. The sentiment inside reads, "you're so special." And that she is! Thank you again, Sarah, my friend. :)

Thanks for stopping by and reading. Hope your week is off to a great start! I'll be back in a bit to share - of all things - *GASP* a layout! LOL Yep... a couple of friends have asked if I would ever consider sharing my layouts. I won't promise I'll share them all, but every once in a while, I suppose I can share a decent one. I'm usually a pretty simple scrapper, and most of my pages aren't really made to impress or inspire, KWIM? ;) Anyhoo, hope to see you soon! :)

SUPPLIES: stamps are Inkadinkado (birds), SU (definition), and Hero (sentiment).. inks are Colorbox Chalk (black) and SU (Bashful Blue dye, white pigment).. card stock is also SU (Bashful Blue).. Nesties (long rectangle) and popdots.