On Friday night, I had a couple of friends come over to do a little stamping. They had seen the
Strength & Hope card that I had CASE-d (you can see the original card
HERE) and wanted to make it. The original card was made with Certainly Celery and So Saffron card stock, so I decided to make mine a little different by using Marina Mist and Bashful Blue. I love the way this card turned out in these colors!

We all agreed that if you changed the words, this would make a beautiful wedding card, anniversary card, sympathy card... pretty much a card for any occasion! (Other than a manly card.)

We couldn't just make ONE card though, so I taught them how to make this stair-step card using the
Fabulous Florets stamp set. I've posted this card before
HERE. We also used the same technique of "spray painting" the flowers. I described how to do that in the same posting.
We changed up the colors just a little bit, using Pear Pizzazz as the main card color. And when we had all decided to use the polka dot pattern from the DSP stack, I knew the new
1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon would be the perfect accent! It comes in ten different colors and adds such a playful touch.
Here is Carol's card. I wanted to show it to you because of the colors that she added to her smaller flower. The picture just doesn't do it justice.

Just to try a little something different, I embossed my flowers in white. It's not as striking as the black, but it has a softer effect to it. I didn't add any greeting yet. I like to hang onto cards like this and wait to add a greeting when I know who I'll be sending it to.

So if you're a stamping friend or not, I hope you enjoyed seeing our cards!
Oh, I forgot to mention that we had pizza before we started stamping

and when we were done we had a low-calorie strawberry dessert. So refreshing!

(And it really was low-cal - no chocolate anyplace!)
Until next time...

Jayne Stenstrom
jayne@jaynestamps.com
Lovely cards, Jayne. I love the color combos :-)
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