Heartfelt Blooms

This year's Sale-A-Bration stamp, Heartfelt Blooms, just knocks it out of the park.  I had a chance to play with it, and what a versatile stamp!  This stamp can be the centerpiece in a clean and simple card... or it can be used to create an elegant layered card.

Here, I stamped the flower bunch in Smoky Slate.  Then I accented the florals with different colors of pastels.  As you can see the grey ink gives this a soft and muted color:

If you like a muted look, stop there.  While pretty, I felt it still needed a bit of "oomph" in certain areas.  So, I grabbed a black drawing pencil and added light and dark strokes.  I think the addition of these shadows make all the difference.  It almost looks like it was hand-drawn, no?

It was so relaxing to color and "sketch," and I think it offers a great look to a CAS card:

So, pick up a black pencil, turn on some soft background music and go to town.  So fun!

Would love to hear your comments. 

Thanks for visiting,
Luci

My Sale-a-bration Order Just Arrived

Happy New Year everyone!  January sure seemed to fly by, didn't it?  I am finally able to dig into my new shipment of fun supplies in the best season of stamping -- Stampin Up's Sale-A-Bration 2018. 

A few things:

1.  STAMP CAMP has been RESCHEDULED:

NEW DATE:  March 23, 2018.  RSVP here.

2.  If you order $50 or more from me, between now and stamp camp you will:

• Get a discount on stamp camp.
• Get a free stamp set or other item from the Sale-A-Bration webstore or view the Sale-A-Bration Catalog (PDF).
• You will have supplies to play with after a stamping class (i.e. camp).
• Also, if you order $100 - you can choose a higher level, free item.

3.  For new supplies, go to the Occasions Catalog Webstore or view the Occasions Catalog (PDF).

4.  For great deals, visit the Clearance Rack!

Well... off I go to explore ways to make these stamping supplies into beautiful projects for you on Friday.  Hope to see you there!

Lucian

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