I'm not in love with this card, but I am in love with the stamp set I used! I heat embossed the sentiment over a background that I watercolored using some Pelikan watercolors I had to get after seeing them on Kymona's blog. While I have never actually met Kymona, she is one of those crafting bloggers I believe would be someone I could be great friends with in real life--she has a daughter close in my age and they love crafting together like Madeline and I do. For this reason alone, I believe we could be real-life crafting BFFs. She used these watercolors and I just loved the bright colors. Now, after doing a sample of these colors along with my Sakura Koi Sketch Box, I will admit there is some overlap and a lot of similar colors, but there is enough variety there that I'm happy to have both sets. Like a card I shared a couple of weeks ago, I used my watercolors to paint a piece of grosgrain ribbon so that it would match the card--easy to do and can be done with Stampin' Up! inks as well!
The stamp set I used is one that I have been waiting on for OVER A MONTH and am so glad to finally have it. I think Mama Elephant is releasing another set later this week with the same calligraphy so I will have to check their site--I will not be trying a 'reserve item' order again seeing I am rather impatient ;-)
The stamp set I used is one that I have been waiting on for OVER A MONTH and am so glad to finally have it. I think Mama Elephant is releasing another set later this week with the same calligraphy so I will have to check their site--I will not be trying a 'reserve item' order again seeing I am rather impatient ;-)