"Itty Bitty Borders" Card

THIS POST WAS EDITTED on the 11 May 2007

Edits are in Blue Font HTH

Well I made another of the four cards for the swap I mentioned yesterday.

I am not quite sure it is done. I also messed up my Photoshop elements so I couldn't add kbo 2007 and identify the Stamp art work as Stampin Up as usual. I need to fix something that will take awhile and require me to shut down. I am going to do that after I make this post.(editted May 11th, 2007)





I am still not completely satisfied with this card but I have been tilling my garden all day and I don't think I will back to this card to tweek it until after the weekend. I think it needs more yellow around the gem for the sun and some faux stitching, and or maybe a brad or ribbon. I will re-upload the picture here later if I change it.

(I tweaked this card and rather then re-upload I decided to post a before and after this is not the same card tweeked but one from the same swap. I didnt pay attention to that when I took the picture, and saying that it may be the same card, KWIM added 5-11-2007)

In tweaking this card I added faux stitching With SU white gel pen. I used a yellow " Gel'nRoll!" pen to add yellow around the gem for the sun. I also added 2 green Making Memories flower brads. I started to use the pink flower brads and I even counted them all out, but the little green dots on the paper caught my eye so I tried a green flower brad. The green really made everything on the card pop. I debated adding some more faux stitching on the insides of some of the plain EF circles on the pink but decided to leave well enough alone.

This is the simplest layout pattern I know. I picked up this KI Memories paper on clearance last weekend. When I saw it I thought of the Cuddlebug embossing Folder "Bloom Dots" which I used on the SU Regal Rose cardstock. I used SU Elegant Eggplant and Cool carribean cardstock to tear and layer and mat the stamped image from the retiring set "Itty Bitty Borders" & I colored them with variuos SU markers Elegant eggplant, regal rose, Pretty in Pink, Perfect Plum, Old Olive and Bashful Blue. On the stamped image I also used one gold Heroarts Gem Stone in the center of the tallest blue daisy. I just love these little stones for Bling. The Gem for the sun was a Target "dollar isle" find from last fall. I love the simplicity of this layout. What ever colors I use with it always seem to give me a great look. It can be Playful and Elegant. I love it.

This set it was the first stamp set I ever bought and I have had so much fun with it and made so many cards with it.