Perfectly Plum Day

I finally had some time today to do a couple of challenges on SCS. I really wanted to make the little matchbook candy holder from TLC260, and use the Color Combination from CC258. I really liked the colors so I used them for both the Card and the matchbook. The color combo is, PerfectPlum, Pale Plum and Soft Suede. I really love Perfect Plum so it surprised me that I used more Pale Plum on my projects.

The Birthdy Card uses SU:" Sincere Salutations" for the sentiment, and they both use the stemmed flower from SU:"Embrace Life". The "Thinking of You" is an individual Stamp byPaper Salon I picked up at a LSS years ago. I used Victoria EF again..I just love the soft look of its embossing. The ribbon is a Plum Offray grosgrain I purchased at Wal-mart. I made a hole with SU: slot tool punch to tie the ribbon on the sentiment panel. Then I raised it up on Fiskars med. Pop Dots.

The matchbook candy cover was fun and quick to do. If you need Directions for the matchbook please follow this link to TLC260.

There is a link to a tutorial in post #1.


I loved how the bottom edge of the Matchbook turned out. I layered a small strip of Soft Suede, with pieces of the 2 plum colors and then punched with my Martha Stewart "Arch Lattice" and SU "scalloped" border punches. I tied the 1/8" stitched ribbon around the layers. The flower images were stagger stampped in Timber Brow Stazon and the painted with a H2O painter using Pale Plum and Perfect Plum Watercolor Wonder Crayons. I love how you can keep layering them to get the look and darkness of color. I did add a tiny bit of Mellow Moss along the stem.

Until Later...Happy Stamping!

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