This is the last page I prepared for the Stampin' Success publication. I knew I wanted my last page to use a sentiment I had seen recently and really liked, "Sisters by chance, friends by choice." I went for a 8x8 page for change and I pulled out a picture of my sister and I that I really like. Up until a few years ago, I could never understand why some people said my sister and I really look alike. She has brown hair and brown eyes, I have red hair and blue eyes... and then my BIL took this picture of us at Christmas and when I saw the pic, I thought "Oooh... Okay, now I get it."
To create the background of the page, I stamped and clear-embossed images on cardstock and then used my square punch to create a mosaic. To create the tag, I die-cut a tag from the Lots of Tags die set twice (once out of Pear Pizzazz Designer paper and a second time out of Very Vanilla cardstock). I stamped the word Sisters in Blushing Bride ink using the Broadsheet Alphabet and Sweet Shoppe Lower Alphabet on the Very Vanilla tag and used the scoring line as a guide to cut the middle out. I used my Wide Oval punch to mat my stamped word and added those two ovals to the tag.
The rest of the title was stamped in Early Espresso on Crumb Cake cardstock with the help of my trusty Stamp-a-Ma-Jig. I then used my unmounted In Stitches wheel to add a row of stitching right underneath the words. I used the Square punch again to cut the end of the cardstock strip and then embellished it with a Vintage Flower Adornment.
Super simple, but I really like the result.
Stampin' Up! Supplies
Stamps: Tendresse (Love & Care), Sweet Shoppe Alphabet Lower, Broadsheet Alphabet
Cardstock: Very Vanilla, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazzz, Early Espresso
Designer paper: In Color Hostess paper pack
Inks: Blushing Bride, Early Espresso, Versamark
Big Shot: Lots of Tags die
Accessories: Clear embossing powder, Vintage Flower Adornments,
Pearl Basic Jewels, Stampin' DImensionals, Wide Oval punch
Loved seeing all your projects in SS. They were all so pretty and full of inspiration!
Posted by: Lisa | April 06, 2011 at 20:38