I stamped Clara Girl and was lucky to find a tiny sentiment from Succulent Salutations that just barely fit on her laptop! Do you see her cute slippers? This girl understands daytime pajamas and nighttime pajamas, right? :) If you don't have Succulent Salutations, do take a look. It is one of my most-used kits. I think that's in part because the sentiments are compact so they fit on many cards. I sometimes don't plan my whole design out and then find my sentiments don't quite fit. Oops!
After my stamping, I inked around her. Then I attached the layer with foam tape, tied on a gold bow, and used some white and gold Nuvo drops for decoration. I cannot recommend highly enough that you pre-make your dots. I'd been avoiding this for ages and I finally saved the backing from some postage stamps to make some dots on. Once they've dried for several days they really hold up so much better than when you put them directly on your project. No fear of them squishing onto the envelope this way. I do recommend tweezers for placement, however.
Remember to leave a comment on this post, and on every post this week. Unity Stamp Company graciously provides a grab bag of 25 stamps to two random commenters this week and every GIU week! I'll have a prize that I'll personally send out to someone who comments and answers the question at the bottom of the post.
What will you do this weekend? I think it's time for me to start mowing the grass for the season. Usually I try to wait for April 1st and so if it's dry this weekend, it's time to start.
I hope you are staying safe and well during this challenging time.
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Love your ink blending; pretty color with the gold accents. Love 'Clara Girl' image - she's got a coffee cup by her! And I also love the 'Succulent Sentiments' and put that on my wish list. Great sentiments as you say, but it also has birdies! hehe I will be putting all my Easter cards together this weekend to mail out on Monday. Thanks so much for a wonderfully inspirational week. Be well & be blessed.
ReplyDeleteNice card! Yes, I love Succulent Salutations for the same reason.
ReplyDeleteI really like what you did on this card, I love the blending all around her. Thanks for the tip on the Nuvo drops and Succulent Sentiments, I will be going to the website to check it out. Thanks for a great week.
ReplyDeleteLove the card, and that is a great tip for the Nuvo drops
ReplyDeleteThis is a cute card. I like the black stamp on the ink blended background.
ReplyDeleteLove Angie Girls. This is such a great card!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful! Love how you added the ink blending
ReplyDeleteBeautiful clean and simple card! Did you mask the girl when blending around her? What inks did you use? Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI cheated and didn’t mask but that would give awesome results. I used Distress Oxide ink!
DeleteI love this card. It looks like I can try to make this and I have the stamp. Thank you so much!
ReplyDeleteLove this card, clean and simple. Definitely making Easter cards this weekend. Thanks for a great GIU week!!! Best wishes for your upcoming wedding. May your marriage be blessed!
ReplyDeleteGreat card and thanks for the tip on the Nuevo drops!!
ReplyDeleteLove Angie girls! Great combination is stamps. Your card is fantastic!
ReplyDeleteReally nice card to end a great week. You have convinced me to try the pre-made Nuvo drops, especially because I don't do well putting those on cards.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! Great tip for Nuvo drops. I don't use them a lot because of the dry time but I'll try pre-making some. This weekend I'll be coloring some stamped images and if the weather is good some yardwork.
ReplyDeleteCute card! Thanks for sharing this week!
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your week; and this card is a lovely ending. As far as this weekend goes, I will probably clean my house some to get ready for Easter.
ReplyDeleteAahhh...gorgeous!!! And simple! Gonna go to my craft room soon!!!
ReplyDeleteAnother great card! So thankful you are sharing! I am going to copy this, I am sure!!
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