seriously in love

Yes, I have fallen in love - with LaBlanche silicone stamps!!!!!!!!  After seeing Jill Foster's videos this past week, I just knew I wanted some of these beautiful stamps.  Lo and behold, my LSS is carrying them and I was able to purchase three of them today.  Now, believe me, I wanted every stamp she had in stock.  But, I am not independently wealthy.  So, until "my ship comes in", I will have to buy them little by little. 

Here is a card I made when I came home:

A lot of different distress inks went into the coloring of this image on plain white cardstock.  I added just a hint of sparkle on her buttons and flower on her hat and then went around the edge, too, with Stickles platinum glitter glue.  The seam binding was white and I colored it with broken china distress inks.  The piece was then layered to a Bazill tan card base. 

Can't wait to play with this one some more and the other two, also! 

Thanks for visiting.  Have a wonderful weekend!

ALL WHITE WITH COLORED IMAGE

This week's challenge on Simon Says Stamp is to make an all white card with just a colored image.  Here is my card:

The image and the sentiment are from My Favorite Things.  The border punch is from Martha Stewart and the lacy edging is from JoAnn's.  I added some glossy accents to the heart and some Stickles glitter to her shoes and hair clip.

Looking through my last few posts, I see that I have used butterflies on many of my cards lately.  Gotta' get out of that rut and use some other images for awhile. 

Thanks for visiting my blog.  Your comments are so appreciated.

CARD PATTERNS SKETCH 106

Here is my card for the current sketch on CARD PATTERNS:

The background papers are from the Basic Grey Hello Luscious Paper Pad.  The cupcake and sentiment are from the Hero Arts Hip Hip Hurray cling set (CL494).  Spellbinders Nestabilities scalloped circle die was used for the cupcake. 

I colored the images with Prismacolor pencils, added a bit of Stickles glitter.  The flowers are from Prima and a tiny faux gem was added to the centers.

Love the new Basic Grey papers - turquoises, reds, greens - so pretty. 

TFL.