Hey OA fans...Nicole here today!
A bit of 'background' about this card: I love stamps. I have a hard time completing a project without them. So when I find one that I REALLY like, it's fun to let it stand out as the
focus.
Case in point, the background stamp from the Farm Girl collection:
It may not seem impressive at first glance, admittedly I am sometimes
intimidated by a 4x6 stamp of just a single image ... I'm more of a words/phrases
kind of girl. And I played around with different colors of ink with this one,
paired with multiple colors of cardstock and almost set it aside.
Then something told me to reach for my tried and true favorites...White Zing
Embossing Powder + Charcoal Grey Cardstock. WHAM! The result literally made me smile ... look at how much detail there is here!
Honestly, I could not believe how crisp the image turned out ... so I let it
shine by keeping the rest of the card super simple. It did need some color, so
I made a banner from a scrap of Rose Trellis paper and mounted the title onto
it using different colored alphabet stickers from the Farm Girl 12x12 alphabet
sticker sheet.
After typing the beginning of the sentiment onto the label sticker (which I
secretly wish for an entire sheet of ... this particular label shape with the star
on top), all I needed were a few details to spruce things up. A button here,
brad there ... you get the idea. Again, the idea was to allow the
stamped/embossed image to take center stage.
Now all I need to do is mail this off to a friend ... it should be just the thing
to add a bit of color to the grey winter days we are having here in Ohio this
time of year.
love the whole card in all. the background stamp is very nice. love the overlapping of the letters and diff. colors. very nice. so far, the farmgirl collection is my favorite. i am the little girl in the pigtails. at least i was 60 yrs ago.
Posted by: kathleen schriber | January 30, 2013 at 09:52 PM
Beautiful! Can't wait until line hits my store!
Posted by: Cinda Reyes | January 29, 2013 at 12:35 PM
I love how you overlapped the letters..tucking them into each other!!
Posted by: dbl U | January 29, 2013 at 11:50 AM
This looks amazing!! Love the background stamp!
Posted by: deb duty | January 29, 2013 at 10:25 AM
I agree 100% with Nicole about that label: I too would buy an entire sheet of this style (star on top), if OA made a label sheet like that. There is just something about it...
Love this card--it goes perfectly with the song "You are My Sunshine."
Posted by: Denise Price | January 29, 2013 at 08:53 AM
Very cute Card !
Posted by: Pam Sohan | January 29, 2013 at 08:52 AM
LOVE the card and how you've used the background stamp with the embossing. It looks fabulous!
Posted by: Jennifer | January 29, 2013 at 06:38 AM