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Another Oldie But Goodie!

Aloha, all!

You know by now that I just love stamp layout challenges – actually, I like card or scrap challenges of just about every kind! You might also recall that last week I posted a stamp set challenge in which I used an "Oldie But Goodie" stamp set, Simply Said. Shortly after that, there was yet ANOTHER challenge, and this one was a sketch challenge. When I went into the craft room to cogitate about what I might use to make the card, I found (as I all too frequently do) that I hadn't cleaned up after making last week's card with Simply Said. Well, that was certainly a message!

Kindness Card

So here is yet another card with that oldie but goodie, along with a newer, but not really new, stamp set, Heard From The Heart. The fun thing about making this card was connecting the textured look of the flowers stamped over the heart backgrounds with the texture in the three hearts that I punched using the Heart to Heart Punch. Hey – I had that Square Lattice Embossing Folder still out from another project that needed to have stuff put away! (Yes, I do have to get in and clean up the craft room again – I'm procrastinating by blogging, another favorite trick of mine!) So I texturized the top layer of the square element of the card, then ran some scraps of matching Certainly Celery, Pretty in Pink, and Bashful Blue card stock through the same folder. Then I punched out the hearts and arranged them – quite artfully, if I say so myself! – and added one of Stampin' Up!'s newest products, Basic Rhinestones. You get 150 of those little gems for just $4.95. Great deal, I must say! Oh, and that background color is another fabulous new color from Stampin' Up!, Cherry Cobbler. As luscious as it sounds.

Here is the card layout, with those 1/8" measurement differences making the stamped images look so nicely framed! Have fun with it!

Sketch