Pink Flowers of Kindness

Hi everyone.  Over at the MUSE (#40) challenge this week ... the guest designer is my friend Darnell.  Congrats Darnell!!  She made a gorgeous card in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  Please click here to read Darnell's post - you'll be glad you did.

Here's Darnell's card for inspiration.

I really focused on the flowers and the colors of Darnell's card, changing up the layout a bit.  I used an old set from SU! called Echoes of Kindness (hence the name of this post).  It's such a beautiful set of flower stamps ... I never get tired of them.

I stamped the image in staz-on black ink and color using a blender pen and ink onto Whisper White card stock (marker layering).  I outlined the image with my Certainly Celery Stampin' write marker to give it a shadow effect.

Stamps:  Echoes of Kindness (SU!); Sunny Sentiments (Amy R)
Paper:  White; Whisper White (SU!)
Ink:  Staz-on black, Regal Rose, Rose Red, Certainly Celery (SU!)
Accessories & Tools:  Certainly Celery grosgrain ribbon, blender pen, adhesives, and dimensionals

Here's a close-up of my card so you can see more details:

I'm finding that now I have new shelving, it blocks the light where I always have taken my photos of cards.  Isn't that always the way?? ... change one thing for the positive, and it has negative effects somewhere else :)  It probably doesn't help that this time of year, the light coming in the window from outside is dull --- my pictures seemed much better during the summer.

I have been thinking for a while now about making a light box for taking photos ... this is hopefully going to push me to do it sooner rather than later :)  I found instructions on-line and now I just need to talk hubby into helping me build it.  It's not going to be on his priority list  ... but if I start mucking with the tools in his shop, he'll probably take over so that I don't damage anything :)  We'll see if that works :)

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Card Candy Giveaway # 8 - Winner

Thanks to everyone that commented on my latest Card Candy Giveaway - #8 (Windows & more).  I used the True Random Number Generator to pick the winner of the Card Candy:

True Random Number Generator Min: Max: Result: 52 

... and the winner is ...

Jeanne (Reba Li Creates)

Congrats Jeanne ... please email your mailing address to me (click on the "Email Me" in the right-hand column near the top), and I'll send you the Card Candy. :)