...{Sylvias Stamping Place}...: Loving Thoughts Friendship Card

Hi everyone and happy Wednesday :)

Wow... January is almost over and Valentine's Day is approaching fast! Unbelievable how fast time flies, isn't it?

But today, I don't want to share a typical Valentine's card with you, but rather a friendship card :)

Who wouldn't appreciate some "loving thoughts" in his/her mailbox? I think we should more often tell our friends how much they mean to us! Aren't friends (besides family) the most important people? I see, you agree :-D

So why not sending out "loving thoughts" to a dear friend... just because? :)

This card is a little bit unusual for me, because of the colors I've used! It did not come together "naturally", but I tried to follow a specific color theory I've learned in a workshop. In this workshop I was told, you can combine any tertiary colors and it will always look good. Therefore I tried and used a variety of tertiary colors on my card (yellow-green, blue-violet, red-orange, orange-yellow ).

Well, well... I will definitely experiment a little further with these color theories I've learned... but not sure I will ever be comfortable with all of them *lol*

To see the step-by-step instructions and supplies I have used, please refer to the boxes below!

Thank you so much for stopping by today! And I hope you will come back and visit my blog again, soon :)

Instructions

make card base from white cardstock (4 1/4" x 11") and round lower right corner
cut strip of chevron paper (1 3/8" x 5 1/2") and adhere to left side of the card
stamp flower with Memento Pear Tart onto the card front
color stamped flower with Memento markers in Dandelion, Cantaloupe and Paris Dusk and highlight stamen with clear glitter pen
stamp "loving thoughts" with Memento Paris Dusk onto card front
cut little notch in top fold of the card (center of the patterned paper strip), thread twine through and wrap around card; tie end of twine into a bow on top of the card
embellish with sequins and enamel dots

Extra Tip:

Due to stamping over the raised patterned paper, the impression of the flower stamp was not too good and I had some little gaps in my stamped image! This is where a co-ordinating Memento marker comes in really handy! Because the exact same ink is in the markers like in the ink pad, you can fix these little *oopsies* (gaps in stamped impressions) really quick and easy! :)

Supplies

stamps - CAS-ual Fridays Stamps: Loving Thoughts, Truth Is
coloring medium - Tsukineko Memento markers: Dandelion, Cantaloupe, Paris Dusk
inks - Tsukineko Memento: Pear Tart, Paris Dusk
patterned papers - My Mind's Eye Cut and Paste: Good Times Tribal
tools - WRMK Corner Chomper
others - white cardstock, white-silver bakers twine, clear glitter gel pen, My Mind's Eye enamel dots, sequins, Glue Dots mini