Sunny Thoughts

Good Monday morning everyone!!  It's a beautiful day here and we're excited since we're finishing up our school curriculum this week!  We'll continue with a few things (like reading and math) through parts of the summer) but our "formal" work is done on Friday! Yippy!!

I have a truly 10 minute card for you today - I was pretty proud of myself because this actually took me about 10 minutes (and you know that's not my usual mo!).  I wanted to show you something that I forget to do myself.  We all know how beautifully detailed and realistic Kitchen Sink Stamps can be but you can also use for solid image stamps. In this case, I used Step 1 of 4 different butterfly stamps from 2 different sets, 3 Step Butterflies and 3 Step Hydrangeas.  The sentiment is from 3 Step Get Well Teddy.   (Sorry for the bad photo - I'll try and get a better one today!)

I die cut the bottom edge of the card and added a bit of patterned paper to peek out of the scallops.  By using darker colors and stamping off 2 times I was able to get a somewhat watercolor effect on the smaller butterflies which I think looks pretty neat!  And isn't that ribbon cute?  It's was a little treat from my buddy Kim! :)

Just a reminder that if you want to save 10% on your KSS order anytime, simply click the link or use coupon code JULIE10KSS.  Be sure to check out what the rest of the Kitchen Sink Stamps Crew has for you today!  And stop in to the KSS Forum and chat with us when you can - we'd love to hear from you!  Have a beautiful day!

Angela • Connie • Lisa • Lynn • Makiko • Maria

Cardstock:  (White) Neenah, Patterned Paper:  (Picket Fence) Lilybee Design, Stamps: (3 Step Butterflies, 3 Step Get Well Teddy, 3 Step Hydrangeas) Kitchen Sink Stamps, Ink: (Dandelion, Grape Jelly, Lilac Posies) Memento, (Pacific Point) SU!, Accessories:  (Ribbon) American Crafts, (rhinestones), Kaiser, Tools:  (Medium Scallop edge die) Papertrey Ink