Another Thursday has arrived – which means another fun project featuring Lindsay’s Stamp Stuff!  I made a get well card today for the daughter of a family friend – though my own little one could probably use it too – she’s been feeling a little under the weather the last couple days – yesterday she spent most of her day in my lap – love the cuddling, but definitely limits my activities!  Anyhow, I tried a couple of new to me ideas with this one!  I started with an image from Lindsay’s Funky Forest Digital Stamp Set: My initial plan had been to create and color the image in Photoshop and then print it on acetate and layer over a patterned card base – but after initial printing I found that the transparency film I was using bled terribly – so plan number 1 was scrapped – at least in its initial form.  I returned to Photoshop and created a background for my stamps – a mini-scene if you will and then the card took on a life of its own! For all of my digital coloring, I used Jodiann’s new Chalkies Style – Vicki’s Beach. The clouds were added to the blue background using a Photoshop brush in white.  The chalk styles have a bit of shadow built in, so with only an additional drop shadow on my outline layer, my lighting and blending effects were complete.  I printed the scene on Georgia Pacific CS and viola a card front is born. I really liked Lindsay’s project where she featured fringing, so I had to check out her references and try it myself.  I didn’t have any crepe paper, so I cut 3 1.25” strips of green mulberry and stitched them together with my Sew Crafty mini-machine (another first – I’d never taken it out of the box – thanks Nana!).  I adhered the strips to my card, trimmed the excess and then “fringed” them.  Not too bad – and in true Lindsay style, I experimented with products I had on hand!  Note to self – use color coordinated thread!!! I hadn’t completely given up on the acetate idea, so I decided to make my card base from a scrap piece.  I trimmed the front panel so I could tuck it behind my “grass” – this allowed the grass to remain dimensional as well as hiding my strip of tape that’s holding the acetate in place.  The blue gems are from MS – I couldn’t resist a little bling. For the inside, I used my Labels 4 nestabilites to cut the shapes from DCWV glitter CS and Georgia Pacific white CS – then stamped the sentiment (SU-retired) in Brilliance Pearlescent Sky Blue.  Using the nestie as a guide, I added the stitching with my Baby Blue Spica pen. The layered panel was then adhered to the inside of my acetate sheet.  I hope Cati likes it!

If you didn’t come from Lindsay’s blog, be sure to stop there – she is known to have a goodie or two, fabulous inspiration, and the links to the rest of the DT projects.  And don’t forget – next week is our BIG Anniversary/Birthday party!  The fun starts Tuesday with hops, challenges, and FREEBIES– check this post for more info.

Have a great day everyone! I”m off to comfort my little one – she’s still small enough that just sitting with Mommy makes her feel better!