If you follow my blog, you will see that this card is not a "usual Susan" card but I think it is fun! I can remember when the PALS had a conference call going over all of the new goodies before it was available to everyone – I remember soooo many saying how much they LOVED the Gorgeous Grunge Stamp Set!
I can specifically remembering as I was going page by page with the new catalog before this call and writing down all the stamps sets that I considered to be an "A Set" and then I had a column of ?'s until I heard some feedback and then the last column was the ones that I simply did not like….and this is where Gorgeous Grunge was….and now – I LOVE IT!
I learned a lesson from this and one that I try to "preach" to my children….not to prejudge! This is exactly what I did and since it was not a clean and tailored look…I felt that it would not be a stamp set I would use often…..WRONG!!! It is a perfect accent in soooo many ways!
Today's card was truly an inspiration from this weeks Pals Paper Art Challenge! ( It's not too late for you to play along….) I truly love looking at all of the ideas that people come up with and the instant I saw the card with the very simple "I Dig You" I fell in love with it!
This card was make by Stampin' Up! Demonstraor, Karin Menghini, and you can click here to see her "take" of this fun color challenge this week! I loved everything about it and emailed her to see if I could feature it on my blog and show my twist off her great card!
I knew that I wanted to use this stamp set, Tag It Stamp Set, in a a way that would create lots of interest as the 3 simple words of "I dig you" is so fun! Remember, every time we sell one of these Tag It Stamps Stampin' Up! will donate $3.00 to the Ronald McDonald House! IS that oober great or what!
I need to say that "I dig" Stampin' Up! for doing such a generous gift for such a needed organization! There are many demonstrators all over that endlessly give their time and talent to the Ronald McDonald House! Unfortunately, we do not have a chapter locally so this is why I am soooo passionate about my Breast Cancer Cards!
Here you go….short and sweet cause' it's sooo easy! The key tool is the Stampin-A-Ma-Jig….your true lifesaver! If you are going to do something like this….why wouldn't you have this tool to use to make your life easier! Click here and order one now!!!
The card size is a 5 X 5 square and the colors I used were Rose Red, Sahara Sand and Early Espresso! After stampin' the back ground in the Sahara Sand I let my sentiment and Stamp -a-ma-jig do their magic!
Matting it with the same colors I still felt that it needed something little….and that darn' heart in the Owl Punch was once again the perfect finishing touch! Love that little Owl and ……check back this week cause I have and adorable Owl treat coming your way!
The oober fun Envelope Punch Board made it easy-peasy to make my custom envelope! The Regals Designer Series Paper Stack was the perfect finale to this card!
Tomorrow is a SUPER FUN day with many blogs…it the PALS Blog Hop for September! The theme is for us to showcase Stampin' Up! Tools that we love….wow – where do I begin!
I can begin by thanking YOU for popping to my blog…it's a fun creative outlet for me and I adore meeting so many cyber friends and customers along the way!
Hugs to you….and until tomorrow!
OH, I dig this card! The size & shape, the sentiment around, the layering and even the grunge. Very nice. Thanks a bunch. 🙂
I dig it! I felt the same way about the gorgeous grunge stamp set UNTIL I saw some cards using it. Good life lesson indeed…never prejudge!
That is so cute, Susan and love the colors and design.
Love Love Love this card … My daughter and I were up making cards last night … and she wanted to splatter paint with my ink refills … I just asked her and she said she would like the Gorgeous Grunge stamp set … Thank you again for your inspiration…
Fun! The little hearts are cute with this too. I have been a big fan of grunge but have really yet to do anything with any of my grungy stuff! I need to dig myself out of the rut and get busy! I have the afternoon off, let’s see if I can actually get some cards finished and in the mail!
Adorable card. Love everything about it. I may have to invest in this set as I do a lot of journaling also. I love how you got all of those ‘I dig you’s’ so perfect around the card. Awesome! Love these colors. Thanks so much for sharing!
Love what you did with these sets! I got the stamps at Convention and haven’t even played with them yet but I could so be CASING your design!