Artfully Asian sympathy card

Sadly, I needed a sympathy card this week. I just got Artfully Asian, and I love the sentiments in it!

I got the idea to stamp the flower over the bamboo from one of the samples in the catalog. I got the color combination from the Serene Scenery paper stack. The card base is Crumb Cake, and the DSP is Old Olive. I cut it to 5 1/4 X 3 and then tore the edge. The focal image is on 3 X 4 Whisper White. The bamboo is stamped in Old Olive, and the flower is stamped in Crushed Curry. The sentiment and friendship symbol are stamped in black Memento.

Happy stamping!

Faux Wax Seal

Earlier this week, I saw this faux wax seal technique on Shelli Gardner's blog, and I knew I had to try it! You can find her excellent instructions here.  I also wanted to use the gorgeous new Serene Scenery DSP stack.  This stack has photorealistic images on one side of the paper and more typical DSP images on the other.  So versatile!  Once I saw this paper, I knew I wanted to use the starfish from Picture Perfect for the wax seal.  That image is bigger than I remembered which made the technique a little trickier.  When I first stamped, only part of the area was still soft enough so I got a partial image.  I ended up reheating and restamping a couple more times.  I love how it turned out!

Since the paper and faux wax seal are so pretty, I kept the rest of the card pretty simple.  The card base is Pool Party.  I stamped around the edge with a splatter stamp from Gorgeous Grunge and Versamark ink.  Then I poured on the copper embossing powder and heated it.  The DSP was cut in half, and I trimmed 3/4 off the top.  The sentiment from Picture Perfect is stamped in Soft Suede.  I used mini glue dots to adhere the faux wax seal to the card base.

Happy stamping!