Friends

Have you heard me say "I love this set!" It has such great sayings and images.  I used a piece of tape to cover the image/saying as needed so that I could get just what I wanted where.

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Details:

Stamps: Lean on Me, Tiny Tags

Paper: Crumb Cake, Very Vanilla, Bashful Blue, Marina Mist, Retired DSP,

Ink: Cajun Craze, Crumb Cake, Peach Parfait, Early Espresso

Accessories: 7/16" Naturals Trim Ribbon, Tag Punch, Circle Punch-Itty Bitty Shapes Punch, Decorative Label Punch, Big Shot, Flower Garden Impression Folder, Linen Thread

Lean on Me

I love trying to figure out layouts that will go with this set.   This was a fun one to do.  In order to get the Garden green circle behind the image and not be too big to cove the holes of the die I had to punch out 2 circles and cu them in half.  I then layered them until they looked the way I wanted them to.

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Details:

Stamps: Lean on Me

Paper: Early Espresso Core, Garden Green, Whisper White, Garden Green Color DSP

Ink: Early Espresso, Bashful Blue, Garden Green, Wild Wasabi, Pumpkin Pie, Blush Blossom Marker, More Mustard, Versa Mark

Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Pennants Die, 1-3/4" Circle Punch, Honeycomb Impression Folder, Black Embossing Powder

My Thoughts

I love this set but I am not always in the mood to color images in.  I was in the mood one weekend so I tried to use this set as much as I could.  I have lots of requests for Secret Sister cards for church and this set fits that  occasion very well.  I was also going through my stuff trying to use up things that may be going out or that I have not used in quite a while.  I do not think I I have ever used the Oval Accent Clear Die, I do not know why....I know I will now!  It fits the Holiday Frame folder wonderfully.  The image is embossed and then colored in.  It helps me to stay in the lines Lol

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Details:

Stamps: Lean On Me

Paper: Whisper White, Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade

Ink: Versa Mark, More Mustard (plane), Chocolate Chip (hair)

Accessories: Big Shot, Holiday Frame Impression Folder, Oval Accent Clear Die, Labels Collection Framelit, Leaf-Bird Builder Punch, 3/8" Designer Printed Brad, 7/8" Scallop Circle Punch, Black Embossing Powder

In My Thoughts

When I saw this set I just had to have it.  I send my mother a card for her to use every month and this set just made me think of her.  I am not one who is very happy with coloring images so I usually try to stay away from this kind of sets but I know I will use it a lot and maybe improve enough in my coloring technique to venture on to other sets.

I was a very good girl and waited until the budget said it was alright before I ordered out of the new catalog so this is my first time playing with my new toys.  The things I just had to have was the Perfect Pennant Die, and of course the new Impression folders.  I love the Cherry Cobbler so it was an easy choice which color to get in one of the new ribbons.  I loved that the image fit in the 2-1/2" circle punch except when I was coloring the image I stuck my pinkie in the ink and it got on the paper. It was a blessing in disguise because I have had the idea of the heart pop out for a long time and it fit perfect over my smudge.  The pearls added the perfect touch to make the dots on the ribbon pop.

Card Details:

Stamps: Lean on Me

Paper: Cherry Cobbler, Whisper White, Early Espresso

Ink: Cherry Cobbler, Blush Blossom, Pool Party, Chocolate Chip

Accessories: Big Shot, Hounds-tooth Impressions Folder, Perfect Pennants Die, 2-1/2" Circle Punch, Basic Pearls, Small Heart Punch, Cherry Cobbler 1/2" Scallop Dots Ribbon