Always

The second challenge Alisa gave for the cyberstamp on Wednesday night was to use VersaMark on a card (or layout). It could be any technique you liked and I initially thought that I would do emboss resist....but I'm sure you all know what it's like...you start out with a plan to do one thing and end up doing something else entirely!! This afternoon I was lying down, cause my new medication had made me really dizzy...although some people would probably say that's my normal state :) Anyway....I had this idea that I really wanted to use this pink ruffled ribbon from the Ribbon Originals 'Fairytale' pack that Madonna gave me for my birthday. These ribbons are sooooo yummy. Then I thought about the heart from 'Always', one of the new sets that I got from the new mini catalogue (starting August 1st). So, that's how the colour scheme came about. The ruffled ribbon is Regal Rose, so I used that with Rose Red and Silver.

There's lots of silver embossing on this card, along with silver ink for the 'Always' sentiment, and a gorgeous flower silver brad from the new 'Styled Silver' hodgepodge hardware. The silver brads in the corners are from that HPH as well. The corners were punched out with the 1/2" circle punch and I used the 1 3/8" and 1 1/4' circle punches to mount the sentiment.

The card turned out completely different from what I started to make, but in the end I really like it! As usual it's much prettier in real life :( but I guess that's always the way! I'll probably replace the pic tomorrow when I've got better light for a photo...one of these days I'll get myself a proper light box for taking pictures at night, but until then you'll just have to put up with my shoddy photography!! {ETA: Have put in a better photo and made a note to myself not to take any more pictures at night until I get the light problem sorted out!}

Anyway, just thought I'd share this with you....now I just have to think of someone to send it to!!

Have a great day

Kristie