MORE ARTISTIC ETCHINGS

Happy Saturday Stampers!

Boy, have we had a LAZY Saturday!!! The kids have been busy all week helping with our church's Vacation Bible School. They need to be at the church by about 7:50 in the morning and then I pick them up at 5 pm! They were bushed at the end of each day.....and especially after the week.

Their schedule is 8-8:30 devotions, 8-12 noon VBS, and then the church feeds them lunch before they head out to do service projects for folks in the church and other Christian organizations around town.....so they are hoppin' the whole day.

Here is another card that I made with the set Artistic Etchings......the background on this card is the same as on my previous card that I posted on Thursday.

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The colors I used on this card are all either new core colors or returning In Colors.....I used Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight (these are both brand new colors), Baja Breeze and Soft Suede (these are returning In Colors). The ribbon is the 5/8" Very Vanilla satin ribbon and the pearls are the new ones that Stampin' Up! is now selling (LOVE them!!).

I made this a "Happy Retirement" card.....because I think everybody should see the Eiffel Tower, if not when they're young.....definitely after they retire.....because it is SPECTACULAR....especially the view from the VERY TOP!!! WOW!!! Paris is a beautiful city!!

Maybe I love Paris because I have some GREAT memories of being there.....here's Steve and I when we visited a few years ago.....

Sorry the quality is so poor.....I had to take a picture of a picture.

Well....that's it for me today.....I'm off to make some homemade pizza for dinner!

Until next time, find some

time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy

ARTISTIC ETCHINGS

Hi Stampers!

Thanks for taking the time to pop in!

Last night we had almost 30 Jr. High boys here from our church for a "Boys Night Out". They did LOTS of swimming, eating, and just "boy" stuff. Only 1 bloody nose, which considering how rowdy they got is, to me, pretty good! They were a riot to watch.....I think they had a pretty good time.

Well, since I was DEFINITELY outnumbered by all those young men (Madison was at a "Girl's Night Out"), I squirreled away in my stamp room and played with my newest set....Artistic Etchings.

Artistic Etchings is the set that I will be giving away for FREE in a drawing on August 1st. To enter the drawing, just place an online order, no minimum required, through my Stampin' Up! website. Once you place your order....I will put your name "in the pot" and if your name is drawn I will send you either a wood or clear mounted Artistic Etchings stamp set for FREE....Pretty Cool!!!

Well, here is what I came up with......

I also used my new Square Lattice embossing folder and all new colors! The card's base is Soft Suede (not a totally new color....but new to the core color palette), on that I layered a piece of very vanilla that was embossed using the Square Lattice embossing folder. Then I took another piece of Soft Suede and layered that with a piece of textured very vanilla on which I randomly stamped images with the colors Soft Suede, Baja Breeze (a returning In Color), Cherry Cobbler, Daffodil Delight. The ribbon is 5/8" very vanilla satin ribbon. The word is punched using the large oval and the scallop oval punches....VERY EASY!!! I think I had as much fun as those boys!!!

Well, that's it for me today.....don't forget to place your order so that you will be eligible for the FREE STAMP SET DRAWING!!!

Until next time, find some time for stamping!!

Blessings......Cindy