Fabulous white flower

Last night the girls had a slumber party at my Mom’s house which gave Sean and I some much needed time together. We spent most of Saturday running errands, then came home to eat and play ‘Guitar Hero 3″. That game is so much fun and totally addictive. I got in a little more play time today when Sean took the girls to see their Great Grandma. If you have an Xbox then I really suggest getting it, it has great tunes from the 60’s through today. Good times!

After I played guitar hero today, I decided to head downstairs and get working on my Thanksgiving cards. I had already decided NOT to send out 40 but keep them to our nearest and dearest and those who would appreciate it the most. I tend to want to send cards to everybody, but I know this isnt necessary. Not everybody cares about getting a card for every Holiday, and I shouldnt feel obligated to do it either. At least that’s what I keep telling myself.  I made this card for our closest relatives and friends. It went by fairly quickly and Im very happy to have that checked off my long, long list of “to do’s”!

And now for Beate’s weekend sketch! I really wasnt sure where this card was going, just that I wanted something simple and using my white embossing powder. After watercoloring all those Thanksgiving cards, I didnt want to color anymore! So here’s what I came up with:

Instructions:

1. Starting with a piece of mellow moss CS cut and folded to standard size, I stamped the cherry blossom-ish flower in mellow moss ink randomly.
2. Next I cut a piece of close to cocoa CS at 4x 3.5
3. Then I cut a piece of rose red DSP to 3 3/4 x 3 1/4 and stamped the large flower in versamark ink. Then embossed it with white embossing powder and adhered that to the cocoa base.
4. Next I put 3 rhinestone brads in the center of the flower and the adhered the layers to the card with dimensionals.
5. With rose red ink, I stamped the sentiment onto shimmery white CS and cut around it. Then used the ticket corner punch.
6. This was then mounted onto mellow moss and then close to cocoa, both just cut around to make layers and adhered with a dimensional on one side and adhesive on the other to offset the raised layer.
7. Finally I adhered some antique pewter hodgepodge hardware to the bottom of the sentiment.

SIMPLE, QUICK and pretty EASY! That DSP gives a lot of detail without any stamping. And I really like the white embossed flower on top of it.

Im finally catching up on my sleep and soon Im getting ready to make a vietnamese sandwich with dipping broth. It’s a cross between a vietnamese sandwhich and french dip. I got 2 new cookbooks this past week and this one is from “Veganomicon”, so you guessed it…..it’s vegan. Im excited to try it. I LOVE dipping sandwiches, and so does SEAN! If it’s super good I’ll post the recipe and maybe if you are feeling adventurous you’ll give it a shot!

I hope you all had a great weekend!

The DEETS:

Stamps: Fabulous flowers-SU
CS: mellow moss, rose red DSP, shimmery white, close to cocoa-SU
Ink: mellow moss, versamark-SU
Accessories: white EP, dimensionals, rhinestone brads, pewter hodgepodge, ticket corner punch

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