Always be Kind

I was very lucky to win a £25.00 gift voucher in the Snippets Playground and chose a voucher to spend at CraftStash as some items on my 'Wish List' were in their sale.  I spent an extra £5.00 to avoid paying postage costs and was able to buy a Sizzix stamp and die set, two Creative Expressions dies, two Woodware stamps and a Creative Expressions stamp - so I have plenty of 'new toys' to play with this year.  This card uses the lovely Creative Expressions 'Be Kind' stamp - I used the sentiment in the set but as it's separate from the floral frame stamp I can use the frame with other sentiment stamps too.

To make this card I used:
     7" x 5" white matt card blank
     Creative Expressions 'Be Kind' stamp
     Versafine Imperial Purple ink
     Cosmic Shimmer Clear Detail embossing powder
     Lilac and Pale Gold Promarkers
     Gold gems
     Wink of Stella
     Snippet of white matt card and gold sparkle card

I placed the white card into my MISTI and stamped the outline and sentiment a few times to get a good depth of colour before embossing them with clear embossing powder.  The panel was trimmed, layered onto gold sparkle card and attached to the centre of the card blank.  I used lilac and pale gold Promarkers to colour the flower and circles and then highlighted them with plenty of Wink of Stalla.  To finish I added three small gold to the frame.

I am entering the following challenges:
     Allsorts - Anything But Square
     Ally's Angels - Anything Goes
     As You Like It Challenge - Pearls or Gems (I don't often use either, but my favourite is gems and I have them in several colours - they're perfect to add a bit of sparkle to a card)
     Moving Along With The Times - New Craft Item (I have used my new stamps)
     We Love Stamping - Something New (I have used my new stamps)

Kath x