Friend to Friend

Good morning everyone and Happy Wednesday!

Here is another make and take from the Catalog Launch party. This card featured a new stamp set (Betsy’s Blossoms) from the new catalog, new ribbon (1/4" Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon), new DSP (Floral District DSP) and the new 2012-2014 in-colors (Midnight Muse, Primrose Petals and Raspberry Ripple).

To add a little dimension on the card, we cut out the bird and used a dimensional to pop it up a bit. Yes, we actually used scissors to cut out the bird. Sorry, there's no matching punch ;) And we added a little bling on the bird's eye and in the center of the flowers. And the FRIEND TO FRIEND sentiment is from one of my fave sentiment stamp sets - Teeny Tiny Wishes.

We did get to use three different in-colors and the ladies got to try out the new Firm Foam Stampin' Pads. I must say that I have become a HUGE fan of these new stampin pads :) What's awesome about them is that they provide better ink coverage for your stamps and light-tap stamping produces flawless images! The ladies were amazed how lightly they could tap the stamps and still get full ink coverage :) If you haven't tried out the new Firm Foam Stampin' Pads, then you definitely should add it to your To-Do List!

Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your hump day :)