Well it’s Sunday and it is time again for another Featured Stamper challenge on SU Connection (the SU site).  Oh…I was sooo happy to see Jenn Diercks chosen this week!  I CASE so much of her stuff already but thought I’d made a new one for this week!  LOL!!!  Congratulations Jenn…you deserve it!  Okay…on to my card…

When I was trying to figure out what to use for this challenge, I decided to go with my Vintage Vogue set.  I was originally going to use some of my Sweet Pea dsp (because you KNOW I {heart} it) but decided to challenge myself to NOT use any dsp on this!  Now THAT is a challenge! 

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The base of the card is Kraft.  The greeting is stamped in Rose Red.  I took a piece of Pretty in Pink and randomly stamped the small flower from the set using Pretty in Pink.  Next I added some leaves using Certainly Celery.  I stamped off before stamping on the Pretty in Pink because I wanted a soft look.  Next I pulled out that Itty Bitty Background stamp and did some in Creamy Caramel (stamped off) and Rose Red (stamped off).  Finally I lightly sponged Pretty in Pink and then Certainly Celery.  I thought it gave it the look a of soft designer paper without actually using background paper!  I did sponge the edges in Pretty in Pink also.  Okay this is layered onto Old Olive and the Rose Red.  Next I tied some Old Olive 5/8” grosgrain ribbon around the piece and added a large white grommet.  I added this layer to the card front using dimensionals.  I stamped the friend stamp once on a piece of Whisper White using Old Olive and then on a scrap piece of Whisper White using Rose Red.  I cut out the Rose Red one and layered using dimensionals.  Finally to make the flowers I inked the small flower using Rose Red, stamped off TWICE and then rocked the edges back into the Rose Red to give the flower imagine for depth.  I did the same thing for the leaves but used Old Olive.  I cut these out, layered everything together and added Old Olive brads in the center of each flower.  These were then layered onto the card.

Hope you all have a great day today!  It’s supposed to be really warm here today (mid-40s) so we should be having a major meltdown…we can only hope!  Until next time…Happy Stampin’!