MIM #49

I had a few minutes during the kids naptime (what will I do when they decide to stop napping??) to create a little something for this week's MIM challenge.  The ghost-masking technique is very cool, and I loved Betsy's use of "rosie posie" so much that I didn't stray too far from her tutorial.

I did all of my stamping on a piece of rustic white cardstock (PTI).  I starting by stamping my "mat stack 2" frame, and then punched a vellum circle to act as a mask while I stamped my "rosie posie" and "text style II" images.  Then, I used the rest of my vellum sheet (now with a circle cut out) to mask everything outside so that I could re-stamp everything inside the frame, but lightly (I stamped off on a scrap piece of paper first, so the ink appears lighter).  Hence, the ghost-effect.

I'm also linking this card to the current CAS-fridays challenge: scallops.  I added a jumbo-scallop-houndstooth-border to the side, and stitched it into place.  

Finally, I rounded the top-right corner of my card for a bit of visual balance.

Hope you like it!

houndstooth & damask card set.

I was totally blown away by *this card* on Ashley's blog.  And since I needed to whip up a quick card set for a last-minute gift, I cased her design, rather than start from scratch creating my own.  Sometimes it's just like that.

The set came together so quickly, except for cutting out all of the flowers by hand.  That'll teach me to not buy the matching dies *wink.*

Thanks for peeking!