Thursday, April 7, 2011

April Showers ....

Hello again!  I've been bad.  My "to be inked" stamp pile is getting out of control which means only one thing.  I need to frantically get stamping before April 14th.  Today's newbie is one that I've been wanting for ages.  I just LOVE the umbrellas in Scattered Showers when you paper piece them.  The little guy is Emery from Verve.  Isn't he precious?  So, here's the card and the deets follow.


Stamps:  Scattered Showers (PTI), Emery (Verve)
Paper:  Crumb Cake (SU), Aqua Mist, White (PTI), Hopscotch (BG)
Ink:  Pumice & Broken China Distressed Inks, VersaMark
Other:  Spellbinders dies, rick rack trim, clear EP


I had a bit of an oops with the sentiment.  The first blue I chose was too light for the kraft base.  When I tried to stamp over it with a darker ink, it wasn't quite perfect.  Oh well.  The shadowing looks kinda intentional to me.  LOL  Then again, I may just have to cut & stamp a cute tag to go over top.  When I have time that is. 

Thanks for dropping by.

7 comments:

Unknown said...

This is REALLY cute. The umbrellas are some of my favorites!

Marybeth said...

Such a cute card! I'm going to have to get that cute umbrella . Take care

Diane Jaquay said...

Love the paper pieced umbrella, and the cute little elephant! I think I need to paper piece that umbrella myself, thanks for the inspiration!

Rhonda said...

I love Emery with the umbrella Suzanne!!

Cathy Weber said...

This is an adorable set with the umbrella paired with the elephant. Great idea. I think the sentiment looks fine, but I have covered up boo-boos with tags many a time myself. Great card today. Get those stamps inked, the 15th is coming up fast!

Audrey said...

Eeeeee! SO quite Suzanne! That elephant is adorable, and the umbrella looks like it was made for him! :)

Jen Adcock said...

Good Golly! This is so sweet. I adore your use of PP here and well, that elephant...adorable! Fab card!