Friends Matter

Indeed, they do! I made this card for Liz (Redapron on SCS), who has sent oodles of cute cards to my Mom and me. It's the least I could do! I knew when I saw the Love Matters set in the Winter Mini that I would eventually get it. I like the doodley style and love coloring it in. Reminds me of the way kindergarten was before the academic types took over and removed all the fun!! Don't they know it is downright therapeutic to color in the lines??? How I made this card: Not too much mystery to this basic layout. I sponged the Vanilla paper with Blush Blossom and Close to Cocoa inks and stamped "friends" and the little heart with Chestnut ink. I made a rough mask of the "friends" image and stamped over the main image with Aida Cloth inked in Blush Blossom for a little texture and interest. The heart background on the bottom of the card is just various heart stamps from the Love Matters set randomly stamped and colored with markers. Added the Olive strip of paper and the ribbon. It's hard to see in this pic, but the focal image is popped up on SU dimensionals. I like these because they are fairly thin and don't pop up too too much! This was an easy, but satisfying card too make. By the way, I decided to take this card to the post office to see how much it would cost to mail and to have it hand cancelled. Surprise! 52 cents! Just a thought when making cards to mail... Supplies: All supplies from Stampin Up except ribbon. Love Matters and Aida Background stamp sets; Ruby Red, Old Olive, Blush Blossom markers; Chestnut Memories ink, Ruby Red brads; Very Vanilla, Blush Blossom, Old Olive and Ruby Red cardstock; Dimensionals, and Paper Distresser.