Girlfriends

Karen Henderson has opened an online store called Paperosity. Karen and I almost met each other last year as we planned on sharing a room at the Stampin Up convention. Sadly, I missed meeting Karen (and the convention), but I still consider her a "girlfriend." She has a wonderful line of scrapbooking papers, etc. for the military -- Memories In Uniform and she is selling these cool kits from Prima: I think you get a lot of great stuff for about $13! Naturally, I had to buy 2 different sets and now I'm hoarding them. I used a clear set that I bought at Paperosity to make this card: How I made this card: All the stamps are from Rusty Pickle's Girlfriends Stamp set. I stamped the focal image with Black Memories ink onto watercolor paper and set aside to try for about 10 minutes. I colored it in with SU's watercolor crayons and an aquapainter. I used the same black ink for the word "Girlfriends" and repeatedly stamped it on a piece of Beckett's Expression #80 Candlelight Cardstock, leaving room for the heart stamp. Fool proof placement because the stamps are clear. I colored in the heart and some of the letters with the watercolor crayons. Mounted everything on Pretty in Pink and Basic Black cardstocks from SU and added the bling flower from Prima Accents Chelsea set, ahdering it with Ranger's Glossy Glaze. ********** My camera appears to be dying, as the quality of my pics is literally fading fast. I should pay attention to the symptoms, as our refrigerator died last week and we let it limp along until -- yep -- sour everything! Perhaps Mom should get a new camera for Mother's Day?? ********** Cards are starting to arrive for the Autism contest! Yeah.