Stampin’ Up! Reverse Word Sneak Peek!

Well – happy Sunday! On the way home – with my new manicure….mostly…intact!  Yes, I even went and got a manicure yesterday before the wedding.  I kinda hate going – I’m always pretty sure that as the technicians chatter in their own language, laughing and giggling, that they’re discussing the horrendous state of my nails!!  Also – a manicure will typically last me…a day.

Maybe.  If I sit around with my fingers splayed and hovering in the air. Which isn’t very likely given…well….life! 🙂

Bottom line…I don’t do it much!

On the other hand – ha!! – I really want to start doing videos and posting them for y’all.  So manicures may be something I need to do more of.  The trick will be finding a good nail color that coordinates with all the ink that’s probably also going to be gracing my fingers! 🙂

We’ll see how that works out!

The wedding was gorgeous – took place right on the water.  It was wonderful to see my friend so happy with his new bride – who is lovely inside and out.  And it was great to see my friends from work – who’d driven from Alabama or flown from California for the event.  I’m very glad I went! 🙂

And in case that’s not pretty enough – sunset over the water was spectacular! 🙂

For those looking for their Finn-Fan-Fix….take a look at my card and then scroll down to the end of the post! 🙂

My card for today is a quick-and-easy congratulations card that I made with the upcoming Sale-A-Bration stamp set called Reverse Words….

I also added a sentiment from the Flourishing Phrases stamp set and a bit of Affectionately Yours Specialty DSP.  Take a look-see:

I love these two little stamps!  I’d be hard pressed to get such a perfectly “casual” look – would be like me trying to get Farrah Fawcett hair!

You know what I mean…looks like she just jumped out of bed and her hair fell perfectly into that “look”!

This one used the sketch from Freshly Made Sketches for my layout.

And the color scheme comes from the Global Design Project, although I used two neutrals in addition to the challenge colors.

I started with a piece of Watemelon Wonder paper from the Annual Catalog Affectionately Yours Specialty DSP, SNAILd to a Crumb Cake mat for the card front.  

Then I wrapped a piece of Emerald Envy 3/8″ Ruched Ribbon around the panel, securing it in the back with scotch tape.  I used a second, smaller, piece of the ribbon to tie tightly around the first piece in a little faux bow.

For my sentiment panel, I used two Sponge Daubers to directly ink the Reverse Words stamp with Watermelon Wonder and Daffodil Delight ink.  I stamped the image on a Whisper White panel.

The panel is matted on Crumb Cake and then popped over the ribbon with Stampin’ Dimensionals.,  To finish it off, I added three little stars in Daffodil Delight from the Brights Enamel Shapes.  And that was it for the card front!

On the inside, I pulled out my Flourishing Phrases stamp set and added the congratulations sentiment in Watermelon Wonder.  Then I used my Watermelon Wonder, Emerald Envy and Daffodil Delight Stampin’ Write Markers to directly ink the flourish image and stamp it in the bottom corner.

I SNAILd the panel to a Crumb Cake mat and into my Emerald Envy card base, popped the card front on with Stampin’ Dimensionals and the card was done!

My Crumb Cake Medium Envelope got another Flourishing Phrases flourish on the front – colored the same way with my Stampin’ Write Markers…

…and then I added some more of the Affectionately Yours DSP to the envelope flap.

Et Voila!  This is a totally fun stamp set – makes me look like a complete artiste – which I am soooo not! And it’ll do the same for you, so I hope that when it comes available on 21 Feb that it’ll be one of your free picks!  Hope you like!

Scroll on down for the card cuts and all the products you’ll need to make this one for yourself!

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