Recently I made a card for a challenge, and the “sketch” involved 2 concentric circles. After I finished the card, I realized it looked very much like a hat! So I created another one in which my intention WAS to create a hat, or bonnet. I’ve used the largest circle from the Sizzix dies (3 1/2″ circle) and the 2 1/2″ circle punch, then run the circles through the big shot with the Perfect Polka Dots embossing folder. Both circles have been sponge-daubed (is that a word?) with crumb cake. The background is Soft Suede (run through the Big Shot with the Stripes embossing folder), and the bottom half is one of the designs from the new Comfort Cafe DSP. The ribbon is 1/2″ Daffodil Delight Seam Binding, and the rose is from Papaya Collage (fussy cut!). More about the rose, I used the Daffodil Delight and Calypso Coral markers to ink the stamp (and old olive for the leaf), then used Daffodil Delight to go back and fill in the “white”areas of the rose, and the blender pen to “mush” the colors together so that they looked more natural. I spritzed the rose with gold smooch (how could I NOT? – it needed a little bling!). The sentiment is from Just Believe and the label is from the new bitty banners framelits. I do love the Shimmer Paper, and find it is stiffer than Whisper White for embellishments, so the circles and the banner are all cut from Shimmer Paper.
So what do you think? Do I have a hat?;-)
Until next time…Keep Calm and Find Yourself a Rubber Stamp!
