Thursday, May 15, 2008

make my day!

... at least, this sentiment MAKES me think of Clint Eastwood and probably will each time I use it!

The card was inspired by Beate's grid technique tutorial posted at splitcoaststampers.com, and I'm using it to thank someone for a Mother's Day gift. I used the scoring blade and Fiskar's cutter to make the grid, and the Cuttlebug and Swiss Dots embossing folder to make the background, matting everything on either either SU's Whisper White or Pomegranate card stock. The sentiment's from Inkadinkadoo's Round Frames stamp set. The bling's provided from Amuse Artstamps' mini dot creative candy twinkle stickers at each of the grid's intersections ... alternating two colors - outer rim in light pink, next rim in dark pink, etc. And it's hard to tell from the pic but the white circle with sentiment is embossed using Cuttlebug's Decorative Circles embossing plates. Well, KAZ will be able to see 'em!

Simple yet elegant!

13 comments:

Pat said...

How beautiful! I love the grid idea and of course it is in my favorite color, pink!

Anonymous said...

Do you use the little Cuttlebug that YOU TALKED ME INTO ORDERING? LMAO I just asked my husband "WHAT do you think it's going to take to get me back into stamping!?"

I assume you have a stamping room or an area where you can set yourself free? I wish I did. When I stamp, after going for a year without company dropping in, THAT is exactly when someone stops in for a visit. They see me covered in glitter and the house looking like a dementia bomb went off. Therefore I'm not too hep about dragging out the supplies.

Becky Carafa said...

I LOVE how you put the bling on the grid, it's fabulous! Thanks for playing!

SueB said...

Dana, you're gonna LOVE the bug! I mainly use it for the embossed backgrounds but have just started getting into using it for cutting ... and just check out the new Cuttlebug combos - http://www.eclecticpaperie.com/cba2combo.html - wowza, eh?!

~Denise Lynn~ said...

Love this! Great clean and simple design. That grid looks awesome with the gems. Thanks for joining our challenge. :)

Erin... said...

This is beautiful!! Love the colorws together and the grid looks great!! thanks for playing.

Jilli said...

Beautiful card, love the grid!

Debbie Olson said...

Beautiful card, Sue! I've tried the diamonds too, but I didn't think to put rhinestones in the centers--great touch!

Jolene said...

The bling is the perfect touch!

carrie said...

Very nice and I love the bling!

Krista B. said...

Wow your card is beautiful - luv the bling : )

Anonymous said...

very subtle and pretty!

Erum Tasneem said...

Sue B this is gorgeous! So simple yet so elegant! I love it! Gorgeous!