Congratulations Cindy I just loved this neat card when I came across it this morning. So, changes were to use a background stamp for the background with a little resist on the heat embossing instead of stenciling the colors on and also I switched out the gems for a heart brad. My background had so much color the diecut sentiment faded into the woodwork so, I did cut and stack those words 3 times and then added the cherry banner at the last minute to pop it a little more. Cindy, I hope you like this and enjoy your week! Thanks for this challenge Ardyth, & tfl.
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Sun, Jun 10, 2018 @ 4:04 PM
Yep - the addition of the Cherry banner really helped propel your sentiment to the forefront. Love your rich ornate bg - for me there is almost a feel of African / Bantu dress and neck embellishments.
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Sun, Jun 10, 2018 @ 5:22 PM
Don't know if it's the cherry banner or just that stylish font but your sentiment really is as much the star of this card as the pretty patterns in the background. Gorgeous!
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Registered: June 27, 2012 Location: Washington Posts: 25246
Sun, Jun 10, 2018 @ 5:39 PM
Gorgeous bg...love the cherry cobbler flag for your die-cut sentiment...I think it adds a lot! The black on white embossing to finish the sentiment also great and the little heart...just perfect!
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Registered: August 2, 2017 Location: Florida Posts: 82
Mon, Jun 11, 2018 @ 4:34 AM
This is a beautiful card. I have this stamp and have trouble getting it to stamp correctly. The size of the card shows of the whole stamp, too.
thank you for joining the challenge.
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Mon, Jun 11, 2018 @ 12:40 PM
I can see what you meant by losing your sentiment, in that pretty bg, so popping it up on the dark cheery was a wonderful idea so worked perfectly. I like that little heart brad too, a lovely ty card. TFs..:0)
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