Cows Are Beautiful Too!

I never thought I would say that a cow was beautiful but this gal sure is! This is another stamp featured in the Life is Beautiful stamp set…available TODAY!! Yay!! I am also featuring another pattern from the Good Life Prints pattern paper pack, a delightful Rustic Rose gingham, yum!!

I’m going to be brief with the details of my card so you can get to the catalog faster! (But no peeking until you suitably admire my card. #kiddingnotkidding

• Today I am featuring two new colors, one of which you saw a bit of yesterday, Tin Pail (I’m going to give you a closer look at it in a minute), and the second color is Rustic Rose…say it with me Rustic Rose…it just sounds farmhouse-y and garden-y and picket fence-y doesn’t it??
• The adorable Matilde, yes, I named her, looks so pretty with just her bonnet of flowers colored, I can imagine all sorts of coloring possibilities for her!
• The sentiment is from the Humble and Kind stamp set, also part of the Good Life collection. Clean and simple and sweet.

• I tried several different color combinations to get the best shade of rose that I could and settled with a color a mid-tone gray (#46) followed up with several layers of pink (#04) in deepening tones. I used the same gray on the leaves, followed up by Fresh Forest green (#23) and then used a lighter gray (#29) with the same green for the sprigs of leaves around her mouth.
• I wanted to give you a comparison for the new Tin Pail color so I stamped Miss Matilde in both Whip Cream and Tin Pail. I am pretty sure Tin Pail is going to become one of my staple neutral colors:

• I love the scallop detail that the Border Basics die provides! It’s such a fun detail! I added a few sequins and then a strip of Tin Pail card stock down the left side to give my card that little somthin’ extra to balance everything out.
• Oh!! And please notice that I included Matilde’s actual stamp so you could see the ‘indexing’ (image on the cling foam). No stickers! No issues with cling! And you know exactly where and how your image is going to stamp! What a concept. I love, love, love the indexed stamps, it makes stamping so much easier. And easy is ALWAYS good, right?

• A special shout out the the Freshly Made Sketches design team for their fabulous (as always) for their layout sketch! I am always inspired by their talents!

Okay folks, the catalog is live! Please feel free to view it here in flip-book format while you wait for the actual catalog to arrive. Oh wait…did you not ask me for one?? Oh dear. Well, the good news is I will totally send you a catalog free, I am just asking that you cover the shipping charge of $7. A steal for a 335 page catalog with fabulous sample and TONS of inspiration! Email me today and we will get you all set up! Enjoy!