A few weeks ago I stamped this image with the intention of coloring it, but apparently, I never got around to doing that. When I rediscovered it in my scraps, I decided to use it as is, with a pop of color coming from the new Fleurettes I’ve been playing with.

I stamped the flower from Pick a Petal in Basic Black ink on Whisper White. The sentiment is from Warm Words (one of my all time faves), also stamped in Black. I layered the White on a piece of Pink Pirouette, then layered that on Riding Hood Red.

Underneath the sentiment, I used my paper piercer to make a dotted line that carries the eye over to the Fleurette in the lower right corner. The Fleurette (one of three different designs) has a White 5/16″ Basic Brad in the center, which I attached to the card with my crop a dile. The entire image layer is popped up on dimensionals.

I love this technique of using the debossed side of the Manhattan Flower embossing folder and filling it with glitter. See my previous attempt here. Two colors of glitter down, let’s see how many more I can try!

Again, I used the Bronze metallic card stock, part of Taste of Textiles. If you haven’t already kids, this is great stuff!! It’s a top fold card, 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″, embossed with the Manhattan Flowers folder. After running it through the CB, I folded it debossed side out/raised side in. Using my Martha Stewart Glue pen (another highly recommended product with all sorts of uses) I traced around the image and then sprinkled on some green fine glitter, from the SU Supernova collection. The green is close to Kiwi Kiss I’d say. Brush off any excess and then I tied a piece of Kiwi Kiss/Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon around the top. The inside of the card was lined with Very Vanilla card stock.

Another view:

These are going to be hoarders, I can just feel it. Seriously, I’ll try to be good and give this card to someone, but I may need to hold on to it for a little while longer!

This card uses some of my favorite retired items, plus some brand new accessories, that’s the reason I’m calling it “New and Old Friend”. The polka dot DSP is from a retired Simply Scrappin Kit, Crew Girl I belive it was called. The colors are Regal Rose, Pretty in Pink, Going Gray, Basic Gray, and Wild Wasabi. I mounted the DSP onto a piece of Black Linen card stock (Taste of Textiles) and then layered that onto the Going Gray card base.

The strip across the card is a piece of Black Linen card stock, layered with Whisper White. I used a retired rub on from Love & Happiness in black. Then, I sponged some Pretty in Pink over the whole panel.

Down in the bottom right hand corner, I used a new Large Grommet in Silver. The package comes with 4 colors: silver, white, vanilla, and black. I punched the Grommet through the DSP, then folded back the prongs with my bone folder. Next, I used the crop-a-dile and punched a hole in the center of the Grommet and popped in a White 5/8″ Basic Brad. These also come in 4 colors: silver, white, brown, and vanilla. On top of the brad, I used another rub on (butterfly) from the Love & Happiness pack.