Have you tired of the Summer Smooches yet? I hope not because I have another one to share. I wanted to incorporate a kind of ruffle with black cardtock on my card so that's where I started. I loosened the fibers with my bone folder but the ruffle was too stiff. So I loosened the fibers some more until I could peel apart the cardstock into 2 pieces revealing the inside part of the cardstock. This made it lighter and it has the faux suede look. Then it was much easier to fold into ruffles. I place a piece of sticky strip across the card to adhere the ruffles.
The ribbon is the wide Marina mist striped ribbon cut in half. The greeting is from Curly Cute. Love this greeting! The embossed paper is actually neutrals desinger paper. I ran this through my dots embossing folder. It's a subtle pattern but it adds a little depth. The main circle scallop is popped up on two stacks of dimensionals at the top part of the circle to balance off the bulk of the ruffle/ribbon at the bottom of the circle.
Are you weeping at all of the stamp sets retiring? Don't be! Grab what you can't live without and know that there are better things around the corner in the brand new Stampin' Up! catalog coming out June 1. I can't wait!
Thanks for stopping by!
Kathleen
