Stampin Up A Thing of Beauty

Hey Friends!! I decided to publish another post. I was going to save it for tomorrow but I had stamped the image on this card down stairs in the family room and the stamp set was downstairs. Because I'm on my lap top in the kitchen, the stamp set was readily accessible so I can write the recipe to this card! LOL! The image on this card is from a seriously old Stampin Up stamp set. . .so old that it's mounted on foam. I think I bought it from Ebay because I didn't know anything about stamping when SU was still using foam to mount their stamps.

There is a really good reason why I don't sell my old stamp sets. Styles of stamps seem to circulate every few years. The older Stampin Up sets were "outline" stamps and it appears to be popular right now. A year or two ago, solid stamps were the jazz but with clear stamps and digi stamps becoming more popular. . .I think solid stamps aren't as popular right now and well, solid stamps don't work very well with digi stamps.

Are you a fan of digi stamps? I have mixed feelings about it. Why? Well, to some degree, it takes away from the art of stamping. I sometimes feel like the images are similar to "coloring books". You know what I mean? On the other hand, I like them because of their versatility of modifying the size, the quick access to the image and it's really easy to just print it off on a printer. No more messed up inked images.

Not to change the subject. . . what are your plans for Mother's Day? We're going to the winery for Sunday brunch. Yummy. Wow, the menu looked very delish. . I can't wait. I'm all about food and craft stuff. I once told my husband that my needs are really simple. All I need are good food, good books, a computer, and craft stuff. I don't even need a big house. . or a bedroom, just a craft room! LOL!

Shhhh, don't tell my husband this but if my husband and I were to ever get a divorce, a good way to get back at me is to split my craft stuff 50/50. Ugggh! That would be horrible. He can take all my good clothes, shoes, the furniture but if he tries to stake claim to my craft stuff, I'm in for the battle.

No . . we're not thinking of getting a divorce but it was just a thought. LOL! Imagine that. . .I would pay a lawyer big money to keep all of my craft stuff.

Anyway, enough of the silliness. I actually colored the image with my Prismacolor Pencils with Gamsol! Yipee! No Copics this time around.

There's nothing much to this card except for the ribbon and border. That's it.

Anyway. . I hope you all have a wonderful evening!!

Card Details:

Stamps: Stampin Up A Thing of Beauty

Paper: K&Co designer paper, SU Chocolate Chip, Rose Romance (?)

Ink: Prisma Color Pencils w/Gamsol

Accessories: Ribbon (?), Fiskar border punch