Time for a Card Again - fabulous puns with the Forever Friendship stampset, a few samples

I'm a big fan of puns - I come from a family that uses them all the time, so naturally I had to have this set to send to some of them.

I was also inspired by Jennifer Frost at the #Crafty Carrot Collective for their August month of masculine cards. Jen's sneak peak used this layout and the watercolour wash behind layered strips and sentiment. I have used some of the DSP and a few elements from the He's All That DSP. This Paper pack has 2 sheets of elements which you simply press out from the card to stick on your projects. The arrow, banner and stars are from these specialty sheets, so easy to use.

I stamped the cardigan in Garden Green and then gave it a light wash with water and my aquapainter but then once it was dry I re-stamped the cardigan in green again to give it more definition. The buttons are just coloured in with the Espresso marker.

while I had the set out I played with a few of the other images. The Typewriter is just so cute, and easy to use. I have paired it with some retired papers here

And for this version I wanted to emphasise the thanks but not so much the heart, so I adapted the type printed vellum as a page of text just for a bit of fun.

The Alphabest stamp and Best Label punch added some more detail to this fun card, and the tree rings EF created some texture behind.

I hope you have a creative week and remember,

"don't just post online,

post something pretty!"

cheers, Liz

Product List

Forever Friendship Cling Stamp Set (English) [159902] $39.00	Alphabest Bundle [158886] $57.50	He's The Man 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [159068] $27.00	Vellum 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Layering Designs [157764] $17.50
Tree Rings Hybrid Embossing Folder [159888] $63.00	Cajun Craze Classic Stampin' Pad [147085] $14.00	Blending Brushes [153611] $21.75	Garden Green Classic Stampin' Pad [147089] $14.00
Garden Green A4 Card Stock [108605] $16.25	Shimmery White A4 Card Stock [121717] $17.50	Water Painters [151298] $23.00	Stylish Shapes Dies [159183] $53.00

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