Music expresses that which can't be said

Good Morning! Just wanted to say a quick CONGRATS to my dear friend Natalie S. who placed her SU order from my site last night (ya for shopping 24/7) and earned a free SAB set! I love when my friends get stamping goodies for free! Yah Natalie! Hehe! =)

So I played along with a few blog challenges including Mercy's Tuesday sketch and the Color Dare color challenge! The colors are SU's Old Olive, Only Orange (which I swaped for Pumpkin Pie), Chocolate Chip and Brocade Blue! I modified the sketch just a little bit to include the sentiment at the top since it had to be there, right!?!

Stampin' Essentials Tips:

• I used my Blender pens and ink pads to color in the different images with colors! I don't have all the SU markers so using my Blender pens, I can achieve any color with this set of three markers for only $9.95! I pooled color on the ink pad lid (or you can use re-inkers) and used the Blender pen to grab some color and start coloring! I love doing this because I feel like a real artist!
• My background paper comes from the Thoroughly Modern DSP pack and is actually Soft Suede, but it was so pretty and swirly I thought it went along with my stamped image just fine!
• The Music word on the sentiment is actually colored with Brocade Blue ink! I first stamped the whole stamp in Chocolate Chip, used a Blender pen to remove the ink from Music, then used my Blender pen again to add Brocade Blue ink! Good thing these pens are Dual-Tipped and come in a 3-pack! =)

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Stamps: Music Expressions (113718)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (100908), Brocade Blue (101102), Old Olive (102277), Pumpkin Pie (105216
Card Stock: Old Olive (100702), Chocolate Chip (102128), Pumpkin Pie (105117), Whisper White (100730)
Paper: Thoroughly Modern (115673), Old Olive DSP (112160)
Embellishments: Silver Brads (104336), Clips Assortment (112580)
Essentials: Blender Pens (102845)
Punches: Scallop Edge (112091)

Have a great Monday!
Hugs, Kari

Music Expressions

Music Expressions (pg. 125) is such a beautiful stamp set, it makes me want to go to the symphony of something!! I've been meaning to play around with it but haven't had a chance to yet, so last night I sat down to create something with this set! The stamp is so great just by itself, that I didn't color it in with markers or watercolor it, I just stamped it in Soft Suede Ink, inked the edges, and matted it on Soft Suede cardstock! Tried to keep it simple! The card base is Sahara Sand cut to 5" x 10", scored and folded in half. Then I trimmed out a 4-3/4" square piece of the Autumn Traditions paper and adhered that to the card base. Wrapped some Soft Suede 1/2" Polka-Dot ribbon around the side and tied Very Vanilla Grosgrain ribbon & Linen Thread around the Soft Suede piece.

Here's the list of Stampin' Up! Supplies used:
Stamps: Music Expressions (113718)
Ink: Soft Suede (115657)
Paper: Autumn Traditions (115668)
Cardstock: Sahara Sand (105328), Very Vanilla (101650), Soft Suede (115318)
Ribbon: Very Vanilla (109026), Soft Suede 1/2" Polka-Dot Grosgrain (115612), Linen Thread (104199)
Tools: Big Shot (113439), Lots of Tags (114508)
Essentials: Scoring Blade (104154), Stampin' Dimensionals (104430)
Finished Size: 5" Square

To send this card off, I'll need the Stampin' Up! Medium Whisper White Square Envelopes (107289), which will fit this card perfectly!

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