PSC43 - Girlfriends

This is my first week as a The Perfect Sentiments design team member. I'm already noticing what great friends they are together. God has blessed me with many wonderful friends throughout life, so the theme this week is one dear to my heart - Girlfriends: Create a card with a sentiment for friendship. The twist is to use girly embellishments like pearls, lace, bling, flowers, etc. Our sponsor this week is Meljen's Designs. They will be giving a prize of 4 free digis to our lucky winner!

Here's my card celebrating the wonderful friends that I have.

Please visit the other team members at The Perfect Sentiment and join our challenge this week as we celebrate friendship!

Sentiment Technique:

I couldn't find just the right sentiment to go with my image so I combined two different sentiment stamps from Close To My Heart by masking out the unwanted words using scotch tape when I inked the stamp, pulling it off, then stamping. The unwanted words are clean and uninked!

For more dimension, I cut the petals of the sunflower apart and bent them different ways. I also stamped, colored, cut, and pop dotted a second brown center  for the flower.

I'm also entering this card in the following challenges:

One Stop Craft Challenge #193 - Just Good Friends 

Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge #62 - What Was I Thinking (when I bought hundreds of sheets of discounted gingham dp in every color back in 2006???)

Simon Says Stamp and Show - What Do You Say? (creative sentiments)

Try It On Tuesday - Anything Goes for July

6.5" x 5" Friendship Card Recipe:

Papers - Prima "Botanical;" CTMH Black, White Daisy Cardstock and very old Shell Pink Gingham

Images - Clearly Vintage Ladies and Sunflowers, CTMH Friendship Bouquet sunflower

Sentiment Stamps - Close To My Heart "Endless Friendship," "Friendship Bouquet"(quote

Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black

Markers - Copic

Accents - CTMH Licorice Opaques, retired pink organdy and crocheted lace

Clear Dollar Stamps Sassy and Fabulous Card

I have a couple of friends who are really into purses. One of these friends gave me a really cool PINK purse which she thought was perfect for me. I'm not really a "pink" person, and don't really care about fashion, shoes, or purses like I used to when I was younger. I'd rather spend my money sending my grandkids to Christian school. But she's very effective at helping me stay fashionable. Yet, the most important part about her is that she's the perfect friend, like a perfect handbag. I immediately thought of her when I saw this image and sentiment. I made this card in her honor. The rest of the sentiment inside is the most important part!

I used this sketch from Crafting Life's Pieces:

Challenges for this card:
CLP Sketch Challenge 48
Papertake Weekly Challenge 3-2-1 = I used 3 flowers (or 3 sparkles), 2 silver ribbons, and 1 embossing folder (or 1 diecut)
The Corrosive Challenge #151 - Feeling Punchy (I used 3" circle punch and lacy circles diecut)
Try It On Tuesday - Anything Goes

5" x 6.5" Friendship Card Recipe:
Image - Clear Dollar Stamps digital "Sassy and Fabulous"
Paper - DCWV "All Dressed Up;" Close To My Heart Black and White Daisy cardstock
Markers - Copic G20 (Wax White=light green), YG03 (Yellow Green), BG13 (Mint Green)
Accents and Tools - Cuttlebug "Ornate Swirls" embossing folder; Spellbinders Nestabilities "Lacy Circles;' 3" circle punch; Recollections Floral Embellishments; Close To My Heart Sparkles Blue Green collection, Licorice adhesive pearls; Michals silver ribbon