Santa With Fur Hat

 

Joan's Gardens now has a new supply of this pretty LaBlanche "Santa with Fur Hat" (LB1087) stamp so I wanted to create a card with it today.  I did add some color to  Santa but it does not show up in this photo.  I used Tim Holtz Distress inks and "nibs" to color.  After completing the Santa, I used the Blending Tool and added "Tea Dye" Distress Ink around the image then used "Vintage Photo" to go around the edges.  I was trying to create a vintage looking card.  For the background I embossed a 5.5" square with the Sizzix "Holly Swirls" (657139) embossing folder and used the "Vintage Photo" Distress Ink over the entire embossed area.  This was attached to the card.  A Cheery Lynn "Lace Light Deco Border" (B133) was die cut and also sponged with the same Distress Ink .  The stamped image was attached over the embossed background then the border added along the edge.  For the embellishment on the top I die cut two Marianne Design flowers (LR0128) out of dark wine card stock and sponged over them with the Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  The sentiment is from the JustRite "Whimsical Christmas" stamp set.  It was cut out with a  Spellbinders circle die and sponged with both the "Tea Dye" and "Vintage Photo" Distress Inks prior to taking them out of the die.  The flower was layered and glued to the card then the sentiment was attached with foam pop dots.  I didn't think this card needed any other embellishing. 

As you know you can purchase all the products I use from Joan's Gardens.  If you have been waiting for the new LaBlanche Christmas stamps, be sure to contact Joan so you can get started on your Christmas cards.

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LaBlanche Santa with Music

 

Have you seen all the beautiful LaBlanche Christmas stamps now in stock at Joan's Gardens?  I really love how easy they are to color with Distress Inks and Nibs.  For my background I used a piece of design paper paper from the Graphic 45 "Christmas Emporium" paper pad.  When I was going through looking for the right background, this paper really jumped out at me and I love it behind this scene.  Along the bottom I created a border using another piece of design paper from this same paper pad and die cut the new Spellbinders "Classic Triple Scallop" border.  There are 3 dies in this set but I only used two.  A strip of gold card stock was placed across the top of this border.  The LaBlanche Santa was stamped on the LaBlanche Specialty Paper then colored.  The edges were torn around the design, then using the Tim Holtz Blending Tool, Tea Dye Distress Ink was blended over the whole design except Santa's hair.  It was placed at an angle on the front of the card.  Gold cording was wrapped around the top and a bow made with the cord and attached with a glue dot.  I had some Flower Vintage Trinkets,  I had gotten from Joan's Gardens, that were placed on the front of the card.   I keep saying I can't do "Vintage" but I sure have fun trying.

I have been very busy designing a lot of new cards for the upcoming Heartfelt Creations Christmas release, which comes out Wednesday.  There are 14 new stamps sets that Joan will add to her blog and I have tried to create a variety of cards to give you lots of inspiration.  Also this week the new Paper and Pixels magazine comes out and it will have two new tutorials I created - one for a Fall card, and one featuring the new Heartfelt Creations Christmas stamps. 

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LaBlanche Meadow Flower

 

I have another pretty LaBlanche stamp from Joan's Gardens to show you.  This one is called "Meadow Flower"  (LB1237).  The image was stamped on LaBlanche Specialty Paper and colored with Distress Inks and Nibs.  I love how easy it is to color these images; it takes just a little color (ink) to make them beautiful.   The entire piece was sponged using the Blending Tool and blue Distress Ink.  It was matted on black card stock.  The black corners are from one of the new Spellbinder die sets called "Lace Doily Accents".  Along the left side of the stamped piece I added the Cheery Lynn "Tropical Flourish" (B127).  The flowers were created by die cutting the flowers from the Cheery Lynn "Darling Daisies" die (A196). I wanted these flowers to resemble the flowers in the stamped image so used a pair of Deckle Edge Scissors to snip off the ends of each petal.  Two flowers were stacked together.  Tiny beads were added to the center of each one.  One of the Cheery Lynn "Mini Butterflies" (DL112) was added above the flowers.  To complete the card, a small black bow made with the Bow Easy was added under the die cut flowers.

As you know, you can purchase your LaBlanche stamps and Cheery Lynn Dies from Joan's Gardens.

So far we only have three entries in the Joan's Gardens Challenge.  I hope you are working on your entry.  Remember you will be eligible to win a prize PLUS if you are the winner will be entered into the drawing at the end of the year for a $100 gift certificate from Joan's Gardens.  I'm looking forward to seeing your pretty card.

Hope you are having a wonderful weekend. 

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LaBlanche Bird and a Tip

Yesterday I spent time reorganizing my craft studio.  I still have some more work to do but as soon as I have it all completed, I will take pictures and share them with you.

I promised to show you some new products you can now get from Joan's Gardens.  She has a great assortment of the new LaBlanche stamps that are so fabulous to design with.  Today I created a card using the "Singing Bird" (LB1232).  I used Ranger black "Archival Ink" to stamp the image.  As I told you in an earlier post, my favorite way to color these images is using "Pen Nibs" and Distress Inks.  You just touch the end of the nib onto the Distress Ink pad and it picks up enough color for coloring.  The tips are very tiny so it is easy to color small areas such as the stems on these flowers.  If you need to color a larger area, you use the side  - just roll the nib across the ink pad to pick up the ink. Below is a picture of the Distress Ink pad and a picture of the package of 10 Nibs.  My tip is that I store the Nib I  use, for each color, right inside the ink pad.  You can see it on the right side in the picture below.  This way I am not having to look for the nib that matches the color of ink.  The lid still fits perfectly even with the nib inside.

 

When you use the Distress Inks on the "LaBlanche Specialty Stamping Paper" it is very easy to blend your colors.  I have blended two or three colors on the bird, flowers and leaves.  That is what gives it a pretty shading.  After the image was colored, I cut it out with a Spellbinders Rectangle Nestie, embossing the edges.  This piece was then distressed using the Tim Holtz Blending Tool and Tea Dye Distress Ink.

Joan's Gardens has just received a shipment of all the new Spellbinders dies.  I have used three of them on this card.  First I die cut a Spellbinders "Labels Ten" to go behind the stamped image.  At the bottom of the design, I used one of the new Spellbinder "Ironworks Motifs".  At the top of the stamped design I used one of the "Twisted Metal Tags and Accents" dies.  It was die cut using glossy paper.  There are little embossed dots around this label, but while the card stock was still in the die, I first sponged it with "Tea Dye" Distress Ink then used a piercing tool, from the Flower Tool Kit, to pierce holes through the die.  So easy to do when you leave the die cut in the die.  I then had a white border, so lightly sponged the edges.  This die cut was cut in half and tucked down behind the stamped image.  

The name of this stamp is "Singing Bird" so I wanted a musical background.  The design paper used is from the BoBunny "of et ccetera Collection" paper pad.  The border behind the image and the four corners are from the new Spellbinders "Lace Doily Accents".  I wanted to add some pearls to the design.  I didn't have the right color pearls to go on on the black pieces so I used my "YR14" Copic marker to color them.  Two black pearls were added to the top of the rectangle piece.  A black silk bow was added to complete the card.

As you know, you can purchase all the products I use, from Joan's Gardens.  She has all the new LaBlanche stamps and new Spellbinder dies in stock.

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Blossom Tree with Butterfly plus mini tutorial

I have had a very busy day.  I started off making three batches of marionberry jam.  Have you ever heard of marionberries.  I never did until I lived down in Vancouver, Washington where there are many, many types of delicious berries.  My granddaughter returned last night from Vancouver with a flat of these berries for us, so with lots of help from my DH, we made 15 jars of jam this morning.  

This afternoon I had fun creating this card using this beautiful LaBlanche "Blossom Tree with Butterfly (LB1021).  The image was stamped on a piece of LaBlanche Specialty Stamping Paper.  It was stamped using Ranger's black "Archival" ink.  Not only does this ink leave a very clearly stamped image, but it is really "black" -- not a faded out black.  This is the ink LaBlanche recommends to use with these very finely detailed images. To color the image I used Distress Inks and "Cut-n-Dry Pen Nibs".  These items are shown below.

 These are the inks used to color the image.

 I have talked about using these Nibs before but wanted to post a picture so you can see the package.  You get 10 of them in a package.  Can you see the very fine point on the two outside the package.  The way I colored was to ink the tip of the Nib by just rolling it on the pad.  The point is so small it is very easy to color very narrow spaces such as the branches.  If you want to color a larger area, you ink the side of the Nib so you can color a wider area.  This Specialty paper is suburb for blending colors.  After the image was colored, I tore the edge of the paper so I could sponge more distress ink (Scattered Straw).  Notice how the color is darker on the torn edges.  This was such a fun way to finish this image.

 The background for this card is a punched border using the Martha Stewart Doulbe Arches punches.  This is a 5.5" square card, so I started with a 6" square to punch.  It was sponged with Distress Ink.  The card base is ivory but looks white in the photo. 

I thought I would give you a mini tutorial on how I made the bow for this card.  I used some seam binding you can get from Joan's Gardens.   To color it I placed it on my Teflon Craft pad and used the Distress Stain to run down the length of it.  Once it had color on most of it, I spritzed it with water and rolled it around until it was completely dyed.  In the picture I had not run the stain all the way down yet.  

 

After I had it completely colored, I placed it in a couple of sheets of paper towel and scrunched it up to "crinkle" it and also to get the excess moisture out. 

 

I used the heat gun then to get it completely dry.  Be sure to place it on the craft sheet when you use the heat gun.  You want to keep it all "scrunched" up while drying it. 

 

To create the bow, I first cut off a small piece to tie around the bow then wrapped the remainder around my hand using it all.  Tie the short piece around the middle.  I wanted to fray the ends of the seam binding so I used the scissors to fray the ends.  I placed a Webster's Pages button in the middle.

All the products I have used on this card can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

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LaBlanche Foxglove

 

LaBlanche Foxglove stamp

Before I tell about my card today I first want to thank all of you who visited my blog yesterday and commented on that Heartfelt Creations pink and white card.  I was very happy to receive an email from SCS this morning telling me it has made the "Favorites" list.  That was exciting!   Many of you have emailed me and asked for the template for that card.  After a lot of research, I found it on SCS and it is called a "Center Step" card.  Here is the link for the tutorial.

Today I created a card with another LaBlanche stamp called "Foxglove" LB1063.  You can order this stamp from Joan's Gardens.  Have you seen all the new LaBlanche stamps that Joan just posted on her blog?  They are gorgeous.  Later Joan will be posting the new LaBlanche Christmas line and I can hardly wait!   They are fabulous -- sorry I have to make you wait to see them.  

When I saw this beautiful LaBlanche foxglove stamp on Joan's blog, I immediately thought it would be pretty with "Flower Soft" on the flowers, so that is what I have done today.  The image was stamped into an embossed frame created with the Marianne Design DS0908 embossing folder. The paper used is the LaBlanche Specialty Stamping Paper. The embossed piece was attached to a dark purple piece that was embossed with the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots folder to the right side of a 5.5" square card.  The image was colored with Copic markers then a mixture of lavender and violet Flower Soft was added.  A pretty piece of trim was added to the left side of the card.

As you know, all products I use can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

It is a beautiful day here in Washington so I am going to go out and enjoy the sun this afternoon.  Hope you are having a great weekend.

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Potted Bush

 

Today I have a quick and easy card for you.  I recently received this beautiful Marianne Designs embossed frame from Joan's Gardens (order #LR0116).  It fits very nice into the Cuttlebug "Tiffany" embossing folder.  

The LaBlanche "Potted Bush"  was stamped using Memento Black Ink onto the LaBlanche "Specialty Stamping Paper" and colored with Copic markers.  There are little tiny flowers that look like fuchsia, on this bush,  so these were colored purple.  After it was colored, the Marianne LR0116  rectangle lacy die was centered over the design and die cut.  Along the side of the "Tiffany" embossed design, I placed one row of the Cheery Lynn Lattice (FRM115).  Three Cheery Lynn "Mini Butterflies" (one of each in the set) were die cut and placed over the lattice.  A bow and a few pearls were added to complete this card.

All products used on this card can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

Spring Posy Shadowbox

Spellbinder dies

Today I created a shadow box using a new LaBlanche stamp that will be released next month.  The name of this stamp is "Spring Posy".  The image was colored with Copic markers.  A second image was stamped and the posies along the bottom of the image were colored and cut out.  These were attached to the back of the top of the shadow box to give the image dimension. 

The top of the shadow box was covered with a piece of yellow stripped design paper from a new "Dots and Strips" paper pack from Joan's Gardens.  You will love the two paper packs shown above because they are full of dots and striped papers.   The largest Spellbinders, "Fleur De Lis Rectangles" die was cut and placed around the opening in the shadow box.  This die does not cut an opening in the center but I just used a craft knife and cut along the edge of the die before removing the piece from the die.  Yellow posies were created using the large daisy punch shown in the photo above.  They were punched out using white card stock and sponged with yellow ink.   For each flower, two daisies were shaped with the tools in the Flower Tool Kit and glued together.  A mixture of black and brown Flower Soft was added to the center of the punched flowers as well as the flowers in the stamped design.   Green Cheery Lynn Ferns were added under the punched flowers.  These leaves come two to a package, each facing a different direction.  A pretty yellow silk bow was added to complete this shadow box.

You can preorder this cute LaBlanche stamp, and purchase all other supplies used on this card, from Joan's Gardens.  

Blossoming Rose

I'm back!   Well I think I am . . .    I have had either a horrible cold or allergies and my head could not think creatively so I have missed a few days posting.  Today I created a card with the beautiful LaBlanche "Blossoming Rose" stamp that will be released next month. The image was stamped, colored with Copic markers and cut out so I could make each flower dimensional.  I did not stamp a second image and cut out additional flowers, but just cut between the flowers being careful not to detach the arrangement.  I used tools from the Flower Tool Kit to give each flower some dimension.  Yellow Stickles was added to the center of each flower.

I'm not sure, but I don't think I have used this pretty "French Pastry" Doily Die  by Cherry Lynn Designs.  Joan's Gardens has a large variety of these beautiful doily dies in stock.  The stamped LaBlanche Roses were attached over the doily with dimensional tape under each of the flowers.   A double punched border, created with the Martha Stewart "Deco Shells" border punch, was placed on the bottom of the card.

For the embellishment on this card I decided to create a "Blossoming Rose".  It was created with two of the largest petals from the "Super Giant Begonia Petals" punch.  There are two rows of each size in this flower.  The "Medium Sparkle" punch was used to create the stamens.  There are three stacked together.  Each leg of the sparkle was cut down the center to give it more "frill"  Once all the stamens were glued together, I used a liquid glue to add a dab of glue to most of the stamens then dipped it in yellow "Flower Soft".  It gives the stamen that "fuzzy" look you see in  many roses like this and matches the center of the LaBlanche flowers. The two leaves are from the Heartfelt Creations "Distressed Leaves" stamp set and cut out with matching dies.  A pretty double bow and a few pearls were added to complete the card.  The colors do not show up as they do on the real card. (We are having a cloudy day with rain.  The colors really do look much closer in color than shows in this photo.)

I want to remind you this is the last week for the card and tag challenge at Joan's Gardens.  One lucky person will receive one of the beautiful Marianne embossing folders ($30 value).  Be sure to check out all the details at Joan's Gardens.

As you know, all products used to create this card can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

Big Straw Hat

Mega Elongated Leaves, Medium Sparkle

Large Delicate Snowflake, Small Cosmo

As you know, Joan and I have been working with LaBlanche stamps since the first of the year and we both love the detail in this line of stamps.  You will find a great variety of LaBlanche stamps at Joan's Gardens.  La Blanche Stamps are mounted on very lightweight, hard foam and the stamps themselves are made from high quality silicon, which results in very detailed images.  The stamps are "white" but as I posted on my blog before, if you use Memento Black Ink they clean up perfectly with just water.  Here is a link to a mini tutorial I did about these fabulous stamps.

I had a wonderful surprise about a week ago.  LaBlanche stamps wrote to me and said they loved what I was designing with their stamps and asked me to be a guest designer using a few of the new stamps that will be coming out later in June.  I was excited to be asked, and here is my first card from the upcoming release.

The LaBlanche stamp used on this card is called "Big Straw Hat".  Isn't it a cute image!  It was stamped on white card stock with Memento black ink and colored with Copic markers.  I wanted to frame the image so I used the Cuttlebug "Grace's Frame" embossing folder.  Using a craft knife, the inside of the frame was cut out so I could place the stamped image behind it. 

The design paper used on this card is from the "Sweet Fairy" paper pad from Joan.  I thought the perfect embellishment for this card would be a daisy created like the one in the stamped image.  To do this, I used the punches shown above.    The petals were punched with the Mega Elongated Leaves punch using yellow card stock. The smallest petals were used.   They were sponged with a darker yellow on the tips and an yellow/orange ink on the stamen end.  A gray marker was used to create the lines in each petal. The flowers were shaped with the "Flower Tool Kit".  The stamens were created using five "Medium Sparkles" and four "Small Cosmos".  To get the feathered look, each sparkle and cosmos petal were cut right down the center.  The petals were glued to the Large Delicate Snowflake.  The leaves were created with the same Elongated Leaves punch.  They were punched out on green card stock, sponged and shaped.  The largest leaves were used.  To complete the card, a pretty yellow "double" bow and yellow pearls were added.

I want to thank LaBlanche for asking me to design with these new stamps coming out next month.  They are so well detailed that they are very easy to create beautiful cards you will be proud of.  Be sure to contact Joan, at Joan's Gardens, to place your order.  I will be posting some more cards soon with others stamps I received. 

All products used on this card can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

 

Joan's Weekly Challenge #17

LaBlanche stamped used

It is time for another challenge at Joan's Gardens. Here is what you need  for this week's challenge: 


■Colors -Blue/Green
■Use a Lady
■Include a Large Embellishment
■Attach a bow

This week Joan's challenge really is a challenge for me.  I don't feel I create vintage type cards very well.  The lady I used is from LaBlanche.  She is called "Lady Dreaming".   I used the Sizzix "Wreath" embossing folder to frame her.  It was embossed and  cut out with scissors then sponged with green Distress ink.  The lady was stamped, colored with Copic markers then cut out with an Oval Nestability.  It was glued to the inside of the embossed frame.   To pull in the green and blue, I selected a page from the "Sparkling Spring" paper pack.  The embellishment is from a package of Prima Flowers and matches the flowers in the design paper.  It worked out great for my large embellishment.   A piece of vintage lace was attached across the bottom, then a green velvet ribbon attached down the center with ScorTape.   A green bow was added to complete the card. 

You can go over to Joan's Gardens to get all the information about the challenge.  Hope you will join us. 

All products used on  this card can be purchased from Joan's Gardens.

LaBlanche Iris

Today I have another flower card but it is not made with punches.  I wanted to show you this beautiful "Framed Iris" stamp from LaBlanche stamps.  Joan's Gardens has a great selection of LaBlanche stamps.  This is a 5x7" card.  To start with I used a piece of glossy card stock for the front panel.  I created a background by using a pretty Heartfelt Creations flourish stamp.  It was stamped with Versamark ink around the outside edge and heat set -- no embossing powder added.  Using large sponge daubers I sponged on three colors of dye based ink:  light yellow, light blue and light green.  The colors were sponged and blended all over the card.  The LaBlanche Iris was stamped using Momento black ink and heat set so the ink wouldn't smear on the glossy card stock.  As soon as I knew the ink was dry, the image was colored using Copic markers.  You can see part of the flourish even under the Iris.  It makes such a pretty background. 

A piece of pretty ivory lace was added below the stamped image.  The sentiment is from the JustRite "You're So Sweet" stamp set.  It was stamped with VersaMark ink and embossed with "Vanilla" embossing powder then cut out with a Nestability "Lacy Circle" die.  Three Martha Stewart Butterflies were punched out of yellow card stock then sponged around the edges with Tea Dye Distress Ink.  I have included a close up of one of the butterflies because I wanted to show you the texture on it.  When you punch a butterfly, as you know, they are pretty plain if punched out of plain card stock.  I used a Tim Holtz stamp set I love to use for textures such as this; it is called "Slight Alterations".  There are three background stamps in this set.  To complete the card I added yellow Flower Soft to the Iris petals. 

I want to remind you to go over to Joan's Gardens to vote for your favorite tag.  The winner this week does receive a nice gift from Joan's Gardens.

Joan's Gardens Tag Challenge

This is the LeBlanche Stamp Set used for this tag:

Tulips On Script

LB1168

It is time for another tag challenge at Joan's Gardens.  I have something very different from my normal style but it was a lot of fun.  I receive this pretty LaBlanche stamp from Joan's Gardens called "Tulips on Script" and decided to try my hand at a vintage style tag.  I used a manila shipping tag and used Tim  Holtz Green, Orange and Yellow Distress Inks to press directly onto the tag to give it a multi colored background.  The LaBlance Tulip was stamped with Memento black ink  then colored with Copic Markers.  Just the head of the largest tulip was stamped again and part of it cut out to apply over the one on the tag, to give it some dimension.  A few pieces of black pearl swirls were added.  A piece of green and orange trim was wound around the bottom of the tag then copper cording wound on top of it.  Joan sent me a package of the Tim Holtz Idea-ology "Philosophy" tags so I tied one around the trim on the bottom.  Three rows of the copper cording were added around the top of the tag and a few K&Company puffy embellishments were added.  Some "frilly" green and orange trim was added through the hole in the tag.

Joan has posted some more new LaBlanche stamps on her blog.  You can see them here.

I hope you will join us in this fun tag challenge.

 I want to remind you that you only have one more day to enter a card in Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge for a chance to win that grand prize donated by JustRite stamps worth $192.  Have you entered your card?

LaBlanche Country Home

I have a quick and easy card to show you this morning.  I have posted several cards using the new LaBlanche stamps you can order from Joan's Gardens and want to show you another one.  I have shown you how beautiful these images are when you color them with reinkers and also with Copic markers.  This one was stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink and embossed it with Ranger, Super Fine, Detail Clear embossing powder.  I clear embossed it because it seems to bring out all the fine lines even more.  I love this stamp without coloring, but I bet it is going to be gorgeous in color too.

After stamping the image, it was cut out with a Label Seventeen Nestability.  Then using the same die and the one size larger, cut a black frame for the picture.  The designer paper used for this card is from the Making Memories Wedding paper pad.  A strip of black card stock was added to the left side and the pretty trim was attached with ScorTape.  Since the trim has pearls, I decided to add a few more to the frame. 

Hope you like it.  If you would like to see all the LaBlance stamps Joan has in stock, just check out her store here at Joan's Gardens.  I know you will love working with them!

Thanks for stopping by.

LaBlanche Stamp Mini Tutorial

This card was created using another stamp by LaBlanche.  The name of this one is "Bird Cage".  Isn't this a beautiful stamp.  Joan's Gardens has a nice selection of these stamps.  Both Joan and I have had some questions about these stamps, so I have prepared a mini tutorial to explain a little about them.  The stamps are different from any I have previously owned.  Here is the description from Joan's Gardens:

" La Blanche Stamps are mounted on very lightweight, hard foam and the stamps themselves are made from high quality silicon, which results in very detailed images.The stamps are extremely heat resistant and they can be used with Archival Ink, VersaFine ink pads and also with StazOn ink."

This picture shows how the stamps are packaged.  Also you can see the package of "Cut-n-Dry Pen Nibs I colored with.  The stamp I am using is out of the package (there is only one stamp when you order the Bird Cage).  Today I am stamping on a piece of glossy card stock.

Here is a picture of the supplies I used to create my card:  The Bird Cage stamp, some Websters Pages design paper from a pack that came out last year, a Tim Holtz cutting tool, Nestabilities Label Seventeen dies, Tim Holtz Tea Dye ink and applicator. 

 I colored the design using the Cut-n-Dry nibs by touching the tip onto an ink pad.  I always like to try out new products and really like these nibs for coloring.    You can also  use reinkers to pick up color. I just put a dot of ink on my Teflon mat and pick up a little of the ink on the tip of the Nib.  The Nibs have a very fine point and are especially easy to use in small areas.  They only pick up a little color so it helps the design to show through very well.  You can also use Copic markers for a nice finish. I stamped my design on a piece of glossy card stock.  When using glossy card stock, you always need to be sure the ink is dry before coloring, or it will smear. You probably already know that.   I love how easily the color glides across glossy card stock; the ink doesn't sink in like it does on regular card stock. 

I cut the colored stamped image out with the Labels Seventeen Nesties and sponged around the edges with the Distressed ink.  I didn't want to cover up any of the design in the dp, so I used the craft knife to cut around a few items so I could slip the stamped design under them (leaves on the bottom left and flowers on the bottom right).

The sentiment is from the JustRite "You Inspire Me", stamp set.  A few flowers were punched and assembled to add to the top corners.     

This is a picture of the stamp.  It looks really different doesn't it. You can't really tell how very detailed this stamp is when looking at it like this. 

Here is what it looks like after you have applied the ink. Now you can really see all the detail.   I used Memento Tuxedo Black ink, and first rubbed it across the stamp to get ink on it, then tapped all across the design to be sure the ink was applied nice and even.

This is what TOTALLY surprised me.  I just sprayed some plain water onto this stamp to clean it and look how amazingly clean the stamp is.  This stamp did not stain like my other stamps. 

I love this new line of stamps.  Please go over to Joan's Gardens to see all the beautiful LaBlanche stamps she has in her store.  The Cut-n-Dry Nibs and all other products used on this card can also be ordered from Joan's Gardens. 

Hope you are having a great weekend.  Thanks for visiting my blog.