Fresh Cuts

Hello Stampers,

Just got home from an evening out with a great group of women – we went to see Sex and the City.   There was seven of us but the audience was full of groups of women (and a couple of guys) all relating to the "girls" again.  We laughed and cried.  It was just soooo good! I missed the women (Carrie, Charlotte, Miranda and Samantha) and was just getting over them when along comes the movie.  Now I miss them all over again. I have so many favourite moments from the show but one of the best (and probably the only one I can mention in my blog) was when Carrie was asked to appear as a "real person" in a fashion show.  She looked fabulous until she slipped and fell on the runway – as Stanford said "fashion roadkill" (hilarious) – the other models were stepping over her but rather than slink off the stage she picked herself up and walked to the end of the runway turned and walked back – just a classic SITC moment! 

When I got home I was playing with an old favourite technique called Polished Stone and the new Sneak Peak stamp set called Fresh Cuts.  I found a new technique (at least to me) where you wash a piece of glossy cardstock with water and ink refill colours and then flick a toothbrush soaked with rubbing alcohol so the colours are spread around.  Here's what I came up with…

Here's the polished stone version using Pale Plum, Perfect Plum, Mellow Moss and Gold Encore refills.  The image was stamped with black Staz On.  The taffeta ribbon is decorated with a rhinestone brad.

This card uses the colour wash technique – I used Perfect Plum and Mellow Moss ink refills.

Happy Stamping,

Alison