Sue's 52-Card Pick-up Challenge this week is a wonderful video from I Believe She's Amazing. I love all of the young girls in the video ... what a fabulous memory that experience will be for them. It reminded me of my friend Diana and all of the other women in my life that cancer has taken much, much too soon. I love the text of this Wordsworth stamp that says "Tis the privilege of friendship to talk non-sense and have her non-sense respected."
Just Us Girls challenge us to try Faith's Ink, Spray, Smash Technique this week. I've always loved the effect, so I wanted to give it a try. I think it's one of those things that I'll likely improve on each time I do it. I used Ice Blue, Pale Indigo and Currant inks for my background. This also let me play along with the Res-Q Challenge ladies who are using techniques involving water this week.
Papers are Eva from Basic Grey. I stamped the Maroon panel with Hero Arts Flourish Pine. The Sketch comes from the Corrosive Challenge Blog.
Never forget to let all of those wonderful women in your life know you love & appreciate them.
Totally gorgeous! Love the way you matched your background and your designer paper!
Posted by: Shar B | July 11, 2010 at 08:04 PM
Stef...great job with the ink, spray smash technique - love the colors you chose. It turned out beautifully! Nicely done. Thanks for playing along with Just Us Girls this week.
Posted by: Stampin Pam | July 11, 2010 at 09:35 PM
Love the colours you used in your background. Very pretty card
Posted by: Dawn T | July 12, 2010 at 03:02 AM
Gorgeous card! I love these colors. Great job with the technique.
Posted by: Cheryl (shestamps) | July 12, 2010 at 01:15 PM
This is FABULOUS! Love how you inky background turned out! Great take on the technique challenge :) Thanks so much for playing along with Just Us Girls this week :) We sure appreciate your support!
Posted by: Andrea M | July 12, 2010 at 09:51 PM
gorgeous! I love the range of colors you get with this technique! Thanks for playing RESQ challenge this week!
Posted by: Denise | July 13, 2010 at 04:02 PM
Great job with this weekd technique challenge! Your colors came out nicely and the friendship stamp I love!
Thanks for getting down and inky with Just Us Girls this week!
Posted by: Kathryn | July 14, 2010 at 08:27 AM
Fabulous job with the challenge. Love that friendship quote! Thanks for playing along with JUGS this week.
Posted by: Maria Levine | July 14, 2010 at 08:22 PM
i had not heard of the "ink spray smash" technique, but since i enjoy ALL of those activities, i am gonna check it out, post haste! (plus i just CANNOT ARGUE with results like these... ♥HUBBA♥HUBBA♥!!!) (ooh and that sentiment stamp is awesome as well!) ♥
Posted by: lauren | July 15, 2010 at 09:07 AM
You have the best collection of sentiment stamps ever! This is perfect for the challenge, and your card is - as always - amazing! Beautiful colors, great technique, perfect! Thanks for joining us again this week!
Posted by: Sue | July 16, 2010 at 04:27 PM