Crazy about bordering blooms

I’m trying not to ignore my stamp sets from the annual catalogue for the new ones in the Occasions 2015 one and today pulled out the Stampin’ Up! Bordering Blooms set and decided to ink up a stamp that I haven’t used before. I couldn’t quite make a card with just the older sets and confess that I also used the Crazy about you set from the new Occasions catalogue! As I have mentioned, I was in Barcelona for three weeks to learn Spanish and it was fantastic. The people there are warm and friendly and I decided I needed to make some thank you cards. I stayed in Gloria’s house, with a number of other students, and she is a delight. She intimidated me hugely to start with since I could barely understand one word in twenty but by the end of the three weeks, we sat happily at the table chatting away in Spanish (mostly – my fellow students and I had to exchange a few words in English) for several hours. I’m not saying that I’m fluent, – far from it! – I have to deduce some of the content. But anyway, Gloria, this one’s for you.

Stampin' Up! Bordering blooms

I stamped the image from the bordering blooms in memento black on whisper white card stock. The leaves are coloured in the two lightest shades of the old olive blendabilities. The flowers are coloured in all three shades of the rich razzleberry. I cropped the image fairly severely (more so than my original intention) and bordered it with basic black 3/8 bigger in all dimensions. Currently I’m concentrating on having different sized borders and frames for some fun. I also stamped the Thanks from the Crazy About You set in memento black. The card base is old olive. There’s another unused stamp in this set, I think that will be inked up soon.

 

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