Pursue Happiness!

Hi everyone! Happy Sunday!!

Here is my card for today's Featured Stamper Challenge on SCS, FS150, She's Benzi-riffic, which honors Brenda!!

Brenda has a great gallery, and I finally chose to case her StampinB, Background Silhouette Card.

I love the silhouette stamp she used and how she stamped it on Kraft, which is something I always love the look of but never do myself!!

For my card, I also used a silhouette stamp, this beautiful floral image from Discover Your Wings by Taylored Expressions. I stamped it in Memento Tuxedo Black onto Kraft Cardstock. I matted it with Black Cardstock and used a Martha Stewart Border on the bottom.

I added some color to mine instead of patterned paper like Brenda did, and I went with Melon Mambo. I really love the pop of it against the Kraft and Black. I went with a ribbon knot of a fun Black Polka Dot from Taylored Expressions. I added some Kaiser Rhinestones to either end of my "Pursue Happiness" sentiment, which is also from Discover Your Wings, and I also added some of the same rhinestones to the center of the flowers. I wanted them to have a more matchy look, so I colored them with a Black Copic Marker. You can do this to any color you have and make it match your project! Fun!!!

Instead of a monogram, I decided to use a butterfly, also from Discover Your Wings, and I stamped it in Melon Mambo onto Melon Mambo Cardstock and then cut it out and popped it up on Foam Tape. More colored rhinestones finish off the butterfly as well!!


Don't forget, Discover Your Wings is the most recent stamp set in the Taylored Expressions Giving Tree Charity, and a portion of the proceeds from the sale of this set will benefit Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep.

Thanks SO much for stopping by!! OH! And one more thing!! There is a Design Team Call going on right now to be part of The Sugar Babies, the sketch team for The Sweet Stop!! You can get all the info right here!

Recipe:
Stamps: Discover Your Wings by Taylored Expressions
Paper: Basic Black, Kraft & Melon Mambo
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black and Melon Mambo
Accessories: Black Copic Marker, Kaiser Rhinestones, MS Punch, Polka Dot Ribbon and Foam Tape

Jodi