as promised, i finished another a•muse•a•palooza card--jenn's inspiration challenge based on a vera bradley purse. vera bradley is very popular here right now, too. i also added a little bling for taylor's twinkle time challenge to play along with a current challenge at the same time. so, here's the result! i was drawn to the pattern and took time here and there over the last week to get it just right using only a muse stamps. the main flower is created with a scalloped border from the bracket frames clear set, curved on the block. i guess that qualifies for elena's out of the box challenge, too, since it's not really a flower! some other out of the box uses in the design are the dotted line and open circle line from the personal stationery set, also curved on the block. the various flowers scattered here and there include the wood mounted daisy doodle, and flowers from the oval frames and nature clear sets. after stamping in both red and navy, i colored it all in with two shades of blue copics--powder blue and manganese blue--and added various white details with a signo gel pen. i used a little sliver from trimming the focal piece on the trim detail and created the sentiment to mimic the tag on the purse--i even chose "hi girlfriend!" because it was the closest i had to the look of vera's signature on the purse tag! micro dot twinkle stickers in cabana blue, all over the focal piece and on the exclamation point in the sentiment, were the final touch--gotta love bling! i haven't had much uninterrupted time lately, so i worked on this off and on, but even so, it was such a fun challenge to pull together!!
have an a•muse-ing day!
:) lexi
