Here's another card from my recent Stamp-a-Stacks of Friday and Saturday.  This features the Manhattan Flower Textured Impressions Die (for the Big Shot) – used on a single layer of our vellum cardstock.  This die gives a BEAUTIFUL embossed image – so perfect for really elegant cards.  My sample, of course, was designed as a wedding card (or could also be used as a wedding invitation, of course), but class participants were able to choose their greeting of preference, so some of the cards became very special birthday or friendship cards. 

Do you see that blush of deeper pink right where the roses are?  To add that extra shading we sponged some areas of Regal Rose ink directly onto the Pink Pirouette cardstock layers – right behind where the vellum roses would be.

As I was designing my Stamp-a-Stack card I kind of got carried away with several variations, so here are a couple others I made at the same time.  I really think this birthday card on the right is my favorite of all of 'em, but I didn't have enough Pink Pirouette cardstock on hand for everyone to make one.  (Note to self:  I'm almost out of Baja Breeze, Pink Pirouette, and Kiwi Kiss cardstock.  Yikes!  Better get some ordered soon!  Apparently I LIKE those particular "In-Colors", lol.)

And finally, this one actually looks better in real life than it does in this photo.  Somehow, the back layer of the card appears kind of green here, although it's actually Confetti White cardstock – so it's definitely NOT green, lol!  And I just realized that apparently the "Best Wishes" greeting kind of shows some wear from excessive handling, too.  Honest – it really *was* mounted straight at one time.  Oh well….. I'm too lazy to go shoot it over again, 'cuz my camera batteries are dead at the moment and I don't want to wait until they recharge before getting this posted.  But you get the idea, I'm sure.  <smile>

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