Elegant Hug

For the The House That Stamps Built Theme Challenge A2121 ~ Sentiment As A Highlight, I thought something with a bit of elegance would work nicely; so I chose black, white, gold, & gray as my palette. For the background I decided to use my Simon Says Spring Flower stamp and for the sentiment the Simon Says layered “Hugs” die set (yep, entering this one in the Simon Says: Sending Hugs challenge too).



After stamping it on marker cardstock, I colored it with gray Copics and a gold leaf pen. I cut it to size and then cut the background of the sentiment die in gold once, and the text in black twice. I glued the black words together and then attached them to the gold background.

I attached the background to an A6 black card base, added the sentiment, and glued on some gold sequins.

I don’t know if I’d call it elegant, but I’m really happy with how it looks.


Thanks for stopping by!

Sandy

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  1. HeatherApril 28, 2021 at 10:02 PM

    So pretty!! The gold definitely adds an elegant touch! Thanks for playing with The House That Stamps Built.

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