Can you stand just one more??

The Friends Never Fade cards I have posted the last several days were also samples I created for my open house.  I'm about to begin my second year as a Stampin' Up! demonstrator, and I have decided to try something a bit different this time around.  It seems last year, I purchased/earned stamp sets that I never really had a chance to get to know.  This year, I'm making a real effort to make several cards with each stamp set shortly after I receive it, just to play with the stamps and get a feel for the set's "personality".  The fun thing about the Friends Never Fade set is that it coordinates so beautifully with the Garden Gala designer paper and makes into a gorgeous card!

Friends Never Fade again

I love the ease with which designer paper can enhance the look of a card.  The flowers are stamped with the new Cherry Cobbler color, then trimmed with scissors.  The leaves are punched using the large bird punch.  The designer paper is from the Garden Gala pack.


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Garden Gala

The Garden Gala designer paper is the perfect companion to the Friends Never Fade stamp set.  I ran the designer paper through the Big Shot with the lattice square texture folder.  I accidentally ran it through so that the raised bumps were on the opposite (wrong) side of the paper --- OOPS! ---- but then decided I liked the weathered look that the indented impressions gave to this pattern.

Friends Never Fade

I think the Friends Never Fade stamp set is a very versatile one.  I've been wanting to play with this set and have seen some lovely cards made with the stamps.  My inspiration for this idea came from Sharon Field  I made a few changes of my own.  The green card stock that I used was Certainly Celery.