Designer Series: True Friend with JJ Bolton

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Hey guys! Just stopping by the Mama Elephant blog today to share a card I made with the new set True Friend! Every release, Kryssi and Angela comes up with at least one unique and fun sentiment set and this set is definitely it!

This was one of those cards where I started with the sentiment and worked backwards. Do you all do that too? I just couldn't resist that "I got you, babe" stamp. (Showing my age, shhhh!!!) I started my card by stamping the banners twice with coordinating inks. The pink banner was stamped with lollipop over blush and the yellow banner was done with orangeade over sunny. To give the banners a bit of depth, I used these blending sticks to do a little shading. Then I stamped my favorite birdies from Love Quotes and colored them with matching markers. I cut them out with the matching dies and popped them over the banners.

To finish out the card, I die cut little hearts with the new Confetti die. To make sure the color matched, I blended the same color inks over the die cuts. Easiest way to get the perfect match! The last step was to die cut the thin frame using the scalloped die from Femme Frames. This is actually the reverse cut that you usually throw away. I thought it would a cute but subtle detail:)

That’s it for me! Thank you so much for taking a peek:) Hope everyone is having a fantastic week!

Mahalo and Aloha,

jj