Taking A Look Back...

Out of date Stampin' Up catalogs are some of the publications that I just can't seem to toss out.  When I'm looking for card inspiration I get them out and flip through the pages until something catches my eye.

These cards were inspired by photos in the 2009 catalog. I used Card Games and God's Beauty stamp sets.

I colored the joker image with Promarkers and used Make The Cut to cut the heart and circle.  There's a little pen work and inking on it also.

This card has three different shades of purple cardstock; the lightest one looks white in the photo.  I used  Lilac Posies, Grape Jelly and Bamboo Leaves ink by Memento.

The background was stamped with Versamark ink for a watermark effect.

Good Luck Card

Last year I bought a stamp set from SU named Card Games.  At the time, it seemed like a set that I'd use a lot but I've struggled trying to find a good way to use the images of the Jack, Queen and King card faces.  Today it occurred to me that I didn't have to use the entire image so this is what I came up with.

I stamped the image and punched it with a 1" punch, layered it onto the black cardstock and then punched it out again using an 1 1/4" punch.  The sentiment is one of my old Studio G stamps.