You're A Gem

Fun Stampers Journey has rolled out their Follow Your Heart campaing. Can you guess what it's about? If you said Valentine's Day, you are correct.  Lots of really cute Valentine themed items in this mini catalog and even some that can be used beyond the holiday. Tonight I decided to play around with the You're A Gem ATS.  I personally will be using this little wonder for birthday cards in my online birthday group.  The group that I'm "in charge" of are called Emeralds so this stamp is perfect.

I started out with a piece of light green card stock and I arranged my various gem stamps on my "I" block and using a Clear Pigment Fusion ink pad, I layerd the stamps all over the cardstock.  I then covered the images with clear embossing powder and heat set it. Now for the fun part...using a sofft sponge, I swiped Kiwi Slice pan pastel over the cardstock and it really made the gems "pop" off the paper. 

Next I tied a "knot" using Limeade Splash satin ribbon and I used Spellbinders Die D-Lites You're A Gem Etched Dies to cut 2 gems from some scraps of green glitter paper. Using Kiwi Slice Fusion ink pad on Whip Cream cardstock, I stamped the sentiment from the Real Gems ATS, cut it out and used my corner punch to round the edges.  Popped it up with Journey foam squares and affixed the front panel to a Kiwi Slice A2 card base.  

This is such a quick and simple card. It was nice to take a break from the holiday preparations and just make a birthday card for a special lady.  Thanks for stopping by and enjoy your evening.