Hooray for Geometrical!

I was fascinated by the sketch at Retro Sketches this week and it's perfect for showcasing some gorgeous designer paper! Come and have a look:

This fabulous paper from the Stampin' Up's Sweet Sorbet Sale-a-bration range yells Celebration! to me, so I think the Hooray sentiment from the Geometrical stamp set works well with it.

It normally says 'for today' in a lovely cursive script under the 'Hooray' but that didn't work for my banner shape, so I masked it off before heat embossing in black. Can you see how the banner is scored on the edges? I often do this with my Simply Scored tool as I think it gives a nice, neat finish.

The banner is positioned slightly off the edge of my card and you can just see the yummy Crisp Cantaloupe core'dinations card base! The circle stamp underneath the sentiment is actually an off-cut from the centre of one of the stamps from the Chalk Talk set. I kept it in case it came in handy - as I'm sure all crafters would! The button is cut with my Sweet Buttons embosslits die and finished with some of the twine from the free Sale-a-bration Accessories Pack.

This is the fabulous sketch I was working from today:

I used off cuts and snippets to make my card so I'm also linking up at the Snippets Playground where an ark is sensibly being built (well perhaps 'sensibly' isn't the right word... how about rumbustiously?!!) The card also fits at CASual Fridays where the Over The Edge challenge continues.

HERE'S WHAT YOU'LL NEED TO MAKE THIS CARD
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Stamps: Geometrical wood or cling, Chalk Talk wood or cling

Ink: Basic Black, Smoky Slate

Card stock: Crisp Cantaloupe core'dinations, Whisper White smooth and scrap of Summer Starfruit

Other: Sweet Sorbet designer paper and Accessories Pack (free Sale-a-bration gifts), Sweet Buttons embosslits die, Big Shot, versamark, Black embossing powder, Heat tool, Simply Scored, stamp-a-majig

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You hear so much about badly behaved teens in the media but I prefer to focus on the positive news as shared with me by my amused daughter. On an internet forum this week, fans were talking about Justin Bieber's drunk driving escapade. "He's only nineteen," said one (who was probably younger!) "We all make mistakes!" I'll pass over her definition of 'mistake' because someone else responded: "Harry Styles [from One Direction] is also nineteen and he was in the news this week for tripping over a dog and apologising!"

See you tomorrow,