Check out this sweet little koala bear for Day 17 of 30 Days of the New Catalog! Adorable. There are 3 adorable critters in the Wild & Sweet stamp set that can be found on page 87 of the new catalog. There is a koala bear, a racoon and a panda bear. These images are life-like and perfect for coloring.
Which of the animals in this stamp set is your favorite? They’re all so cute I’m not sure I an decide.
Thank you to Karen Ksenzahovic for sharing such a sweet card. I probably won’t add this stamp set to my wish list only because coloring is not my strongest talent. Do you like coloring? If so, leave a comment and let me know what Stampin’ Up! product(s) is/are your favorite to use.
I’m going to start today’s post with a definition of “ephemera”. At first I looked it up in the dictionary and the definition didn’t make any sense at all. Then I “googgled” it and had better luck. I typed in “ephemera in crafting” and got a more useful definition. “Ephemera is generally defined as collectible memorabilia that is was for a short term purpose. … Ephemera is almost always paper-based and is often written or printed items that were expected to have short term popularity or usefulness.” When I look in Stampin’ Up!’s catalog at the Expressions in Ink Ephemera Pack on page 141 of the Annual Catalog I would call it “pretty stuff to put on my latest project”. I wouldn’t call this the best description but it works for me. Ha!
The reason I went into all this detail for today’s card sketch is because the gold wreath on my card is part of the Expressions in Ink Ephemera Pack. Since I was using it I thought I should figure out what the word “ephemera” meant.
My take on today’s card sketch is pretty close. That is if you discount the extras I added. Ha! In my opinion the sketch needed another layer and I added the sentiment to finish it off.
Are you wondering how I got the gold ephemera wreath to adhere to the card front? I didn’t. I placed the wreath where I wanted and when I adhered the flowers and the sentiment they held the wreath in place. There was no way I would have been able to get glue on the back of that skinny wreath!
That would be my tip of the day….when trying to adhere something really thin and narrow to your project use another piece to actually anchor your thin item.
