I bought this Hero Arts stamp pre=pandemic because it made me think of my teenage years, yet I have only used it once and that was a couple years ago. The Neglected Stuff and Shopping Our Stash Hot Hot Hot challenges motivated me to use this poor neglected stamp lingering in my stash. Of course the first step was to go through my stash of backgrounds to see if I had anything that would work. This one goes back to when Distressed Oxide inks were introduced and a friend brought some tags over to play with my new inks. For this one I ink smooshed Worn Lipstick, Wild Honey, and Broken China. To add some texture to this old background I random stamped Lavinia's Sacred Spells text stamp in second generation and then, for a focal point stamped the sun using Ground Espresso Distress Oxide. The sentiment comes from Stampin' Up's Desert Details set. I don't use sparkles that often anymore, and when I do, I usually use clear ones. For this card I went through my stash of embellishments and found these tiny, 2mm, black sparkles from Close to My heart that were retired years ago. I also plan to enter this in the A Place to Start with an optional twist of Summer Things Challenge.
I am sending this to a friend who is rehabbing after knee replacement surgery. Thank you for stopping by! Until next time, Hansi
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