Sweet Baby James

Yesterday was election day here in Louisiana, and I have to tell you I lost some sleep over the results of a couple of races. My dear friend, Jeff Thompson, was running for Congress in a vacant seat to replace the retiring incumbent, Jim McCrery. Jeff lost by a narrow margin, and my heart is broken. He's one of the finest men I know, and I have the utmost respect for him. He has a beautiful family, is a Christian, and has strong morals and values. The rest of the country lost....not just my friend Jeff. :-(

Sorry, I'll get off THAT soapbox now!

This adorable image is called James and it's from The Artful Stamper .

All designer papers on this card are from the Memory Box Frost paper collection. I paper piece James night shirt, so I actually stamped twice, once on the patterned paper, and once on watercolor paper. I used Onyx Black Versafine ink, then embossed with JudiKins Detail Clear embossing powder.

The image stamped on watercolor paper was colored using Tombow (water based) markers. I cut it out, as well as the night shirt, then adhered them to an oval panel cut with my Spellbinders Petite Ovals Nestabilities. I cut the wing and layered it separately so I could pop it up with foam tape to all a little dimension. I added Frosted Lace Stickles to the wings for a little sparkle.
The cardstock I used is all from the Prismatics Mystic , paper pack. Each of the corners were cut using a Cuttlebug die from the Vintage corners set.

I'm trying to make myself pay a little more attention to the inside of my cards. So I used the negative from the oval I cut out for the front of the card, adhered it to a piece of the Prismatics Mystics light. Now, if I could only figure out what sentiment to stamp in there. I don't know that this really *looks* like a Christmas card. So please give me some idea as to what sentiment I might use. All suggestions are welcomed!

That's it for me tonight! It's time to start spazzing out to get ready for the coming work week. LOL!

I have a LOT of new things to show you this week, so be sure to stop back by. Until then...