July Leading Lady Jessica Lin | Take Four

Sadly July is coming to an end which means this is the final performance of our July Leading Lady, Jessica Lin.  I have found the last few weeks with Jessica to be such an adventure full of buoyant vibrancy, clever surprises and amazing details.   I am grateful that Jessica poured her heart out for our 3rd Birthday Bash Guest Star Contest and that she dazzled us all yet again with her performance as this month's Leading Lady.

If you missed her smashing debut you must see it...CLICK HERE or her sensational performance with an awesome custom background CLICK HERE or her triumphant third performance bringing a  magical card to get you in the mood for the holidays CLICK HERE.

Lucky for us all we have her final command performance today.  

Good morning all! It's hard to believe that July is almost over, and this is my last post. Time really flies! I'm truly honored to be one of the Leading Ladies and have greatly enjoyed creating with many of my favorite products. Thanks so much to Shay and Winnie for having me and to those who left some love for both Winnie & Walter and my blog. :) 

For today's post I decided to do something I've always loved: stretch my supplies use them in creative ways. The first card I made was inspired by Taheerah's cards in the last Gossip Column. I die cut the "i" from In a Word: Hi Cutaway, the In a Word: Love Cutaway, and the "Y" and "U" from Typecast: Cary Letters Cutaways to form a sentiment. I sponged the die cuts with Distress Inks, and the colors I used are listed below:

i: Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet

love: Candied Apple, Carved Pumpkin, Wild Honey, Mustard Seed

Y & U: Twisted Citron, Mowed Lawn, Lucky Clover

You could stop after distressing the letters with rainbow colors and kept it as a CAS card, but I decided to stamp "I LOVE YOU XOXO" (from Sentimental: Love set) repeatedly to create a border. 

I then stamped "forever & always" beneath the "i" and that completes the card!

I don't normally stamp the envelope, but I thought it'd be fun to dress this one up. I stamped "sealed with a kiss" from the same Sentimental: Love set and paired it with lip image.

My second card was inspired by the sentiment: "You are the yin to my yang." After some experimenting, I decided to stamp the yin yang sign with the round speech bubble from Sketchy Thoughts. I used VersaMark Onyx Black ink and Hero Arts Unicorn white ink. I also embossed a dotted border with one of the die from Essentials: Lana Cutaway set.

Next I drew the outline with Copic Multi-liner and gold heat embossed the sentiment. I then embellished the card with pearls and gold thread, and that finishes off this card! I hope you enjoyed these creations, thanks so much for stopping by and have an amazing day!

Giveaway: 

Shay has generously provided me with a $30 gift certificate that I can giveaway. If you enjoyed this card, please comment on both W&W and my blog for a chance to win! Thank you so much for the lovely comments, you guys are so kind. :) Be sure to comment before July 31st and I'll announce the winner on my instagram on August 1st.

Sentimental: Love

Sketchy Thoughts

Essentials: Lana Cutaways

In a Word: Hi Cutaway

In a Word: Love Cutaway

Typecast: Cary Letters Cutaways

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