Saying Goodbye to Lovely Lilac!

Whew! What a week. I took a graduate class this week for my teaching job and it plain ol' tuckered me out and I got behind on posting. Sorry about that, but that's life!

This card is a tribute to one of my favorite retiring colors --Lovely Lilac.

Stamps: A Happy Heart
Paper: Lovely Lilac, Bridal Specialty Paper, Basic Gray
Ink: Encore Silver Ink, Lovely Lilac
Accessories: Filligree Brads, Basic Gray Satin Ribbon, Brayer

Are you thinking, I've never seen that Designer Paper? I customized the Bridal Specialty Paper, by using a brayer to ink it up. Just be careful to ink the brayer by going on direction on the pad and then one swipe across the paper. Then repeat. Super easy. Super cool result.

Why else haven't I been posting? Well, this weekend was a Stampin' Retreat at my Shawano Getaway. Clare, Nicole, and Bonnie made it--kind of a Mattson Girls Weekend. Here are some shots of the "work room" and the cutest niece ever:

Happy Stamping!