"Cool" Inspiration

Today's Bloggers Challenge was an "Inspiration Challenge". -- (Find something that inspires you and create a card based off of it.) I love this jacket! This shade of blue is probably my favorite right now... and I found it very inspiring!

Below is the card that I created based off of my inspiration piece. I LOVE this image from Rubber Romance! This stamp is from Paper Pretties' December RR Subscription box. I think she's so chic and I *love* her coat!

I made this card to fit a standard long envelope (9" x 3/5" I believe). I've never made a card this size, but I really liked how it turned out! (***Click on Picture to See Details!***)

I colored my main image using Copics and Copic Spica Glitter Pens. If you look closely, the blue card stock is stamped with Cornish Heritage Farm's Spanish Script BG. I am SO excited to see a BG stamp in a language other than French! I have a lot of ideas for it and can't wait to put them onto "paper". If you look closely, you can see a glittered swirl on the bottom left corner of my card. The image comes from Autumn Leaves' (A Rhonna Christmas Collection by Rhonna Farrer -- Rhonna's Christmas Swirls). It has tiny snowflakes mixed in with the swirly design.

The sentiment is by Rubber Soul's Rose Border clear stamp set.

I used Martha Stewart's Snowflake border punch/embosser for the grey edging. I had a few Making Memories diamond brads that I added to the edge (just to glam it up a bit)... and used my sewing machine to add stitching.

*** If you have a regular sewing machine, adding stitching to card stock is super simple! Just run your card stock through just as you would fabric! No special thread or needle is required! Give it a try! It adds a lot of detail and takes no time at all!