Channeling the white

Hi Stampers!
Today I used my White pad.  I have to confess- I had my craft white pad on hand and was too lazy to dig my Stazon white pad out of the drawer.  The difference is that the Stazon would dry much faster and is useful on more mediums, so an all around better pad, but I went with what I had on hand.  Here is my card:

I took the photo at this unusual angle so you could see the white flowers (in my world Queen Ann's lace is white)(and that's what I'm calling this flower, so there!).  I also used white on the Gumball Green background, and again on the Rose Red "belly band".  The stamp set is a new one called Summer Silhouettes (w #126445, c #126447).  I used Gumball Green ink and card stock, Rose Red ink and card stock, Bashful Blue and Whisper White card stock, and Basic black in with my lovely new words- Made for you!
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Break out with pleats

Hi Stampers!
Today I broke out.  I have been a stamper for 14 years plus and today I am stamping my first non-standard size card.  Can you believe it?  When I finished the card, I was finished!
Today I'm bringing back the pleats for the Handstamped Sentiments Challenge #123.  The challenge is to add pleats to a card.  Here is what I came up with:

This reminds me so much of a bathing suit I wore when I was about 3 or 4 years old.  It's the first bathing suit I ever remember wearing and I absolutely loved it because it had a ruffled skirt.  But I'm off subject.  I told you I broke out- this card measures 3 1/4 x 3 1/2".  I had originally planned on putting it on the front of a standard  4 1/4 x 5 1/2" card but I just couldn't do it- this is where I wanted it to be so I made it a card.  The bee is in the new Bug Me stamp set- so cute!  The words are from the new Made for you stamp set.  I think you will see a lot of the words from Made for You- it has just 3 stamps but they are the most useful of words at a great price point.  Check it out here.
To make the pleats I pulled out the Simply scored tool and scored at 1/2", 1", 1 1/2", 2 1/2", 3", etc until I had the pleats I needed.  The strip was 1 1/2" wide.  I used Daffodil Delight, Real Red, Whisper White, Basic Black cardstock and Basic Black ink.

 When you peek inside you can see that I stamped the bee inside as well.
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