STARTING THE YEAR WITH A SNARK

I've been following The Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers for a couple of months, hoping to participate on a regular basis, but mostly my resources aren't particularly snarky. I can see that may require a New Year's resolution - more snark (not to be confused with "more cowbell")! Well, today is my first foray into snarkiness for 2022 with SSS#200 - "S is for Snarky". I used a couple of stamps from Riley & Company that I purchased a couple of years ago for St. Patrick's Day.

This started as a 5-1/2" square side-folded card. On a separate piece of cardstock, I stamped this Riley & Company #FBP-019 with Memento's "Tuxedo Black" ink. I applied PTI "New Leaf" with a Tim Holtz Collection stencil and blending brush as a background. I slipped this layer between the card base and a 5" x 5" square that had been die-cut with an oval. I felt like the hand and cup needed to be accented more, so I re-stamped the image, fussy-cut the cup and hand, colored it with Copics markers, and attached it with dimensional foam.

The final step was to heat emboss the sentiment (Riley & Company #RWD-695) with Stampendous "Detail Black" powder onto a strip of dot-printed paper. I radius-trimmed the right side of the strip and punched a hole to thread black and white baker's twine around the card front and glued it in place. I also slipped a small piece of the dotted strip at the left side between the layers for more dimension.

So, here's to 2022 snarkiness:

Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers: SoSS #200 - S is for Snarky 

   

I'm also sending this over to Just Us Girls Challenge #613 - "Beverage": 

"Just Us Girls" Challenge: Just Us Girls Challenge #613 - Word Week

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