I just love getting mail that either A) comes in a big envelope or B) has a handwritten address. You just know it's not going to be a bill or a flyer! So yesterday I opened my mail to find a RAK (Random Act of Kindness) from Julee at www.poeticartistry.blogspot.com ! You recall this post, where I had to share my exciting news about winning on her sketch challenge, well she sent me a little package and a card she made!
This is such a gorgeous card, and you should see it in real life! I tried to capture the sparkle as best I could, and you can see it a little better if you click for a larger image. She even put stickles on the flower...so cool, I will have to try that! Her colouring skills are far beyond mine...and I just love her colour choices! She posted this card on her blog here, so you can read all the "deets" as she refers to them. I'm so happy to receive it!
Along with the card she sent me some gorgeous 6x6 papers! I just love them. You can see little scraps in the picture, well she didn't send me scraps...I just had to cut into them and make a card! It's always so much fun to have new stuff to play with, and I try to use new stuff as soon as I get it...a new rule I have for myself as I try to get past my "hoarding" issues!
I had several goals as I made this card. I thought I would make a card for Julee... "J" is for Julee! (and it is also the 3rd letter in the word enjoy..which I don't have a stamp for!) Secondly, I saw that some of the papers were a perfect match to Purely Pomegranate...and I just love that colour! I also wanted to use some of my retiring stamp sets, you know..just one last fling before they're gone! I used three retiring sets for this card! Label Classics, it just fit the vintage kind of feel these papers have, and makes a perfect frame for the monogram; Alphabits, love them for doing some cool formatting, or for those sentiments that aren't quite on a stamp yet; and Headline Alphabet, which I used for the "J". I also used Julee's Mojo Monday sketch 15 ! 
I love the way it came together.
I stamped the letters on Very Vanilla textured cardstock, and the texture gives that sketchy look...(click above to get a larger view) with Purely Pomegranate. I punched out the letters and popped them up. For the "J" I stamped it on Very Vanilla textured cardstock in Soft Sky Classic Ink, and rock and rolled it in Purely Pomegranate! I used the Three for You flower punch to punch the flower that adorns the "J", and added a circle in Soft Sky, then a little rhinestone from K & Co. The velvet ribbon is from Flirty, a ribbon original from Stampin' UP!'s winter mini 2007, and it's a much better match in real life! I am so pleased with the way it turned out, I almost hate to send it off!
