Live Happy

 

Today is the day I post a card for our challenge called Unused No More!  This is a monthly challenge to be posted on the 6th with a group of friends from my No Foolin' Retreat.  Some may post on their blog and I will note those with blogs at the end of this post.  And, some might post on other social media.  Those that participate each month will send a picture in the text thread we have between us, showing our creation.  The premise is to use a stamp set, stencil die, hot foil plate or press plate that is new and has never been used.  So--Unused No More!  

My plan is to pick a different company each month to highlight and maybe even a different product than the month before.  For February, I picked a Picket Fence Studios stamp that I have not used called Live Happy. I think the words are powerful!  I saw the musical Hamilton last week and the first line reminds me of one of the famous lines Aaron Burr tells Alexander Hamilton--Talk Less, Smile More.

For my card, I went with Taylored Expressions Fruit Punch ink on white cardstock. I die cut the phrase with a Gina Marie Designs Cross Stitched Rectangle die.   I then embossed the Fruit Punch Panel with a Taylored Expressions folder called Lots of Love.  I added some Trinity Stamps pink clay hearts around the image.

 

I am not sure who will post each month on their blog, but this is a list of the other ladies who do have blogs.  Links to the blogs of Jeanette, Terry, and Darlene.  Be sure to come back on March 6th to see another fun card from a set Unused No More. 

Image/Sentiment:  Picket Fence Studios Live Happy

Cardstock:  The Paper Cut 100# Cougar Opaque White; Taylored Expressions Fruit Punch

Ink:  Taylored Expressions Fruit Punch

Accessories:  Gina Marie Designs Cross Stitched Rectangles;  Trinity Stamps Pink Clay Hearts