Big Shot, Cuttlebug Embossing Folders and Basic Grey Paper - New Stuff to Play With!

So, long story short - I won a Big Shot on eBay. Remember how I posted that I was trying to figure out if I wanted one or not? You can see my post about that here. Well, I bid on one and never thought I'd win it since I thought my max bid of $65.00 seemed low since it was like half-price. Well, I WON! So, I got my Big Shot and after winning it I went to eclectic Paperie and bought some Cuttlebug embossing folders and when I was in San Antonio I bought the little 2 x 2 flower dies that I've seen everywhere (wanted to see them in person, but I think that eclectic Paperie does carry them). Along with the embossing folders I got at eclectic Paperie I also purchased a Basic Grey 6x6 Blush pad of paper.

I LOVE eclectic Paperie and highly recommend them. They are a great online store to do business with. I have a couple more Basic Grey pads I'm going to order from them today, along with a heart die, and I pre-ordered some CB embossing folders from them for April as well. They're going to love me!! :)

Well, the stuff I bought and have received has all been sitting here for about 2 weeks now and I decided I just had to finally dig into it. I also decided I didn't want to save the card until I was done with all of the swap cards (I may regret that later if I don't get time to stamp!) so I hope you like it!

Details on the card: I used my Cuttlebug A2 embossing folder called Bloom Dots on the piece of Sage Shadow CS. That is mounted on Blush Blossom CS because the A2 folders emboss at a size slightly smaller than your standard card. The Blush paper I mounted on Cranberry Crisp CS and tied a piece of the stitched Cranberry grosgrain ribbon (still available as a write-in from SU!) around it. Lastly, I used my totally fun stamp set Paper Tray from papertrey ink for all of the stamping. I used the flower that they have and flipped it over and used the back-side of the flower to make the Creamy Caramel outline on my Cranberry Crisp Bloom. I also used the stamps that make the centers of the flower and colored them about half-way to create my leaves. I was trying to mimic the patterns on the flowers on the Blush paper. Anyway, the "hello" is also form the Paper tray stamp set too. I did some light sponging of Chocolate Chip on the edges of the Whisper White CS and that's about it! Let me know what you think, and take care!!!