3 Step Dancin’ with Dee … Stamp Simply Style!

Yesterday, Sharon at No Time to Stamp?, spotlighted Kitchen Sink Crew Member, Dee Jackson!

WooHoo Dee!!!!! You are Dancin’ in the spotlight!

Why is Dee “Dancin’?” … because Sharon chose to spotlight Dee’s amazing multiple step stamping work [see Dee’s work here]… or better know in the Kitchen as… 3 Step Stamping! 😀 Dee is a flower lady … and she knows how to turn paper and ink into a garden!!! 😀

So, with spotlighting Dee’s 3 step stamping, Sharon’s Stamp Simply Challenge #51 this week is focused on 2 and 3 step stamping. You can go HERE to find how to play along and to see some amazing multiple step stamped cards… including an elegant Mistletoe card from Sharon using Multi Step Holly & Mistletoe and from another Kitchen Sink Crew Member – Tammy who knows how to make Multi Step Butterflies all a flutter! 😀

Another bit a fun news…. this is a big week for Sharon… she is also celebrating her 1 year anniversary in blogland and it is PARTY TIME!!!!! YaHOO!!!! Lots of Blog Candy to be had … there is even a set of Kitchen Sink 3 Step Stamps to be given away! But you will have to go on over to Sharon’s to find out more!

So of course, I wanted to play a long and Dance with Dee! 😀

But before I show my card, I have to share my opinion about Dee and her amazing way with ribbon and bows! Honestly, I think Dee is “bow whisper”!!! LOL! So in honor of Dee’s Big Beautiful Bows… I did want to try a little something “special” on this card [… I WISH I could do a bow like Dee…. I just don’t have the touch – LOL!] …. so, I used a sailor knot with this yummy 1″ wide double face satin ribbon. 😀

[NOTE: update 5/10/12 – the link for the info on how to make a sailor knot has moved… and on their new site, the knot is called a Square Knot (Reef Knot)  or  The Reef (Square) Knot …. which ever way it is called, both links have been updated and show animated directions for tying the knot. 🙂 ]

Now for my card… thanks for looking!

Materials:

Stamps – Multi Step Hearts & Roses, Background & Borders (retired) and Vintage Words (retired) – all from Kitchen Sink Stamps.

Paper – Shimmery White from Stampin’ Up! Cool Metallics Bronze Jewel from The Paper Company, Vintage Cream and Spring Moss from Papertrey.

Inks are all Memento Inks unless noted – Roses: Step#1 Red Magic (VersaMagic), Step #2 Rhubarb Stalk, Step #3 Grape Jelly, Step #4 Paris Dusk. Leaves: Step #1 Pear Tart “kissed” with Bamboo Leaves, Step #2 Pearl. Thyme (Brilliance Ink), Step #3 Cottage Ivy. Sentiment in Chocolate Chip from Stampin’ Up! Background done with VersaMark ink.

Embellishments: 1″ wide double face satin ribbon – Sable, Pearl Rhinestones Stickers from Michael’s, Nestability Dies – Rectangle Long, Classic & Scalloped, and Sakura Gelly Roll pen – Silver for tiny ascents on the rose petal edges.