You Constantly Amaze Me

Here's my card for this week's Muse challenge.  This week marks one year since the challenge first started, so this week's muse is the challenge founder, Jackie Rockwell.  I was inspired by her very first card for the challenge.

My version incorporates a similar layout to Jackie's design.  Instead of a trio of die cut elements, I used a die cut word with three letters. I die cut the word "you" from a white panel, saving the "insides" from the y and the o so I could reassemble them later on.  To go with the meaning of muse, I stamped the text "constantly amaze me" next to the die cut word using a combination of stamps from the Simon Says Stamps Expressions for You stamp set.

To fill in the negative space of the die cut letters, I adhered a red cardstock panel behind the white strip, carefully fitting the little letter insides in place on the red piece.  I used foam tape to add dimension to the panel.  After edging it with a strip of black cardstock, I adhered it to a gray card base embossed with a chevron pattern.  A trio of enamel dots, matching the colors of the die cut hearts on Jackie's card, adds another pop of color--and hides a tiny accidental ink smear, too!

Materials Used:
Expressions for You stamp and die set (Simon Says Stamp); Memento Luxe Tuxedo Black ink (Tsukineko); white cardstock (Michaels); Fog and Cherry cardstock (Avery Elle); Basic Black cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Charles embossing folder (Cuttlebug); enamel dots (My Mind's Eye); foam tape