Blessings.......

Little Paper Shop's second release this month, Blessings, is another beautiful stamp set that can be used on your cards to signify Easter, Baptism, Confirmation or even Sympathy.

Even though I don't usually use the colour purple I had a rememberance that it had a significance with religion, so I did some "Googling" and this is what I found for the colours purple and silver.



Just keep an open mind since it is off the internet and who knows what is real and what is not! - yes, sometimes I AM a doubting Thomas.

• In Egypt, purple signifies virtue.
• Purple is a sacred color in Tibet.
• The Japanese see purple as a representation of wealth and prominence.
• Trust, faith and patience are signified with purple in the Ukraine.
• Ancient Romans used purple to signify royalty.
• In the church, Silver represents Gods redemption or His work.
  

So that being said, it would have been nice to have this stamp set when my mom became a minister. I could have made her up some pretty spectacular cards...... lol!

I stamped the cross in Plum Pudding Ink onto the vellum and then stamped the scrolly cross over top with Versamark.

I heat embossed the scrolly cross with silver embossing powder leaving a beautifully detailed and embossed cross, then I cut it out and popped it up onto an already stamped cross and sentiment, mounted it onto the rest of my card and finished it up with that gorgeous ribbon!

Hope you like it and thanks for coming around!!

• Supplies:
• Cardstock: Papertrey Ink:Plum Pudding, Guidelines designer paper,Silver Shimmer , Linen Vellum cardstock.
• Ink: Memento black, Papertrey Ink Plum Pudding
  
• Accessories: Swiss Dot Cuttlebug Folder, Silver Detail embossing powder, Papertrey Ink ribbon, pop dots