Did you like swinging on the playground when you were a child?  I always enjoyed it.  I remember sometimes I’d close my eyes and imagine that instead of swinging I was riding on the back of a pegasus, or being rushed up and down hills on a roller coaster, or soaring through the air with outstretched wings.

The image on today’s card brought back those fond memories to me when I saw it.  It’s a digital image called “Melanie” from In Style Stamps.  After I colored her, I decided to cut her out and adhere her to the floral paper, to make her look like she’s swinging among a bunch of flowers.  The top of the “rope” is attached directly to the floral paper, but the rest of the image is raised from the background with dimensional adhesive.  The layout is this week’s CPS sketch.  I thought the word stamp was an appropriate sentiment to put on this card, because doesn’t she look like she is having fun?

Melanie’s shirt and hair color are a little nod to my alma mater’s football team – the James Madison University Dukes, who came out with a very unexpected upset victory over the Virginia Tech Hokies last Saturday.  Go DUKES!

Supplies:
Stamps: Small Script (Stampin’ Up)
Digital Images: Melanie (In Style Stamps)
Cardstock: Baja Breeze (SU); papers from Kioshi 6″ x 6″ pad (Basic Grey); Basics White (Papertrey Ink)
Ink: Chocolate Chip (SU)
Other: markers (Copic); Hodgepodge Hardware (SU)