Stampin' Up!'s Always Elegant Stamp Set

This is one of the cards that was made at my Stamp A Stack last Friday night.  I saw this card on SCS and CASE'd it for the SAS.  I would love to give credit to who made the original card but I cannot find it now.
I love the flocked paper which is a part of the Mocha Morning Specialty DSP by Stampin' Up!   Here's what you will need to make this card:

• Basic Black & Crumb Cake cardstock
• Backgrounds 1 Texturz Plate
• Basic Black 1/2" Satin Ribbon
• Mocha Morning Specialty DSP
• Always Elegant Stamp Set
• Scallop Oval Punch
• Large Oval Punch
• Antique Brads
• Basic Black Class Ink

Stampin' Up!'s Always Elegant stamp set...

Here is the first card that I will be swapping while at convention.  Today I am packing and getting ready to leave for Salt Lake City in the morning.  We will be leaving at 5 am so we get into SLC early enough to attend events put on by other stamping groups.  I will be riding with my Mom, Kay Brown and Christine Bellow.  It should be a fun but long road trip!
Now, back to the card - I am using the Paisley Petals designer series paper which was offered back in April on a "sneak peek".  I am glad I ordered a couple of packages of the paper so I could get started on swaps early.  The colored area on the Baja Breeze cardstock which is stamped with the Always Elegant stamp is colored with a River Rock marker.  It really looks much more green with the Baja Breeze color below it.  It ended up working perfectly!  The card is layered with Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, Baja Breeze and River Rock cardstock.  "Always" is stamped in River Rock ink and the scallop line below it is stamped in Baja Breeze.  These stamps are also part of the Always Elegant stamp set.

Stampin' Up!'s Elegant Always stamp set....

Did you get this stamp set free during Sale-A-Bration like I did?  If so, or if you had this set already, pull it out and try this cool technique and card.  I stamped the image with Versamark ink and embossed it with white embossing powder on one oval and with black embossing powder on another oval.  I then cut the pieces down the center and then switched them up to get the black/white combination which is a hot technique right now. 
To make sure that the two embossed images lined up, I traced around the first oval on my grid paper so I could place the second oval in the exact same location.  I then used my Stamp-A-Ma-Jig to place the image in the correct location on the oval.  I left the Stamp-A-Ma-Jig in place for the second oval.  All I had to do was to place the oval in the exact spot again which was easy since I had outlined it with the first one. 
The other trick I used was with the Word Window Punch.  I wanted my sentiment to be matted but there isn't another punch to work with the Word Window punch so I made my own.  I punched out a piece of Basic Gray cardstock and a piece of Basic Black cardstock with the Word Window punch.  I then cut the Basic Gray piece in half and attached it to the back of the sentiment leaving about an 1/8" showing on either end.  I then took the Basic Black piece and cut it lengthwise down the center.  I then attached these to the back leaving about an 1/8" showing.  I think it mats the sentiment really well, don't you think?