From the archives....

 

 

I made this card ages ago.  It's been sitting in my "needs something" stack.  I don't know exactly what it needs but I'm not satisfied.  Time to move on.  You can see how long this card has been sitting there because when I created it the 5-petal flower punch was current. Haha.  There are a couple of things I actually like about this card though: Naturals White cardstock for the base, Going Gray ink for the sentiment, oh and anything in Island Indigo.  Do you ever make a card and look back and think "why did I use THAT?"  For this card, I can not understand what possessed me to use Riding Hood Red.  That color is definitely not in my top 10 20 favorite colors.  Maybe I was in one of those "try something out of the comfort zone" moods.  What do you think?  Should I change something?  Move on?  Throw it in the "circular file"?

 

Betsy's Blossoms

I love using a stamp set in a way that is unexpected!  Betsy's Blossoms is such a popular stamp set and I am definitely a fan!  It's very spring-y, maybe even summer-y.  (Ok, I'm making up my own words, you know what I mean.)  But how about using this stamp for a holiday card!  I think it works!  I basically created my own DSP.  That huge flower image in the set is so versatile!  Love it!  I used raspberry ripple and gumball green with a little crumb cake for contrast.  The sentiment stamp set is an oldy but goody, Perfect Punches.  I like the way the detail in the scallops of the circle coordinates with the big flower stamp from Betsy's Blossoms.  And then I added a little crumb cake seam binding.  Seam binding is definitely my favorite type of ribbon from Stampin Up.  So easy to work with and just the right amount of elegance.  Thanks for looking!

Happy Birthday

Here's a cute little card I made for my friend Lorraine's birthday!  I fell in love with this International Bazaar DSP as soon as I saw it during the catalog preview.  I bought it as soon as I could and this is the first time I've used it......can you say "Hoarder?"   I like the simplicity of this card and the matching paper bow is so cute.  The "loops" of the bow are made using the large oval punch and the tails are just shaped with my paper snips.  I will definitely have to make more paper bows as the holiday season approaches!  I cased this card from a picture I saw on Pinterest from Lil Inky Designs.