Good Bye

Of of the girls from my book club is moving to Ontario to be closer to her husbands family....boo for us in book club - she is a great girl, added a lot to our discussions, and I always loved her choices. So I made her this quick "Moving" card to send her off. I got the idea of layering the same color of cardstock from Angie at Chick n' scratch. I think it's such a simple way to add some detail and elegance to a card.

And I really have to find a better light for taking pictures!

Tools:

Paper: Very Vanilla

Stamp: Loads of Love and Loads of Love Accessories

Ink: Basic Black, Appricot Appeal, chocolate chip, old olive, real red

Ribbon: I can't remember for sure but I think it's Reindeer Red - it's retired

Card Kits

I bought this kit to make a quick set of coordinated cards to give as a gift to my mom - who couldn't use a set of cute cards as a gift eh? I love how quickly a card can come together with a kit, and it's a great place for a newbie to start their papercrafting passion.

I've also started embellishing the inside of a card, especially when it has a darker color background, it adds more of a personalized factor as well as providing a color to write your message on so the recipient doesn't have to squint to read it (or rather, I don't have to search endlessly for my white gel pen to write onto dark paper).

Tools:

Stamp; teeny tiny wishes,

Flower Power Simply Sent kit;

Ink, old olive

Simple Inspiration

I ordered the Sweet Pea DSP stack thinking how much I loved the funky designs like the layered circles, retro looking birds and funky flowers designs....so I was surprised when I flipped through the stack and totally fell in love with the floral design. I don't usually go for the flowery look but something in this design really inspired me to make a card with it. I wanted to keep it simple to show off the DSP.

Tools: Paper: Sweet Pea DSP stack, kraft, chocolate chip. Stamp: lovely labels. Punches: scallop circle, 1 3/8. Ink: chocolate chip