Hello Friends! It’s Saturday and I am counting down the few days left until my winter holiday is over! I’m going to spend as much time remaining as I can in my card room! How about you? Have you gone back to work or do you return on Jan 5th as well?
I came across this adorable sketch over at Papertrey Ink and decided it was too pretty to pass up…
I found some cute paper in the Life of the Party 6×6 paper pad by My Mind’s Eye. I die cut it using Lil’ Inker’s Stitched Rectangle Mat Dies and popped it up off my card base with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
I created a little banner from scrap card stock and then created the background banner using the same pattern paper on the envelope liner. A tip for you: save some of your scraps when you trim your card stock down to make mats. The pieces are perfect for making banners! This one is 1/2″ wide, it’s a scrap from trimming a card base down 1/4 on each side. Second tip: don’t save ALL the scraps…you’ll never use them all up! (trust me on this one)
I found some adorable Blushing Bride ribbon in my Stampin’ Up! stash…so soft and pretty! I felt that the card front needed just a bit more so I added some bling with small sequins.
Pretty clean and simple so I moved to the inside of the card when disaster struck…my hand wobbled when stamping the inside sentiment!! Eek! And it was pretty bad, it definitely needed to be re-done. But how? I pondered different solutions but in the end decided that a pretty mat would cover up the mistake and give me another go at it! Whew, crisis averted!
I hope you have a wonderful day today, please stop by tomorrow to see my first post as a guest designer for The Paper Players!! I’m so excited to share my project!
Until then, have fun and get inky!!
Products Used:
Cardstock: Stamper’s Select White and Ocean Tides by Papertrey
Pattern Paper: Life of the Party by My Mind’s Eye
Ink: Ocean Tides by Papertrey Ink
Stamps: Wishes Come True by Papertrey Ink
Dies: Stitched Mats-Rectangles by Lil’ Inker and Envelope Liner Die by Stampin’ Up!
Embellishments: Assorted Moonshine Sequins by Simon Says Stamp
Such a sweet card. I love the colors and the simple sentiment. Loved the way you fixed your error in the interior. I’ve done that a few times myself. Will remember your solution. Thanks for the tip and inspiration!
Beautiful card. I may have to get crafty today and try this sketch. A great way to use up patterned papers.
Melissa, thank you! And you are on to me…one of my goals is to make a dent in my paper stash!! Of course, one must stop buying more in order to do that, lol!!
This is such a lovely card! I really like the colors, too. Not only did you fix the little wobble on the inside but your fix has such a polished look – so professional looking!