Simple & Clean Card: Fresh Vintage

This Fresh Vintage A2 card focuses on a column of little flowers and a limited color scheme: pool party, calypso coral and whisper white. The Everyday Enchantment brads add a nice, dimensional touch. If I were to create this with the stamp set and Stampin' Up! supplies, I would heat emboss the flowers with white embossing powder, cut them out and adhere them to the card with dimensionals to "pop" up.

Sprinkled Expressions Card - Love

This card design uses hearts and a sentiment from the Sprinkled Expressions stamp set, which is offered in the Sale-a-Bration 2012 catalog and My Digital Studio CD. I used the small hearts individually to decorate the card, instead of keeping them in a cluster.

Fresh Vintage Card

Pool party is definitely one of my favorite 2011-2012 In Colors. It can be used on bright, playful cards with cheerful colors, such as poppy parade, calypso coral and lucky limeade... and it is versatile enough to be placed with subtle, quiet colors like whisper white and basic grey.

The A2 card shown above feels "asian inspired" because I could imagine the patterns from the strips of Everyday Enchantment DSP on washi (Japanese paper). There is not much layering, just the relatively clean layout with straight lines and touches of color. The focal image is from the Fresh Vintage stamp set. A slight "dusting" or sponging effect was made around the edges with Soft Suede.

Fresh Vintage Magnetic Bookmark - MDS

Here is a fairly easy project to create: a magnetic bookmark. You can personalize it or reproduce several for party favors, gifts or special occasions. It is slim enough to be placed in a handmade greeting card for a birthday, Mother's Day or the holidays!

The final size is 1 1/2" wide by 7" long (3 1/2" folded in half). I thought it would be great to include a DSP pattern on the interior, for added pizzazz and color. To make the bookmark ends stick together, just use 1" wide thin magnetic strips on each end (interior).

This is how the bookmark appears (folded):

Full Outer Design:

Interior of Bookmark:

SAB 2012 3" x 3" Cards - MDS Style

Here is a pair of 3" x 3" card layouts created with Stampin' Up!'s My Digital Studio images for SAB 2012. They were quick and easy to create... After recently cleaning and organizing my craft space, I couldn't bring myself to take everything out again. (Let's see how long the tidiness lasts!) The "hello" stamp brush is from Elementary Elegance. It is layered on top of a rectangle, which is placed on top of a Curly Label punch shape. I used Everyday Enchantment DSP and a matching brad for an accent. These cards could easily fit in the 3 1/8" x 3 1/8" Mini Whisper White Square Envelopes found in the Idea Book & Catalog. Punch out little circles or use the Boho Blossoms Punch to add confetti inside.

Mixed Bunch Easel Card

The second card I created for the Occasions Mini swap is an "easel card" which is great for displaying on a table. It has a special fold, a layer of cardstock and a little embellishment to allow it to stand on its own. Stay tuned for some Sale-a-Bration 2012 card swap samples!

Tea for Two Card

This is a multi-layer full card I created for an Occasions Mini 2012 swap. I am often inspired by the color schemes of designer series paper (DSP) and continue the colors throughout a card layout. Here, I have used Riding Hood Red, Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz and Whisper White cardstock, Baja Breeze, Basic Grey and Riding Hood Red classic ink, new Big Shot dies, Lucky Limeade Baker's Twine, designer buttons and basic pearls.

Everyday Elegance & Everyday Enchantment DSP

Here is a sneak peek of what's in store for Sale-a-Bration 2012. I used Everyday Elegance stamp brushes and Everyday Enchantment designer series paper, both to be available for My Digital Studio. The card dimensions are 9" x 4" and would fit in a #10 envelope.