Fall to Layout #25

I made this card 4.25 square so that I could use a regular sized A2 envelope. I used the MS Lace Heart border punch on the sentiment panel and my nestabilities to make the heart embellishment. The papers are from the Basic Grey Bittersweet 6x6 pad. Supplies: Stamps - My Sentiments Exactly; Paper - Basic Grey Bittersweet; Ink - SU! Chocolate Chip; Misc - Heart nestabilitites, MS border punch, dimensionals.

Fall-to Layout #25!

I decided to go with another square design. You may be happy to know that I did this sketch "properly". That's right, I found a card (in the latest Stampin' Up! catalog sampler actually), sketched it out, then made my own version. I was originally planning to make another heart card, but then for some reason I was going through my shoebox of rub-ons and I found this cute image by SEI. I knew I had papers from the same line, so I pulled those out and went from there. I had lots of fun with the greeting. I really must remember to do that more often, it's a great effect- repeat part of your stamped sentiment but do it in several colours. My inspiration card featured different coloured rub-on words, so I decided to give it a try too.

Supplies: Stamps: Birthday Basics; Paper: White, Cranberry, Avocado, SEI; Ink: Cranberry, Mustard, Avocado; Accessories, etc.: SEI rub-on

Ten Minute Monday (on Tuesday)

I was inspired to create this card from Jennifer McGuire's cards blog post: http://jennifermcguireink.typepad.com/my_weblog/2009/01/my-new-obsession.html?cid=144992892#comments I just got my Spellbinders Heart Nestabilities and the Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper so this was a quick, easy and fun card to make. I used the smallest heart nestie and instead of using the swiss dots folder, I used the Cuttlebug dotted border folder on the sides and scored lines with my Scor-pal. Supplies: Paper - PaperTrey Stampers Select, Basic Grey Urban Prairie; Misc - Cuttlebug border folder, Heart Nestabilities, SU! Dimensionals, Scor-pal

Ten Minute Monday

This card came together pretty quickly. I've still been on a kick with my new heart sets. It's nice to experiment with colours that don't automatically scream Valentine. I started with stamping my striped background and used those colours on the rest of the card. I found a button that nicely matched from my ridiculous collection and turned this into an anniversary card. Stamps: Heart Prints, Anniversary Birds, Faux Ribbon Ink: Ocean Tides, Aqua Mist, Fresh Snow Paper: White, Kraft, Aqua Mist Accessories, etc.: Aqua Mist grosgrain, button

FTL 24

I have been wanting the Basic Grey Urban Prairie paper and I finally got some yesterday. I couldn't get the 6x6 pad that I wanted so I bought the 12x12 collection pack. That made making this card super fast and easy. I used the stickers that were included for the butterfly and the border. I just had to cut the paper to size and stamp the sentiment and emboss it. I think this layout is so versatile - it will become a fall to layout for me! Thanks Natasha! Supplies: Stamps - PaperTrey; Ink - Versamark; Paper - Paertrey Stampers Select, Basic Grey; Misc - Basic Grey stickers, Detailed embossing powder