I’m totally in love with it! So much so that I’m going to make a bunch of sets for some friends. I’m hosting my book club tomorrow night, and it turns out that only half of the folks in the club can come. I’ve disappointed and angry, and after a night of licking my wounds, I’ve decided to focus on the positive…the wonderful women that are coming. So I’ve chucked the fancy dinnerand am getting take out instead. To make up for my lack of culinary effort and to thank them for not flaking out on me, I’ve decided to make each of them a set of 4 of these cards.

“Whoa!” you say, “how can you have time for that?” Well, I have time for it because this card was soooo simple and quick to make. Simple cutting, simple punching, simple stamping.

Recipe:

• Stamps: Say it with Scallops (retiring as of June 30th)
• Paper: Sage Shadow, Sale-A-Bration DSP (retired – but you can use any So Saffron patterned DSP), Perfect Plum, Whisper White
• Ink: Whisper White Craft, Sage Shadow
• Accessories: Whisper White Ribbon, Hodgepodge Ribbon Slider (retired), Scallop Square punch, 1″ Square Punch, non-SU border punch, SNAIL, Stampin’ Dimensionals

I used Coluzzle to cut out the circles to mimic the flowers on the Say It with Scallops “Hi” stamp. I didn’t cut the circles all the way – the square “Hi” hides where they remain attached to the card. For the small circle to the left, I hand cut the small circle in the middle since I don’t have a circle punch that small yet.

Recipe:

Stamps: Say It with Scallops, Posy

Card Stock: Bashful Blue, Whisper White, Brushed Silver

Ink: Whisper White Craft, Bashful Blue

Accessories/Tools: Coluzzle, Corner Rounder, Paper Snips, Stampin’ Dimensionals, SNAIL

I’ve been an insomniac all Labor Day weekend…staying up until the wee hours wide awake. Last night I decided to give this week’s Splitcoast Stampers Tutorial a whirl. Isn’t it great? It is just a bit shorter than a standard card, so it fits into a Medium Envelope!

I love how the Posy stamp works with the Say it With Scallops Thank You stamp. I now NEED to have the new Scallop Square punch! I cut that out by hand using Paper Snips and the punch would have made it much easier. Three of stamps in the Say It with Scallops set coordinate with that punch, as do two of the stamps in the Punches Three Level 1 Hostess set. Here is what the card looks like closed:

As you can see, closed the card is a little plain. If i could do it again, I’d have stamped the Always Artichoke card stock in VersaMark with the Posy stamp as well. I’d also be more careful with the placement of the sentiment/embellishment of the pull up card (it is kind of peeking through when closed). And my last self criticism is that I wasn’t careful enough when I was making the folds…I should have used my Bone Folder from the start to keep them crisp.

Funny thing about Bravo Burgundy…it is far from my favorite color, but then I use it and love how it coordinates with other “earthy” colors…particularly that Brushed Gold Card Stock.

I can’t wait to get my Christmas supplies…I want to do a Holiday version of this card!

Recipe:

• Stamps: Posy, Say It with Scallops
• Ink: Always Artichoke, Not Quite Navy, VersaMark
• Paper: Bravo Burgundy, Always Artichoke, Brushed Gold, Very Vanilla
• Accessories: Fairy Tale Ribbon (retired), Gold Jumbo Eyelet (not SU!),  Pewter Brads, Linen Thread, Stampin’ Dimentionals, SNAIL, Sticky Strip
• Tools: Hobby Blade, Cutting Mat, Crop-A-Dile, Paper Snips, 3/16″ Corner Punch, Bone Folder