Season of Friendship

The inspiration for this card was a card made by Sharyn Tormanen on page 64 of the August/September edition of Papercrafts magazine.  Once again a simple but striking card caught my eye.  The red flourishes were stamped with the gorgeous flourish from Baroque Motifs and the white flourishes are rub-ons from the retired Cherished Memories set.

When my older daughter saw this one it appealed to her because of its simple unclutterd style.  Her motto in many things is “less is more” which is often a good guide when it comes to decoration.

Supplies:

Stamps: Baroque Motifs, Season of Friendship
Inks: Riding Hood Red
Cardstock: Riding Hood Red, Pirouette Pink, Bella Rose designer paper
Also: Cherished Memories rub-ons

Simple Snowflake

The latest Stamp Simply challenge was 2b Krafty with Janine.  I spent some time browsing through Janine’s impressive blog and was inspired by this simple but stylish card. I liked the clean lines and the central image.

Once I decided my card would be a Christmas card a little sparkle seemed like a good idea.  I started by stamping the snowflake in Elegant Eggplant and then embossing with irridescent ice.  It sparkled a little but not enough so I stamped the versamark pad on the whole rectangle and embossed with irridescent ice again!  Unfortunately the camera didn’t pick up the sparkliness very well.  The “Season’s Greetings” is stamped in white and then embossed with irridescent ice also.  The background is done with three colours of ink stamped and restamped to create different shades.

The finished size of the card is 5½” x 4¼” but I started with a piece of cardstock 4¼” x 12″  and scored it at 5¼” and then 10¾” to make the flap on the right side.  Attached to the flap is a 1¼” circle with a slot punched in it to thread ribbon through.

Supplies:

Stamps: ,Many Merry Messages, Winter Post
Inks: Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Craft White, Versamark
Cardstock: Elegant Eggplant, Perfect Plum, Pale Plum, Whisper White
Also: Eggplant grosgrain ribbon