One Design...2 Ways, Part Two

Here's the second version of my note card.  This one shows off a tiny sliver of DSP along one edge of the card.  It's amazing how much this tiny piece can change a card.  My Spring Open House guests will choose between this card and the one in my previous post for one of their projects.  I wonder which one they'll choose.

I made sure to place my stamping over enough so that I had the proper space to add the DSP strip.

It has a third flower on the inside of the card, the same as the first design.

It's always fun to add an envelope liner to coordinate with your card.  I use these framelits so often that I probably shouldn't even put them away:)

So..... speckles or a DSP strip... which version do you like the best? 

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One Design...2 Ways, Part One

Here's a sneak peek at a card I designed for my Spring Open House Party.  I actually ended up making 2 versions of this card.  My Spring Party Open House guests will have to choose which one they'd like to make at the party.

Have you ever made a card, stepped back and looked at it, didn't like it and just set it aside.  I did that recently, then went back... fixed it and now I like it a lot! 

At first, I thought it was too plain.  Then, I added some tiny speckles and now I really do like it.  Sometimes, just a tiny change like this one is all you need to take a card from blah to beautiful.

Our new Blossom Bunch Punch is fun and easy to use.  I saved one of the 3 flowers to use on the inside of my card.  The flowers on the front of the card are completely covered with Wink of Stella.  For the inside flower, I just added my Wink of Stella to the center of the flower.

Come back soon for a second version of this card.  I think you'll like it, too.

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Wildflower Fields Envelope Mini Album

Sometimes, when I have a bunch of gorgeous papers on hand, I feel like making an envelope mini album.  This one will be for my April Scraps and Prayers Group.  I think we'll have a great time making it.

The papers are so pretty that I tried to come up with a way to show off how beautifully they coordinated.

I used 2 shades of CS for the leaves.

It's decorated front and back and can actually hold a lot of photos or mementos. 

It has 6 envelopes and I cut CS pieces to fit into the openings of the envelopes on the front side of the album.  I used magnets to help hold it closed.

This was a great project and I love how it turned out.  This is one of those that fell into place and just evolved into a finished project.  The DSP designs constantly guide you.

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In the Meadow Birthday Cards

For the male version of last month's birthday cards for my church to send, I pulled out a brand new stamp set.  Our In the Meadow stamp set has beautiful nature stamps.   I knew I'd love this set.

For this set of cards, I broke out my new Japanese watercolors set.  Sorry I can't site the name, but I don't read Japanese.  They are wonderful colors.

I mixed some of the colors in my little paint dish.  I used my Aqua Painter instead of a paint brush because it was within reach and I was used to using it all the time.  It's becoming almost a reflex to grab it for projects:)

I used 2 designs from my S-A-B Wildflower Fields DSP.  This is beautiful paper! 

I embossed the greeting.  It's fun to do this directly onto DSP, when you have a design that will let it show up to easily read it.

I varied how I used the baker's twine on each design, just for fun.  And, yes, this is the SAME DSP as I used in my previous post for a female version of a birthday card.

Whenever I make birthday cards for our church to send out, I always make an extra of each design to display in my studio.  Sadly, I forgot to make extra of these, so you can only see them here.  I'll revisit this stamp set soon and whip up another design or two.

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Botanicals Birthday Cards

I made 2 batches of birthday cards using our new Botanicals products.  Today, I'll share two female versions of my cards.

I used two color stories, with 2 different DSP designs.

As always, all my supplies are listed at the end of each blog post.

Using Wink of Stella for the flower center, keeps it easier to mail.  Since I made these for our church to send out for our birthdays this month, I didn't want them to have to pay extra postage for mailing them.

I absolutely love the new Botanical Builder Framelits Dies.  They are at the top of my list of favorites!

These will surely be a day brightener for the lucky recipients.

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S-A-B Notecards

I love our Wildflower Fields DSP from this year's S-A-B and decided to create an entire series of note cards using it.  Stampin' Up! had several inspirational examples to get my creative juices going.  I made 2 each of 6 designs.  They were all fun and easy.  

In case you're wondering, these note cards are all large enough to go in the mail.  The coordinating Flowering Fields stamp set is also an S-A-B product.

Each card design has a coordinating stamped and lined envelope.

I used the Triple Banner punch to create another coordinating layer for each card.

A little bit of Baker's Twine adds a nice accent to a card.

Sponging is a great way to bring out layers on a card.

I've added touches of Wink of Stella here and there on the flowers.

Cards like these are great to keep on hand when you need to send something ASAP.

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