Sunday, June 13, 2010

wishing you lots of everything wonderful

after starting and throwing away three cards, i realized something was off. i wasn't coming up with anything good. so i decided to just do a clean and simple card.
basic and easy just so i could make one card that was a keeper :)

i started with black cardstock, cut and scored to a standard sized card 5 1/2 x 4 1/4. then i cut a strip of white cardstock.


i tied black ribbon around the white cardstock, then slid the ribbon up to the top of the cardstock so that i could stamp the sentiment, using black colorbox chalk ink. the stamp is hero arts huge hugs stamp set.

the butterfly sticker is from a cute sticker set that i got at target. i love the bright colors and glitter on the flowers and butterflies.

the queen and co. photo turns are an embellishment i haven't used in soooooo long, but i absolutely love them.

i used a glue dot to secure the knot of the ribbon in place. then adhered the white cardstock to the card base.


the brads are recollections rhinestone brads. i keep them, and a lot of other small embellishments in a making memories small embellishment organizer box. i used a pencil to mark where i wanted the brads placed.



simple, easy, and it broke my awful streak of horrible cards.
thanks for looking!
blog ya later

5 comments:

  1. What a fantastic clean and simple card, and thanks for the reminder to bring out the photo turns, these are wonderful!

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  2. This is gorgeous! Love the clean and simple design. Thanks for the inspiration :)

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  3. What a fantastic blog and your cards are really lovely..never under estimate what you can do just enjoy the moment and take the plunge into crafting..You never know what you can come up with :) Lynn xx

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  4. fab card and great tutorial xx jo xx

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  5. Just wanted to say your blog is wonderful. The cards are awesome and I love the tutorials.

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