Wonderful You

Do you ever find yourself hooked on a particular layout for your cards or scrapbook pages? Sometimes you find a really good "template," and you just can't help trying it out in different colors for different seasons. This is one of my "go to" card templates:

Today I used this template to make a card using the Twitterpated Product Suite, but I rearranged the pieces a tiny bit:

 I used a Blender Pen to color in the images that I stamped in Basic Gray ink onto Whisper White card stock. All of the floral images are from the new Bordering on Romance stamp set, and the sentiment is from the new Loving Thoughts stamp set.
While I was coloring, I didn't realize I had a tiny bit of Blushing Bride ink on my fingers, which of course ended up on my card stock. I know none of you have ever had an ink boo-boo on your work (wink), but just in case that ever happens, you can rescue your work.

Can you see the little ink smudges? I "saved" it by grabbing my Color Spritzer Tool and Blushing Bride marker. Perfect!! Now, it looks like I meant to spritz it in the first place. Yay!

Give Thanks card

As promised, here is the other "make-and-take" project from Kimberly's workshop:

I love using this layout for quick and easy cards. The layout is simple, but you can make the individual pieces as complex as you like. Click here to see another card using the same layout.
For this card, we used Soft Suede for the card base. The strip of Spice Cake DSP has a Basic Pearl at the corner for some pretty elegance. To create the focal point, we stamped the solid image leaves from Gently Falling in River Rock, Pear Pizzazz(stamped off), and Soft Suede(stamped off) ink. The outline images are all stamped in Early Espresso. To add some texture, we ran the stamped piece of Very Vanilla card stock through the Big Shot using the Houndstooth Embossing Folder. The sentiment from Hand-Penned Holidays is stamped in Early Espresso onto Pear Pizzazz card stock. Then we distressed the edges for more texture.
Here's a close-up so you can see the added details:

Thanks for stopping by today - what cards will you make using this layout???  :)

Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral

It's no secret that I love playing with all of the fabulous colors that Stampin' Up! has. Every year I am like a kid on Christmas Eve waiting to see the new In Color collection. In July, five new colors (Lucky Limeade, Calypso Coral, Pool Party, Island Indigo, and Wisteria Wonder) were released.
I love how nicely Lucky Limeade and Calypso Coral "play" together  :)
Both of the today's cards use these colors and the Array of Sunshine Hostess stamp set.

 This card pulled double duty as a team meeting project as well as a class project. It is a GREAT layout... so easy to create with. The sentiment is from the Word Play stamp set.

Crumb Cake makes a nice, neutral background for these bold colors. The sentiment is from the My Friend stamp set.

Well, I'm off to add the finishing details to my Spooky Village houses... I can't wait to share them at my Technique Tuesday class tomorrow night! It's going to be soooooo much fun  :)