Today's card design was inspired by the Retro Sketch #194. I thought the circles on it would be a good chance to use the Scribbles dies. The papers used come from the Silver Bells paper pad from Kaiser Craft. By selecting the non-Holidays print, I was able to do a generic card with the papers. I also drew inspiration from the Just Us Girls #323 challenge (sequins) and the Monday Simon Says Stamp challenge (Just a Pinch). I decided to add just a pinch of shimmer, with a few of the scribbles die-cut out of Silver Glimmer Paper and a few shimmery sequins.
The sentiment was stamped with the Watercolor Wishes stamp set (a must-have) and reads, "A Simple Note." I'm trying to make cards with more generic sentiments (or maybe even some without - gasp!) because no matter how many cards I keep on hand at the office, it seems what my colleagues are looking for at a specific time does not fit with the sentiments of cards I have on hand, so I'm making a conscious effort to fill in the gaps by having "thinking of you", "just a note", "from all of us" and other similar cards on hand. The sentiment here was stamped and embossed with Silver Stampin' Emboss powder on Mint Macaron cardstock and I felt it lacked a little something and I thought a lace pattern would look lovely so I went looking for a background stamp and stumbled instead onto the (retired) Gossamer Lace single stamp, which was the perfect touch to make the tag more interesting. A piece of Mint Macaron Lace Trim was also added to the card, as well as a bit of Silver Cording Trim (which won't be coming back one the Holidays Catalogue come to an end so stock up while you can).
The corners of the patterned paper were punched with the Curvy Corner Trio Punch, and a Iced Rhinestone Embellishment (on sale this week as part of the Weekly Deals - time to stock up!) was added in the center of one of the scribble die-cuts.
Colour Combo: Calypso Coral + Mint Macaron + Basic Grey + Smoky Slate + Silver
Supplies
Stamps: Pensées à l'aquarelle (Watercolor Wishes), Gossamer Lace
Cardstock: Basic Grey
Patterned Papers: Silver Bells (KaiserCraft)
Ink: VersaMark, Mint Macaron, Smoky Slate
Accessories; Silver Stampin' Emboss Powder, Mint Macaron Lace Trim, Silver Glimmer Paper,
Sequins, Curvy Corner Trio Punch, Silver Cording Trim, White Medium Envelope,
Corner Rounder Punch, Scribbles Dies (MFT)
This is gorgeous1 I love those circles! Thank you so much for joining us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog!
Posted by: Anna-Karin | December 20, 2015 at 11:39