Truly an Easy Card

Here is a card we made at my Open House Bingo night.  Now typically, I have a hard time doing "simple" cards.  I always want to add a little of this, a little of that, a punch here, a dab there… LOL.  But I purposely tried to go simple with this versatile new stamp set called "Easy Events."  So here's the card…

So, what does it use?

Well….

Stamp Set: Easy Events
Card Stock: Basic Black, NEW Wisteria Wonder, Watercolor Paper, and Very Vanilla
Ribbon: Certainly Celery striped grosgrain
Inks: Jet Black Stazon, Wisteria Wonder marker with aquapainter, Pear Pizzazz marker

And a few dimensionals, mini glue dots, and adhesive!  Truly Simple and still pretty! 

Jewel Tones for my Jewel

Originally posted on December 11, 2008:
Today is my DD#2’s fourth birthday! (You may remember me making her invitations [in November].) So, I combined the challenge I set forth over at PaperCraft Planet and needing a birthday card for her (knowing her favorite color is blue). I’m pretty pleased with it. I used the same basic layout from the card I did for Kristina’s Color Challenge last night; I just changed a few things (like adding brads, taking away paper piercing, the stamp sets are different, no cording, the colors obviously) and continued with a few elements (like the silver stamping in the background of the top right and bottom left corners, the focal point being exactly in the center, and the sentiment being to the bottom right).

Here’s the Inspiration Piece for PCP Challenge #5:

And here is my daughter’s birthday card:

Notice I took the flowers from the Inspiration piece, the silver edging from the candle holders, and the Chocolate Chip was edged kind of like the blocks in the background being edged in the Chocolate Chip, and that center strip on the center candle was carried over in the Garden Green strip.

Supply List
Stamp Sets:
Doodle This Birthday Whimsy (retired SAB set)
Inks:
Chocolate Chip (inked around the edges of every layer) Pacific Point Garden Green Lovely Lilac Versamark(R) (For embossing) Encore Silver
Card Stock:
Shimmery White (3" square) Garden Green (3-3/16" square & 1" x 5.25") Pacific Point (a current In Color) (3-3/8" square) Lovely Lilac (4" x 5.25") Embellishments:
Silver brads, Circle Rhinestone brad
Punches:
1" circle, Designer Label, Word Window, ticket corner
Accessories:
aquapainter, paper piercer and mat pack, stampin’ sponge, dimensionals