Very Simply Susan

This stamp set,  “The Sky is the Limit” sent me soaring to place an order when I first saw it as a Sale-A-Bration offer!  It is a perfect stamp set for making more masculine looking cards. It is also a “limited-time” stamp set, so if you want it you have until February 15th to get it!  I also love the Going Places DSP stack.  This paper stack has so many options for making cards that guys in your life will be delighted to get.  And finally, we are getting more choices for them! From Valentine’s to Birthdays, to Graduations, this little set has so many options for cards for the guys in your life.  Or the aviators.   It may be a “limited-time” stamp set, but it will stay in my collection for a while.

The stamps and paper offered the perfect opportunity to use the Lost Lagoon striped ribbon.  I kept the card totally monochromatic since fewer colors tend to be more masculine looking that lost of colors. I don’t know if that is a hard and fast rule. It is just something that makes sense to me. The antique airplane was fussy cut. I thought it looked so much better popped off the page. Popping it up also seemed to make the plane look like it was flying.

Recipe

Papers: Lost Lagoon, Very Vanilla, Going Places DSP Stack
Stamps: Sky is The Limit
Inks: List Lagoon
Accessories: Lost Lagoon Striped Ribbon.

This card for weddings features the new Shine On Specialty paper from Occasions and the Botanical Gardens Vellum Stack from Sale-A-Bration.  I loved the look of the silver foil pin dots on the kraft paper against the dainty printed vellum.  I think the combination of mediums and textures makes for a nice juxtaposition of the dainty and the sturdy.  And “blinged” up a little with the silver cording trim, silver foil paper and rhinestones makes it perfect for weddings!  Or even a shower card or engagement card.

To anchor the vellum paper, I added a little strip of silver foil paper at the top.  I mean who doesn’t have the problem of how to adhere velum to a card without it shown?  I know I am always looking for creative ways to make this work.  And I have tried every type of “no show vellum adhesive” there is.  But news flash…they all show.  So the trip at the top is the main anchor for the paper and the silver cording at the bottom is another.  You could also use the silver metallic ribbon. The white edges on that ribbon would be perfect. There is adhesive behind the flowers as well.  I worked on this card at a retreat and someone who was there working on a wedding scrapbook loved the look and borrowed my framelits to make a ton of these flowers for her pages.  The frilly flowers matched the look of the bride’s dress.  Her pages turned out really beautiful!  So, this paper can work for many uses, not just cards!

Recipe 

Papers: Shine On Specialty Paper, Botanical Garden Designer Vellum Stack, Silver Foil Paper
Stamps: Rose Wonder
Inks:Black
Tools: Botanical Builder Framelits, Big Shot
Accessories: Silver Cording Trim, Rhinestones