Very Simply Susan

Who doesn’t love making cards with circle shapes? Circles are easy shapes to work with and make an interesting design on any card. Circle Celebration from the Jan-Jun 2021 Mini caught my eye almost the first look at the catalog and this is the first time I have used it. I thought the challenge for #GDP245 at Global Design Project was an interesting layout and perfect for the Circle Celebration card set. If you want to see more designs for this challenge, just click on the image below to see some great card ideas.

For my card, I decided to do something with gray and yellow. I have love this combo for a while now and when it came out as Pantone’s color duo of the year, I was excited to see what apparel, interior decor and so much more was going to be available in this combination. I used Gray Granite and So Saffron, which I felt had a very mellow feel to it.

The card is cased from the Global Design Project “Case the Designer” card you see above. I love to work with collages and Circle Celebration is an easy stamp set for this type of design. I really used all the stamps in the set and then punched them out to see what I liked. My card above was my final choice.

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There are times when I like the matching die sets more than I do the stamp set. The Dandy Wishes dies I used in this card are one of these times! I had a Demonstrator swap due and the theme was Sympathy cards. I wanted something cheery but simple. The graphics in these patterns from the Dandy Garden DSP really caught my eye the first time I looked at this paper set. I always think there is a lot of potential with monochromatic graphic paper designs.

By using the two patterns in the paper and piecing them, I was able to make enough cards the swap required with a 6″ x 6″ DSP paper stack. I simply cut the paper to the width I needed and cut each of those pieces in half and then pieced them to make the background. The ribbon hides the seam, mostly!

All the contrast for this tone on tone paper is provided by the ribbon trim, the die cuts and a layer behind the sentiment. Using a “dark-light” combination makes the contrast dramatic and eye-catching. A couple of enamel dots and the card was done! It’s understated enough for a sympathy card with just enough whimsy to make the recipient feel a little cheer.

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Here’s a card I made for Valentine’s Day and never got around to posting. But I don’t think it is exclusively a Valentine’s Day card. Just something a little flirty when you feel like sending someone a little wink!

I wanted to try some of the gold leafing technique, which is oh so cool and easy to do. With just some Heat & Stick emboss powder and the new Gilded Leafing flakes, it is such an easy touch to elevate the look of your cards. I have worked with gold leafing a lot in the past and I have to say the Stampin’ Up! gold leafing is great.

In fact, the gold leafing is so easy, I decided to try gold leafing one of the Silver Heart Charms. I think it came out great. I then added a the punch out lips from the Heart & Kisses set. It was mounted on one of those spring pop mounts everyone is so crazy about.  It makes a nice little touch.

If you like lots of shine and gold accents in a card, you just have to try gold leafing! It really does up your card making game! And sending a little flirt now and then to someone is a good thing too!

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