Hey y'all, how's your day going? Apparently I am extra inspired this week because I have another double card post for today. Here's the first card:
Okay I realize I am a minority of one but I don't like making slimline cards, they make me grumpy. I like A2 cards because that's half of a sheet of paper, which is economical, and slimline cards don't work like that. But slimline it is for this week's Paper Players sketch:
And I paired that with the Festive Friday challenge:
From the list, I have red, purple, slimline (reluctantly), and hearts. I know it's fun to pull out the newest stamps to play with, but this time I used last year's Country Bouquet for my Valentine. Don't forget about the new Valentine challenge at SUO Challenges too!
Anyway, like I said, slimline cards make me a little grumpy, and when I was trying to go to sleep the other night I was turning over ideas in my head about how to turn that sketch into an A2 card. Then of course I had to make this when I got in my craft room yesterday:
I rotated the sketch 90 degrees and happily for me, one of the Perennial Postage dies fits on a standard card front five times. This was a good excuse to use one of the vertical sentiments from Vertical Blooms too, and I need to send out some thank you cards so this one will be going out today or tomorrow. Win! And after I made this card, I made several other ones that I really liked, I was on fire in my craft room yesterday (not literally, that would have been messy). Honestly I'm procraftinating because I haven't started my wedding album yet. I haven't done any new scrapbook pages yet this year! Gotta fix that.
Anyway, have a great day, peeps. I'm hoping to get some more quality crafting time today and start that wedding album. It's got to be done. Cheers!
Supplies, slimline card:
Stamps: Country Bouquet
Ink: Real Red, Gorgeous Grape
Paper: Thick Basic White, Most Adored Specialty DSP
Accessories: Country Bouquet punch, Dimensionals
Supplies, lavender card:
Stamps: Painted Lavender, Vertical Blooms
Ink: Orchid Oasis, Shaded Spruce
Paper: Orchid Oasis, Thick Basic White, Perennial Lavender DSP
Accessories: Perennial Postage dies, Painted Lavender dies, Iridescent Foil Gems, Dimensionals, Orchid Oasis baker's twine