Showing posts with label Carte Postale. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Carte Postale. Show all posts

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Happiness in Red

So I have my new Happiness background stamp and am playing around with it for the first time, and this is what I came up with so far. I also used my scallop punch for the first time and love it.

  • Stamps: Carte Postale, Happiness
  • Paper: Kraft, Real Red, Whisper White, Old Olive
  • Ink: Real Red, VersaMark
  • Tools: Scallop, Spiral, 1 1/4-inch Circle Punch, Cutter Kit
  • Accessories: Red Gingham, Stampin' Dimensionals

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Target $1 Turquoise Merci

Pictured above is a gift idea for the note card set, using an organdy draw string bag.
This note card and envelope starts off using a bargain Target $1 Spot find, a set of 8 cards and envelopes for a buck. Can't beat that. To jazz it up, I've stamped the square image from SU Carte Postale with SU Basic Black ink on SU Whisper White cardstock, punched a hole in the center, then added clear crystal brads from Making Memories (on sale right now for $1.77 for 42 brads). Next I stamped the "merci" with SU Tempting Turquoise, used the ticket corner punch, and adhered Stampin' Dimensionals to the four corners underneath. My favorite element is the Basic/Basic Simply Satin auburn ribbon--from 15 yards of 3/8" width on sale now at Michael's for $1.87 for the spool. What a quick and affordable card this makes. Better head to Target now before someone buys them all, because their inventory of this item is temporary.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Carte Postale


The fleur-de-lis stamp and floral stamps from this Carte Postale set give a nice French toile look. I made this card layout several months ago in different colors and thought I'd incorporate the SCS color challenge today which uses these colors: real red, sage shadow, and basic black. I would love to give credit to the person whom I copied this from and when I do, I'll edit it back in. I love the long sentiment in the Simple Sayings II set too.