Look It's a Card Purse!

This is one of the cards we made at Stamp Club Friday night. It is always a good time spent with friends! The snacks are usually pretty good too!

This is a CASE of a card by LeeAnn Gruff. (Found it!! Click on her name to see the card that inspired me) I can't find her blog but her card had a watermark. If this is your card e-mail me and I will post a link. This Top Note die cut has so many uses. I am amazed at all the creative ways it has been folded, cut, stamped and inked. I like the Bigz & Original dies the best because you can cut chipboard and multiple sheets of card stock.

The flowers are cut using the Birds & Blooms sizzlets. One more time I used the Polka Dot Punches stamp set because it matched the paper and I like to be "matchy matchy." The ribbon is from the SAB ribbon bundle. The Curly Label punch coordinates well with the Top Note.

I almost made a big blunder at stamp club (usually I only make small blunders). About 15 minutes before class as I am getting my supplies out I notice that 2 of my projects are using the jumbo eyelets. So what you ask? Well I am FRANTICALLY COUNTING TO MAKE SURE I HAVE ENOUGH. Guess what!? I have just enough! A big sigh of relief!!

Another CASE from the SAB catalog!

I CASED the SAB catalog again! I love the colors in this catalog and in the SAB paper: Bashful Blue, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, and Sahara Sand (no pink but I still love it!). I enjoy working with many different colors but I always seem to come back to the pastels.

Lately I have noticed several cards made with punched embellishments the same color as the background like the blue flowers on this card. There are several examples of this in the SU catalog. I did add a little faux stitching around the Bashful Blue flowers but who can resist that little white gel pen? Rhinestone brads are in the center of the punched flowers and the ribbon is the Certainly Celery from the SAB ribbon bundle that is FREE with a $50 purchase. The stamp set is Polka Dot Punches.