Nope, this isn’t some weird puzzle.  It’s how I make my cards most of the time.

I usually make a card for the creative satisfaction and don’t add the sentiment until I’m ready to send the card.   That way it’s easier for me to choose the right card for the right person.  Once in a while I make a card that insists on a particular message – red and green cards with pine trees are a good example – but that’s the exception.  When it’s time to send the card, I pull out the message I want, ink it up, and add it to the front…or in the case of this card, I’ll put it on a word window and attach that to the striped paper.

• Flight of the Butterfly stamp set
• Chocolate Chip, Certainly Celery, So Saffron and Bashful Blue Classic ink pads
• Whisper White and Certainly Celery (the carde base)  cardstock and Sale-a-bration 2009 Designer Series Paper
• Sale-a-bration Certainly Celery Poly-twill ribbon
• Stamp-a-ma-jig

This card looks a little empty and off balance now, but when there’s a message nestled into those stripes, it’ll be just right.