I’m working on projects for workshops coming up and I’m struggling.  My personal card-making style tends to be in the “More is More” category, and not so much in the KISS (Keep It Simple, Sweetie) department.  All of my workshops are totally hands on – I don’t demonstrate anything, I just pass out the paper, stamps and ink and let everyone play.  If there are too many steps or the steps are too advanced, new stampers get overwhelmed.

My solution is to make two versions of a card.  There’s one for everyone to make, and another to let them see where they can take the card.  Here’s the starter version:

• Cheep Talk and Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets
• Whisper White, Taken with Teal, Barely Banana and Pink Passion card stock
• Taken with Teal and Pink Passion Classic ink pads
• 1 1/4 inch and Scallop Square punches
• Bitty Buttons, Itty Bitty punch pack and Tombo All-Purpose Adhesive

Do you see the peek at the inside of the card?  Taken with Teal is too dark for correspondence so I include a Whisper White panel inside, and the little heart from Cheep Talk is stamped in the corner just for fun.

Here’s Version 2 (and it’s the same card stock – operator error with the camera is responsible for the color discrepancy):

Same supplies as above PLUS:

• Wood Grain stamp
• Whisper White Craft ink, Heat tool and White Embossing powder
  
• Paper Piercing tool, template and mat
• So Saffron striped grosgrain ribbon and Linen Thread
  
• 1/8 inch hole punch (non-SU) and Crystal Effects
• Corner rounder and Modern Label punch
  
• Stampin’ Dimensionals

Perhaps you prefer the first card – a lot of people like a simpler look.  Every now and then I get into a Clean and Simple kind of mood, but I don’t think this first sample even qualifies there — too many layers.  Either way, the cards are bright and whimsical and get the message across:  I’m thinking of you!