Elementary Elegance | The Maui Stamper

Such soothing colors for this card!

The images from the Everyday Enchantment Designer Series paper coordinate so perfectly with all of the Sale-a-bration stamp sets – this one is Elementary Elegance. I punched out the sentiment on with the Curly Label and brushed the edges with a dauber dunked in Lucky Limeade ink and one-two-three I was done!

This card is kinda begging for more bling, and I am going to revisit it after Spring Break. I don’t think EVERY card has to be ready to pop in the mail. I have a little hint for you too – when you make a panel with two different pieces of DSP, cut a narrow strip of cardstock – I used Very Vanilla but anything would work – just 1/4 inch shorter than the width you are joining, and maybe 3/4 inch wide. Cover it with SNAIL and you have a platform to join and stabilize your DSP – you can butt the edges together and there is no waste!

Just 3 more weeks of Sale-a-bration!

I’ve seen a number of cards based on this simple layout, but introduce a simple change of color and you have something entirely new:

Mixed Bunch and Elementary Elegance Stamp sets
Whisper White, Pear Pizazz, Blushing Bride and Not Quite Navy Card stock
Twitterpated Designer Series Paper
Blushing Bride and Pear Pizazz Classic ink pads
Pear Pizazz, Cherry Cobbler and Not Quite Navy Stampin’ Write markers
Big Shot
Perfect Polka Dots Textured Impressions Embossing Folder
Tasteful Trim XL Bigz die
Blossom punch
Blossom Builder Punch
Glue dots and Stampin’ Dimensionals
Simply Scored

Simple but cheerful! And who doesn’t need a birthday card from time to time?

The Mixed Bunch image is stamped on Whisper White and punched for the top layer, but the second layer is just punched from Blush Blossom – no one can see any stamping there anyway! I used my Simply Scored tool to put those lines on the leaves, but you could manage quite easily with a bone folder and a straight edge. I intentionally didn’t put a button in the middle of that flower, although it was begging for one, as I wanted to be able to mail this card without extra postage.

Now, a word about adhesives; don’t make it hard for yourself! Buy quality adhesives and have a couple of different things on hand, and you’ll find your card-making goes so much more smoothly. Glue dots are great for adhering layers like the two punched flowers, but they are indispensible for tucking those skinny little leaves UNDERNEATH the blossom. A Stampin’ Dimensional gives you – well – DIMENSION, and it also provides a little room to squeeze in those leaves.

Get the adhesive. Be kind to yourself. You deserve it.