Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing folder

I love over-the-top, More Is More cards, but there’s something to be said for simplicity:

Easy Events Stamp set
Very Vanilla and Pear Pizazz card stock
In Color Designer Series Patterns Paper
Chocolate Chip Classic ink pad
Pear Pizazz and Calypso Coral Stampin’ Write Markers
Big Shot and Framed Tulips Textured Embossing Folder
Rhinestone Jewels
Chocolate Chip Scallop Dots ribbon

Easy Events was one of the many (7) free stamp sets I brought home from Convention. I have to be completely honest – when I read the announcement that it was one of the Convention sets I thought I wouldn’t use it. It seemed too simplistic, too (dare I say it??) beginner. I know. Stampin’ Snobbery at its worst.

I have reformed my thinking.

I really like the images in this set, and the sentiments – included with the images for quick and easy stampin’ – are just right, Goldilocks. Not too silly, not too sweet, not too stuffy, but just right. Add a little bit of bling, a little bit of Big Shot Embossin’, and you have a card that is…well, I think it’s just right!

Sometimes I feel guilty about how often I demonstrate the Big Shot at stamping events. I mean, not everyone has one, and once you see it in action, well, not having one can be a little problem. But as I tell my club members, it’s my job to mess with your minds! You may think you don’t need something, but the way I see it, you come to see me to find out what you don’t know you’re missing. That’s my story and I’m standing by it.

Here’s one of the Big Shot cards we did at club last month:

Bliss (Sale-a-bration) stamp set
Whisper White and Marina Mist card stock
Marina Mist Classic ink pad
Marina Mist 5/8 inch grosgrain ribbon
Vintage Flower adornments
Big Shot; Top Note Bigz die; Fun Flowers Bigz L die; Framed Tulips Textured Impressions Embossing folder
Stampin Dimensionals and Tombo, the Wonder Adhesive

I’ve admired many predominantly white cards like this, but it’s taken me a while to come up with a design I felt happy with. Have to admit I like with this card – the only challenge will be getting it into an envelope and mailing it. I just know my buddies at the USPO are going to make me pay dearly for that Vintage Flower adornment, but sometimes you’ve just got to go for it.

Builder Dan keeps making promising noises, but my bed is still in the living room and there is a fine layer of construction dust on absolutely everything in the house – and the yard. It’s gonna be worth it, I know it…I just need a little more patience. Does it surprise you when I confess that patience isn’t one of my gifts? I didn’t think it would.