Simple Beauty

#stampinup   #faithfulinkspirations   #ManicMonday   #simplestamping  Stampin' Up has challenged us demonstrators to create cards for the beginning stamper. Our July challenge is to use only stamps, ink, paper, and designer series paper. Let me tell you: getting back to basics is hard...but I do like a clean and simple design, so I have that going for me. Today's card started with a 2" by 7" strip of Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper. I got my color inspiration from the DSP and then I went with the idea.

Honestly, I started with a Whisper White Card Stock panel and I didn't like it, so I switched it to a 2-1/2" by 4" Petal Pink Card Stock panel and that was a game changer--I mean, look at the DSP--it's Petal Pink with Mossy Meadow line art. I stamped the floral flourish from the "Beauty Abounds" stamp set in Mossy Meadow Ink onto the Petal Pink panel. I stamped the "hello" sentiment in Mossy Meadow, too. I adhered this to a 2-5/8" by 4-1/8" Whisper White Card Stock mat (which may or may not have a failed stamping experiment on it).

Next, I adhered the DSP to the side of the panel. I didn't like how plain it was, so I folded it back and forth at about every half inch. I adhered this to the back of the stamped panel.

I adhered a 2-1/2" by 4-1/4 piece of Mossy Meadow Card Stock onto a Petal Pink Car Stock card base. Then I used Stampin' Dimensionals to adhere my stamped panel and DSP ruffle.

I really like how this ended up--after a bit of experimenting!


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Product List

Beauty Abounds Cling Stamp Set [148726] $23.00	Mossy Meadow Classic Stampin' Pad [147111] $7.50	Petal Pink 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146985] $8.75	Mossy Meadow 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [133676] $8.75
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [100730] $9.75	Magnolia Lane Designer Series Paper [149484] $11.50	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00