You & Me

The ampersand & is really trending now & the Perfect Pennants set uses the & in a cute way to say "You and Me."  I don't think I've inked up that particular stamp yet, so this week's Create With Connie & Mary Color Challenge #300 inspired me to use the stamp.

I have to admit: this color combination had me stymied for a minute. I usually look at the colors & then pull out sheets of cardstock & lay them out to see what "hits" me. When I did that, I realized that these are the colors in my favorite (but retiring, sniff) piece of DSP for the current catalog from the Epic Day This & That collection. Here are the colors

 
& here's my card:

(Stamp Set: Perfect Pennants; Ink: Basic Gray; Cardstock: Basic Gray, Crumb Cake; DSP: Epic Day This & That; Accessories: Angled Top Tag Punch, Starburst Framelits Dies, Honeycomb Embossing Folder, Circle Card Framelits Dies (for the hearts), Epic Day This & That Washi Tape, Basic Gray Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Linen Thread, Basic Rhinestones)

I couldn't really figure out what do do with the Crumb Cake element until I latched on to the idea of using a tag. Once I had that idea, then I thought of using a circle to fill in the rest of the space. I searched through my stash of embossing folders until I hit on the Honeycomb EF &said, "Bingo!" I like how all the diverse elements come together on this card. & I love it when a plan comes together...quickly.