Vintage French Country (or something like that)

After the kids went to bed last night, I spent my evening working on another card. I knew I wanted to combine my new Established Elegance stamp set with the new Beau Chateau designer series paper.

After playing around with various layouts, this is what I came up with:  (click the pics for a closer peek)

Isn't it pretty? I think it's so soft and feminine looking!  I ran a piece of our Vanilla Seam Binding ribbon through my sewing machine set to my basting stitch (which is just the longest straight stitch) which gave me a beautiful even gather.  I adhered it to the card with a small strip of double sided adhesive along the front and wrapped the edges around and adhered them to the back.

I cut out the flower using my Fun Flowers Bigz die.  That tiny silver center? That's one of our new silver Mini Brads! They are so petite which makes them absolutely adorable!!

The small leaves are cut out using my Little Leaves sizzlet.


Can you see the small embossed oval next to the flower?

I used one of our new Designer Frames Embossing Folders.   The oval frame is the exact size as our Extra Large Oval Punch so it makes it SO quick and simple to add a greeting or stamped image to the center.  To finish it off, I added three of our small Basic Pearls.

Hope you like it!  If you have any questions or would love to see any of these products in person, let me know!

Happy Stamping!

It's been awhile....

Wow - I can't believe it's been almost 2 weeks since I last posted anything. Unfortunately, our household was hit with a brutal cold/bug and I'd HOPED it would skip me, but no, I too got hit. A week and a half later and I'm still dealing with it.  Not much fun when I'm still trying to deal with three sick kids!  It looks like we're all finally on the mend though! :)

I did sneak into my craft room last night and sat down with a new stamp set that just arrived. It's called Established Elegance and I loved it as soon as I saw it in our new Idea Book & Catalogue!

I just love anything vintage right now, so I knew I had to add this set to my collection! 

Here's my card:

If you saw my pool party card post last month, you'll probably recognize the layout.  I pretty much copied the layout and colors (using Crumb Cake instead of Wild Wasabi) and used my new stamps.  I added a single rhinestone to the crown image for a little extra sparkle.  I also dusted off my Sincere Salutations stamp set.  I keep forgetting what a great little set that is and it covers a number of different occasions!

Hope you like it!

Happy Stamping!