I LOVE using Stampin' Up's two-sided Designer Series Papers on many of my projects -- and when you need a quick and easy card, this one fits the bill. It's great with any two-sided designer paper -- and this is the time of year when so many are "retiring" from our current Stampin' Up offerings to make room for new papers. You can make a whole bunch of these cards up with different greetings. This was my workshop card for the past couple of months and I loved sharing it because it was easy for everyone to go home and really make more!
I started with a 4" by 5 1/4" panel of the Designer Paper called Tea Party. You slice 1 1/2" off -- and then flip the small piece over to reveal the coordinating side. Adhere both pieces down to your standard card made from a half sheet of Almost Amethyst card stock. I like to cover the "seam" between papers with either ribbon or a strip of card stock -- in this case I used both. The small strip of So Saffron card stock started out 1" wide and was then punched with the Eyelet Border punch along one edge. White Taffeta ribbon is the perfect soft accent. The focal point is made using the Oval All stamp set available right now in the Occasions Mini Catalog. The greeting is punched out with the Large Oval punch and layered onto a mat made using the Scallop Oval Punch (also in the Occasions mini). A little color added using a blender pen and Stampin' Pastels makes it all match. It would be so easy to make a set of coordinating cards using the different Tea Party papers and different greetings in the Oval All set.
So get out those papers you've been hoarding and make some cards -- then mail one to someone who you know would love getting some real mail!
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