Best wishes

Sometimes the color orange suits me.  Not often, but sometimes.  This is a card I CASED from a past Stampin' Up! catalog.  There's a reason the catalogs are called "Idea Books!" lol  One of the things I would not have thought to do on my own is to lay strips of DSP down a card.  No matting, no frills, just strips.  I made this card for a swap, and I hope the ladies like it.  Do you?  (hint hint...leave a comment :-))The front flower is cut out and popped up on a couple of dimensionals.  I enjoy cutting things out.  It's almost a meditation for me.  I just watch my scissors snip and turn and pretty soon I'm soooo peaceful.  I didn't mind cutting out a bunch of these!  You know what else?  I like this photograph!  The card actually looks like the card IRL! Imagine that.  Might this mean my photography skills are improving?  Nahhh. Luck. ;-)

Thanks for popping in today.  I've listed a recipe after the picture. I hope you find some time to make something today, be it a card a scrapbook page, or a pan of brownies! Yum.

Stamps: Kind and caring thoughts (retired)
Ink: Tangerine Tango, Old Olive
Cardstock: Old Olive, Tangerine tango, Whisper white
Designer paper: Haiku (retired)

Club cards

It seemed appropriate to me that I did a red card in honor of the Chinese New Year. This is one of the three cards that I had my Ladies complete at the last club.  It uses one of my favorite sets, Asian Artistry (man, I'll be sad when that set retires. {sigh}) The image was embossed with Versa Mark and Gold embossing powder and then colored in with markers.  It's a sparkly card!  Love that.

This next card also has an Asian feel and uses the same set.  (Gotta get my use outta it before I can't use it to demonstrate anymore. {sob}) 

It also uses that To the Nines DSP, which I think is great.  That DSP pack grows on me every time I look at it.  I also like that it has a heavier feel and a textured "softness" to it.  The paper just feels good to the touch.  I can only describe it a s a softness.  It's a good pack for "manly" cards.  My husband and son always like the cards when they have some of this DSP on it.  Go figure, huh?

The last card of the club was the technique card.  We did the Herringbone technique using a piece of card stock run through the Xryon machine and then 1/4" strips of DSP from the Autumn Traditions.   It's a little time intensive, but I like the finished look.

I hope you found something to inspire you.  Thanks for stopping by today.

Kristine