What a lovely sentiment. Seriously. Who wouldn't want someone to think that about them?!
This card follows CPS150 from the Card Positioning Systems blog. Well, sort of. Pretty close. OK. Let's just say it was my starting point.
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I haven't been using my Unity stamps enough, so it was high time that I pulled them out and gave them some inky love. I also shabbied up the sentiment panel by running the blade of my scissors along the edge. Don't do that too often, but it does add an interesting texture to a project.
This card also uses some of my stash of scrappy punches. I'm going to talk more about that in a minute.
AND TELL: stamps are from Unity Stamp Company (September 2009 KOM: go ahead...WISH!, January 2010 KOM: Savor the Journey); cardstock is Stampin' Up (Soft Sky, Barely Banana) and scraps; patterned paper is assorted scraps; ink is Stampin' Up (Close to Cocoa, Bashful Blue); also used miscellaneous cut and punched shapes and mini-flower brads.
Since I'm dipping into my stash of already punched shapes quite a bit lately, I thought I'd show you how I've established my collection. You'll probably think I'm crazy. Or cheap. Or that I have too much time on my hands. I can assure you that the last is not true. The first two? Maybe.
As many other papercrafters do, I toss my scraps into a pile when I'm working on a project. Often the pile grows quite high before I break down and do something with the scraps. Here is the way my scrap basket looked early this morning.
When my pile of scraps reaches epic proportions, I prepare to start trimming and punching. I pull out some of my smaller punches and add them to the basket.
(Obviously, I got distracted from the task at hand and wound up with more scraps in my basket on top of my punches. It's scary how often this happens to me!)
Tonight while we're watching TV, I'll bring the basket and my paper cutter downstairs and get to work. I trim the larger pieces with the paper cutter, preserving the scraps that have straight cuts and are a decent size. Those can be used for stamping sentiments or images for future projects. They'll be returned to the drawer where I keep paper of that color. I have a drawer each for reds, oranges, yellows, greens, etc. Not a perfect system, but it's working for me so far.
The smaller irregular pieces I'll use my punches on. Those punched shapes will be added to the proper little plastic baggie. This is how I store extra punched and die cut shapes.
Then if I decide I want to do a messy circle flower or if I need a little leafy shape or whatever, I can dump out a bag and (hopefully) find just what I need.
Now, do you ever wonder what Ken's doing when I'm playing with paper?
Here is what he's doing today.
We had our first floor remodeled a couple of years ago. Now we've started on the upstairs. Ourselves. Well, I should say, Ken's doing it himself. I make the decorative choices and he does the work. It's a great arrangement.
{Hi, Honey! Yep, I'm going to blog about you!}
Today he's painting the stairwell to the bonus room (his office — he works out of our house). After the painting is done, he'll start back on the steps. They used to be carpeted, but now will be wood. It's going to look gorgeous when he's finished! Truly, he is probably the hardest working person I know. He's my own little energizer bunny! Plus, he makes the sky blue, the birds chirp, and the trees sway. Oh, and the walls green. :)
Thanks for stopping by today — and if you hung in there with me until this point, wow! I'm impressed. Have a great Saturday. I'll see you tomorrow with a couple clean and simple cards.