Happy Day

I've had a productive day today. Michele and I finished a bunch of the stuff we've been working on for the upcoming craft fair and made good progress on some other projects. I've finished most of my swaps for the upcoming SU! VA Beach regionals and I've stamped the pieces for my swap card for the SCS dinner on Friday night. And, I finished 2 cards for today's SCS Featured Stamper challenge.

This week's featured stamper is rohla/Amy. You can see her SCS gallery here. So many pretty cards! I was drawn to two cards she did using Polka-dot Posies and Happy Everything. In the card on the left, I changed the card from the square card in Amy's version to a standard 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" card. I kept the layout basically the same. I think the layout works better on the square card than on my version, though. Instead of using the Paisley background stamp for the Cranberry Crisp panel, I used my brand new Spots & Dots Cuttlebug folder. I just got it yesterday and couldn't wait to play with it! I switched the flower image in the card to the polka-dotted one to go with the dots in the embossed image. I also added a clear button to the center of the flower.

In the card on the right, I kept the layout exactly the same as the original. Since I didn't have much Really Rust and More Mustard cardstock I changed some of the card's colors. The color combo came from putting Night of Navy in on the SU! Color Combo search engine. I also changed the stamp set I used for the flower image. I used the large flower from You Make Me Happy. Like the original, I used a clear button at the center of the flower. I added some "speckles" to the white panel with the sentiment using the color spritzer and my Bashful Blue marker. That helped make the white panel look less harsh against the red and navy.

Materials Used:

Card 1~~

From Stampin' Up!: Polka-dot Posies, Simply Circles, and Happy Everything stamp sets; Cool Caribbean and Cranberry Crisp Classic inks; Cool Caribbean, Cranberry Crisp, Marigold Morning, and Whisper White cardstock; word window punch; stampin' dimensionals; glue dots

Other: Spots & Dots A2 embossing folder (Cuttlebug); brads (Making Memories); clear button (FooFaLa); yellow stitched ribbon (AC Moore)

Card 2~~

From Stampin' Up!: You Make Me Happy, Linen, and Happy Everything stamp sets; Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, and Real Red Classic inks; Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Real Red, and Whisper White cardstock; Bashful Blue marker; silver cord; distressing tool; color spritzer; glue dots

Other: red gingham (Walmart); navy brads (Making Memories)