Two for Michele

My best friend Michele celebrated both an anniversary and a birthday in July. She's such a good friend that she's even been kind enough to share her internet and computer with me over the last few days . . . Now that I’ve given her these cards and her gift (Gina K.’s Way to Go stamp set!), I can share these cards with you.

I made the anniversary card using one of Jen’s sketches. I love this simple stick figure image from Wordsworth. Here, I used two of the three couple images from the stamp. They’re stamped on white cardstock and colored with Copic markers. I added a chipboard heart covered in red craft ink as an embellishment

The cardfront is covered with an elegant but subtly patterned paper. I used black velvet ribbon strips across the cardfront and added a silvery Dew Drop to each piece of ribbon.

Materials Used:
Stick Love image (Wordsworth); Ash Filigree patterned paper (Around the Block); markers (Copic Ciao); Hugs & Wishes stamp set, Real Red Craft ink, Real Red cardstock, On Board chipboard heart (Stampin’ Up!); black velvet ribbon (Michaels); Silver Bells Dew Drops (Kitchen Sink Stamps); Tuxedo Black ink (Memento); white cardstock (Xerox)

Here’s the birthday card I made. I am back on a kraft cardstock kick yet again—love that stuff!

This is the first time I’ve used the grid image from the Papertrey Ink Guide Lines stamp set. I found that it was really easy to line up the small image inside of the grid blocks. Here, I stamped the grid in Chocolate Chip ink on cream cardstock, then added the smaller image in matching ink. I edged the bottom of the panel with a narrow strip of Chocolate Chip cardstock.

I used a simple sentiment from Birthday Basics and tied a coordinating cream ribbon around the cardfront. I love the clean, elegant look of this one.

Materials Used:
Guide Lines and Birthday Basics stamp sets, cream cardstock (Papertrey Ink); Chocolate Chip Classic ink, Chocolate Chip and Kraft cardstock (Stampin’ Up!); cream satin ribbon (Target)