Saturday, August 22, 2009

Love & Laughter Anniversary

Happy Saturday! I am so glad for the weekend, even tho I am spending most of the day cleaning my poor neglected house. It has been such a busy week with VBS every day and getting ready to start school on Monday. I'm afraid I haven't had much time for blogging or internet time. I am really looking forward to getting back into our routine.

This card I made for a special couple. I woke up one morning totally inspired by Melon Berry and Dark Chocolate. I guess I must have been dreaming about it:). I started with Dark Chocolate cardstock as my base and stamped the large damask stamp from Damask Designs in Versamark. I then matted a strip of Melon Berry Green Tea Leaves paper to Spring Moss cardstock and adhered it to the left side of my card. I stamped the tree from Love & Laughter and the sentiment from Damask Designs onto Melon Berry cardstock in Burnt Umber ink making sure to leave enough room to tie my Spring Moss satin ribbon. I cut both the image and the mat with rectangle nestibilities. I tied the Spring Moss ribbon around the cardstock and matted it to Spring Moss cardstock. I then adhered the image to my base with foam tape.
On the inside, I stamped the same tree image in Versamark onto Melon Berry cardstock and the sentiment from the set is stamped in Burnt Umber. I added a strip of the same Melon Berry Green Tea Leaves paper that I used on the front and used a ruler and a brown pen to draw lines. I love how simple this card is and the way these colors work together.

It is almost time for KLM Design sneak peeks. I should be back on Tuesday for the first one. They are looking for a new design team, if you're interested be sure to apply. The details can be found here. They are a really great company to work for.

Thanks so much for stopping by. Have a blessed day!

Supplies-
Stamps-Love & Laughter (The Angel Company), Damask Designs (Papertrey)
Paper-Dark Chocolate, Melon Berry, Spring Moss, Green Tea Leaves
Ink-Versamark, Burnt Umber (Palette)
Accessories-Spring Moss satin ribbon, brown pen (Staedtler)
, rectangle nestibilites

10 comments:

Jennifer Scull said...

this is such a beautiful card! I know it will be perfect for the couple you give it to! I love that tree stamp. and I think your color combo works just fine! :)

Leigh Ann Baird said...

Gorgeous! That tree is beautiful! I'm on the verge of buying some Melon Berry.

Kirstin said...

This is beautiful!! I love that you did the inside too!

I just nominated you for a Kreativ Blogger award. You can pick it up on my blog.

Gina Lindsay said...

Wow this is a beautiful color combo! I love the decorated inside too.

"Luv 2 Glitter" by Brenda M. said...

Simply gorgeous inside and out.

Scrapping Julie said...

oh my gosh Karen, I totally forgot I have this stamp. I am so going to dust it off. I LOVE what you did with this card. thanks for the inspiration!!!!

Rebecha said...

This card is gorgeous. The color combinations, ribbon texture, and choice of stamp really add to lovely elegance.

Veronica Z said...

Karen, your card is beautiful! The color combo you used reminds me that Fall is just around the corner! I love the stamp as well. TYFS and have a great week!

Cindy (Stamp With Me Cindy G/Stamping Therapy) said...

This is just beautiful. I love your color choice an the butterfly tree image.

Kryssi said...

that is truly elegant!