The Way to Know Life

Ah yes, a much calmer evening.  I stole away to my studio after an early dinner and tinkered around with a couple of new things that I have laying out for inspiration.  The first thing I pulled out for this card was the cardstock and the rest of the elements fell into place.  Once I knew the cardstock, I found the design paper and picked my inks.  I have it say that it almost never happens this way for me, but I’m glad it did.  More often than not, I start out with the stamp.  I’m always curious to hear how people start the design process….if you care to share – leave me a comment telling me how it usually works for you.

The card is a simple one, I started with a dark gold card base topped with a lighter gold panel and design paper.  The sentiment, one of my favorites, is popped up on a dark gold and lighter gold panel which is sponged with SU – Really Rust.   The sentiment is stamped in SU – More Mustard with the edges of the stamped rolled with SU – More Mustard.  Two Nestabilities scalloped circles back a Nestabilities circle embossed with a Cuttlebug plate.  The circles are punched with a word slot and threaded with grosgrain ribbon held by a slide.  Incidentally I could not find the right color ribbon to save my life, so I colored the white grosgrain ribbon with Copic Marker Y26.  The last embellishments were a scallop punch cut to form a photo corner, the round tab added to the top of the sentiment and rhinestone bling.

Supplies:

Stamps: Wordsworth; Paper:  Bazzill, NRN Designs; Inks: SU Really Rust, SU More Mustard; Ribbon:  Michaels White Grosgrain; Accessories: SU Round Tab Punch, SU Scallop Punch, SU Spiral Punch; Nestabilities; Paper Studio Gems; Copic Marker Y26;