See how a simple card layout can help you to create the best look

Today's card has such a simple layout but that doesn't mean that my card will not be beautiful. I decided to use catalog products that were designed to be combined for card making and that certainly takes away any guesswork, doesn't it? 

I chose my Beauty of Friendship bundle

along with the matching Beauty of the Earth designer series paper: 

I think it is the colors that I chose that help make my card such a stand out. I chose: Cinnamon Cider, Merry Merlot, and Misty Moonlight. Yummy! 

Here's my card - so simple right? 

Here's how to make my card: 

Supplies:

• Stamp Sets – Beauty of Friendship (bundle, 155834)
• Card Stock – Basic White (159276); Merry Merlot (146979)
• Stamp Pads – Cinnamon Cider (153114), Misty Moonlight (153118)
• Misc. –Beauty of the Earth designer series paper (DSP) (155841); Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755); Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine (149653), Stampin’ Dimensionals (104430)

 

Measurements:  

• Merry Merlot: 8 ½” x 5 ½”                1 1/4” square
• Basic White:             4 ¼” x 1”                    2 ¾” x 3”                    4 ½” x 2 ½”                 
• DSP:                         3 ¼” x 5”

 

Instructions:

1. Fold Merry Merlot card stock in half and crease to create card base.
2. Adhere DSP layer to card front using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
3. Ink phrase using Cinnamon Cider ink and stamp onto Basic White strip. Adhere across card front using Multipurpose Liquid Glue.
4. Ink treetop using Misty Moonlight ink and stamp onto Basic White. Die-cut.
5. Ink tree trunk using Cinnamon Cider ink and stamp onto Basic White. Die-cut.
6. Adhere tree trunk to card front using Multipurpose Liquid Glue. Attach treetop using Stampin’ Dimensionals.
7. Die-cut birds from Merry Merlot cardstock. Attach one bird to treetop and the second bird to the phrase strip to complete card.