Just For You

Hi everyone!  I am using the Postage Stamp die set today which I really like and I think has a lot of potential.  This card, though more feminine as is, could easily be altered to suit a masculine recipient, don't you think?  A change of colour, remove the messy bow and stick pins and voila!That is one of best features of this die set, I think, that it lends itself to so many different looks and layouts.  I went with an aqua and chocolate color scheme on this one as I love those two colours together, they always just seem to be pleasing to the eye.  I used the In Spades border and cut two of them so that I could thread my viontage ribbon through them and have them border my focal element.  I tucked the ends around the back of the card and secured them and added the bow with a sticky glue dot.  I cut out two of the Postage stamp dies with the two largest in the set, one inside the other to cut a frame.  Since these were the same size and I wanted them to look like they had been interlocked, I had to cut the dies in a few places and then reassemble it so it looked like it was going underneath the second die in places.  If you have a good look at the close up below, you can see that I could not have achnieved this look without cutting them (or the help of Houdini! LOL)  I stamped a sentiment for the centre of the dies and inked it slightly with Frayed Burlap Distress ink and mounted it on 3D foam pads.  The background used some coordinating papers that I had in my stash, but the name had been cut off already, so sorry.  I really like the simplicity of this one, I hope you do too!  All for now, Sue x