Bring on the cards! Part 1

Ok, so last time we made a gorgeous two-page layout- but what about those scraps? I promised we would put them to good use on some cards: so here is the first card!

Both cards are relatively simple: they use only 1 or 2 colors but I feel that their simplicity really makes a great impact! Plus, I can whip one out pretty quickly: you can always add more pizzazz to you cards but I'm keeping it simple today!

To make the black and white card, you need the following:

• blank white card (4 1/2 x 5)
• scrap of Lovin En La Vie 4 1/4x 4 3/4
• Flower stamps (I used February's Stamp of the month: Beautiful Bouquet)
• small scrap of White Daisy cardstock (for stamping)
• Black ink
• Strip of hollyhock cardstock 4 3/4 x 2
• Sentiment stamp (also from Beautiful Bouquet
• 3D tape
• Your favorite adhesive (I used Close to my Heart's large glue pen)

First, glue the large piece of patterned cardstock (black and white side up) onto the card: make sure to center that piece- as you want to see a small strip of white all along the edge of the card. Next, glue the hollyhock strip near the bottom of the card: leaving about 3/4 of an inch from the bottom of the card.

Now the fun part! Ink up your flower stamp with Black ink- then firmly press the image onto the White Daisy cardstock piece (I always save the White Daisy scraps from other pages or from Cricut cuts so I always have a good place to do these fussy-cut stamped images) Make two of those. Fussy cut (which means to cut out along the edge of your image) your newly made flowers.

Now, stamp one of the leaf images onto another piece of White Daisy cardstock and cut it out.

Position one of the flowers near the top of the Hollyhock strip- glue down. Add 3D tape to your second flower and position it under your first flower- when you like its position, adhere using the 3D tape. Then, slide the leaves under the pop-dotted flower- position it how you like.

Next, ink up your chosen sentiment using Black ink and stamp it on the Hollyhock strip.

All done!

Stay tuned tomorrow for the second card!