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A Tropical Thank You

Aloha, all!

Here I am again with another sample from both the Tropical Party Stamp Set and the Island Oasis Designer Series Paper.

As I told you earlier in the week, a few of my neighbors got together to play around with this brand new stamp set and paper pack, both of which will be offered in the 2010 Summer Mini Catalog to be released May 1, 2010. Lucy asked if I'd give her the measurements to make a card like the Thank You Card I gave to her back in December. As I am finding my memory has had a bit of trouble functioning really wonderfully as I get older, I asked if she could bring the card with her – so I could remind myself what I'd made! She also said that she was sure I'd shared it on my blog; but durned if I can find it. And if I can't find it, you're sure not going to be able to. So today I'm going to share both cards with you.

Lucy's Card uses the Palm Tree image from the stamp set and another of the patterns from the Designer Series Paper set. What I think is particularly striking about this card is the use of just one color – Old Olive. That's a classic technique for making a classically beautiful card. I love that she tied the palm tree with the 1/4" grosgrain ribbon, and then added a bit of glitz with the Olive colored Circle Fire Rhinestone Brads. Since the card is not very thick, we clipped the feet from the brads and applied them to the front of the card with Mini Glue Dots. The greeting is from the old faithful stamp set, Sincere Salutations.

I also had used the Sincere Salutations greeting in the Thank You Card I made for Lucy. You can see that the layering of the basic card is a bit different. I layered a piece of Old Olive Card Stock that was just a sliver larger than the piece of paper from the Cottage Wall Designer Series Paper set. I did the same thing with the larger center motif with a flower from the Flower Fancy Stamp Set as well as the greeting motif. Same ribbon but no brads on this card.

As an aside, my sister-in-law and downline, Deb, last week asked me what I thought about the Flower Fancy Stamp Set. This stamp set is one of my favorites and is so very versatile. You can just stamp an outline in one color or mix it up with markers as I did with this card. Or you can fill the flowers in with the solid stamps that are also part of this Two-Step Stampin' set. I don't think that there's an occasion for which you cannot successfully use this stamp set – case in point is that the large flower on this stamp can be made to look like a lovely poinsettia!

Enough of the digression. Here is the layout that Lucy used for her card. To make mine, just make make mats 1/8" larger than the length and width of the main Designer Series Paper and Motif elements.

Next time: Some More Retiring Colors