Aloha, all!
Sometimes I get all involved in figuring out different shapes and positions of the various layers on my greeting cards and scrap pages that I forget that something simple can be very elegant!
I was impressed by this card's layout when I saw it in the Stampin' Success magazine. All the layers are in the same proportion and they are all centered vertically and horizontally. Normally I'd say, "How boring." But there are two features of this card that take it form boring to lovely: That little strip of "silver" around the Very Vanilla layers, and that angled piece of Satin Ribbon over the top set of layers. The "silver" in this case is Sahara Sand, but its color tone changes when it's put up against the vanilla and the Night of Navy colors. As I thought about this, I realized that this is the type of bordering and ribbon that I would see in a certificate folder presented at an awards ceremony! How elegant is that?! The Stamp Set, Just Believe, colored up with markers for the top layer and stamped with Pear Pizzazz on the bottom layer, adds very nicely to this elegant look.
I'm going to play around with this layout a bit more today and will share what I "discover" later in the month!
Meanwhile, here's the sketch for this card. Note that I scootched (that's a paper-crafting technical term!) the center section of my final card up just a tad (another tech term) to show off the leaves that I stamped on the top layer of the base section. I'll see how the rest of these cards turn out later – and so will you if you come back to visit!
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