Simple Saturday: In the Meadow

In the Meadow.0217Did you celebrate St. Patrick’s Day yesterday?  I don’t have a drop of Irish blood in me but I did wear a green t-shirt and my shamrock earrings.  We did have a few friends over for Rueben sandwiches and some green food items.  We had some March Madness basketball on but weren’t really watching it.

Did you fill out a bracket?  I like to fill one out even though I don’t really follow college basketball.  I just guess.  I’ll choose a team from a state where I lived or choose it from the sound of the name.  I chose Gonzaga to take it all just because it’s a fun word to say!  Ha!  I’m sure basketball fanatics everywhere are cringing when I say that!  Oh, well.  We’ll see how well I do.  After 36 games I only have 5 wrong picks to I’d say I’m doing pretty well!  I must be a good guesser!  🙂

It’s another installment of Simple Saturday today!  This week’s card is made using Stampin’ Up!’s In the Meadow stamp set.  Simple and perfect for a guy.  Those masculine cards are hard to come by, aren’t they?

I just stamped the tree and the grass stamp multiple times.  That was it.  I did add an extra layer of Basic Black along with some Basic Black Solid Baker’s Twine to finish it off.

Have a great day and good luck on your March Madness Bracket!  Take care and Happy Stamping!

Simple Saturday: Love & Affection

Love & Affection.0217Welcome to Simple Saturday!  It doesn’t get a whole lot simpler than this card.  All you need to do for this easy layout is start with your favorite piece of designer series paper.

I chose this pretty piece of paper from the Affectionately Yours package of designer paper.  The Night of Navy and Crumb Cake is such a striking color combination.

Once I chose my designer paper I simply layered it on a piece of Night of Navy card stock and put it on the front of the card.  Then I stamped my sentiment on a piece of Crumb Cake card stock, layered that on Night of Navy, put it on the front of my card and my card was done!  Easy Peasy!

You could even skip the sentiment and just make your designer paper a bit larger on the card front and you’d still have a great card.

Here are the dimensions that I used:

Crumb Cake:  5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″, 3 3/8″ x 1 1/8″

Night of Navy:  3 1/2″ x 3 1/2″, 3 1/2″ x 1 1/4″

Designer Paper:  3 3/8″ x 3 3/8″

Have fun making this SIMPLE card!  Have a great day!  Take care and Happy Stamping!