I will admit (again…?) that the Hand-Penned Suite in Stampin’ Up!’s in new annual catalog is one of my favorites! I can’t seem to get enough of it! I really love the designer paper. You will see a lot of it in my projects.
The card that inspired me today was made by Julie Sperman. Thank you Julie! Pale Papaya isn’t my favorite color but it looks so nice with Misty Moonlight! Julie used the Penned Flower Dies as well as the Tailor Made Tags Dies. These tag dies are becoming another favorite of mine! (Honestly, there aren’t too many Stampin’ Up! products that I don’t like!) She also used the Genial Gems on her card that coordinate perfectly with the Hand-Penned Designer Paper. Coordination! Love it!
I liked Julie’s card so much I was having trouble figuring out how to change it! How do you alter something so lovely?
I started with the card base itself. On her card, Julie layered a piece of Pale Papaya on a Pale Papaya card base. To change it up I decide to go with a Misty Moonlight card base. Even after telling you to check your die sets for nice border dies I left off the scallop border on my card and used a larger piece of the designer paper since it’s so pretty! The tags on both of our cards are pretty similar but I threaded my ribbon differently and used my gems as the centers for the flowers.
Have you tried any Make It Mine projects? You should! It’s pretty fun. Go ahead and give it a try!
Have a great day! Take care and Happy Stamping!