Seasonally Scattered for Simple Saturday

Saturday is finally here!  I’ve been working all week to prepare for the Crafty Consignment Sale that’s happening today!  Woo hoo!  I’ll share more on that tomorrow.  For now, I’m happy to share a card I made for Simple Saturday – super-simple and super-fun.  Here’s my card:

Tips, Tricks and Reminders

• Bold Embossing.  This gorgeous sentiment is heat embossed with Crushed Curry Stampin’ Emboss Powder on Blackberry Bliss cardstock.  I love the combination of these two colors.  To further accentuate the Crushed Curry, I added a thin border of the regal yellow around the sentiment panel – makes it almost look like the yellow sentiment might be a cutout, allowing the panel to peep through.
• Balance.  I say it all the time – and if you read my blog all the time, then you read it all the time.  Still, it’s worth repeating some of the time.  It’s so important that all of the elements in a card balance – they don’t have to be centered, but they have to create a balanced harmony on the face of the card.  The Crumb Cake band is positioned close to the top of the card front, while the sentiment is positioned in the lower, right.  I needed a little bit more balance, so I added three Crushed Curry candy dots above the sentiment.  It gave me just the balance I needed.
• Color Combination.  I love this color combination.  It all started with Blackberry Bliss and Crushed Curry – to keep it from traveling into Mardi Gras, I grounded the two colors a bit with some Crumb Cake.  If ever you question your colors, they will always be enhanced by Crumb Cake.  🙂  If you like this color combination, too, feel free to save this off for future reference.

Stamp Sets:  Seasonally Scattered  Papers:  Blackberry Bliss, Crushed Curry, Crumb Cake  Inks:  VersaMark  Accessories:  Crushed Curry Stampin’ Emboss Powder, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Thanks for stopping by today!

Brian

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