Office Accoutrement File Folder card

Another different type of card we did at the Stamp-A-Stack last Saturday! Since Stampin' Up! now has this unique new Round Tab Punch, I was excited to come up with this "file folder" card using Office Accoutrements stamp set, Notations Paper, the Round Tab punch, and the Corner Rounder punch all of which are perfect for this theme!! I love this "Memo" stamp from the set! What fun! The color scheme is keyed off the Notations Designer paper that is along the upper back portion of the card where the tab was added. That's one of the great things about designer paper, it gives your color scheme without you having to experiment as to what color goes with what. It's all right there for you! This particular paper has Taken With Teal, Cool Caribbean, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, Sahara Sand and Vanilla and all those colors are used in this card. The "folder" is Sahara Sand cardstock, corners rounded with punch then stamped with Vanilla Craft Ink to reflect the vanilla flowers in the paper and provide a subtle background. The large flower is from the set and the smaller flowers were punched with the Spring Flowers punch and adhered with a silver brad. The round paper clip is a great embellishment for this style card.

The inside of the card uses a verse from the birthday set "It's Your Birthday" (p. 182), and there is plenty of room to write a message to the recipient. The designer paper has small numbers on it, so there is a subtle coordination that goes well with this message. : )

This would be a super card to send to anyone, and how much fun to send to someone who works in an office.

Thanks for dropping by! Happy Wednesday!

Office Accoutrement

Office supplies! I've always been fascinated with them, and now they are very trendy! ; ) Stampin' Up!™ even has a new office-themed set in the Spring Mini named Office Accoutrement! A memo, calendar, common office terms, even a couple of flowers comprise this unique set! See it here: http://tinyurl.com/2qhays

This Apricot Appeal card is first stamped with the small flower in the same color ink. Petals and Paisley Designer Paper is layered on Old Olive cardstock to make a base for the Memo stamp which includes the lines and brackets. The sentiment, "Birthdays are the Best" from the It's Your Birthday set, is stamped in Rose Red and the piece is then accented with a Pewter Hodgepodge Hardware circle clippie and pink grosgrain ribbon. The large flower (also from the O.A. set) is stamped in Pretty in Pink and cut out, then centered with the smaller flower stamped in Rose Red. Another of the same flower is stamped, cut out then added to the "Memo" piece for the finishing touch. I'm lovin' this new set and these beautiful papers! What fun!

Office Accoutrement

I'm happy to be back! After I got well last week I headed down to the Dallas area for a Stampin' Up! demonstrators get together on Saturday! We got to hear a great demonstrator from San Diego, saw some cool projects demonstrated and then participated in a shoebox swap. No, we didn't swap shoeboxes ☺ but we each took all the ingredients and tools for a card in a shoebox-size container and got to stamp each other's projects! Fun, fun!! So NOW I have some new cards to share with you!

Office Accoutrement is one of the sets in the fab new Spring Mini Catalog! An embellished "office" look is very big in papercrafting now and this set has many components that are perfect for it! On this card only the large flower from this set was used but you'll be seeing more of it and it's coordinating designer paper Notations on future projects. You may recognize our Spring Flowers designer paper on the left side of this card and the French Script stamped on the right background. The large flower was stamped in Chocolate Chip on White cardstock and cut out. After adding cardstock circles punched with SU's 1/2" and 3/4" punches and affixed to the center with a copper brad, it was mounted to the layers with Dimensionals. This was a really easy card to make and it went together quickly! Love that!

You can see the rest of the stamps in this set in the Spring Mini Catalog online. Just click on the Stampin' Up! link in the right-hand column of my blog under "Links" . Or you can drop by and pick one up from me, or contact me.

Have a great day! I see sunshine peeking through my window!