Speedy Recovery (for CSF 830)

I had to get VERY creative with today’s card challenge! We are in the midst of moving and I’ve packed most of my Stampin’ Up! stuff. I was able to get to my DSP, though, and found that To Market fits quite nicely in our color challenge this week. I turned it into a “speedy recovery” card. Read on to see how I did it with virtually no tools!

Here are the colors:

And here is my card:

Scissors were my main tool for this card! I did save out a small guillotine cutter and that helped me get started.

• I cut a piece of Garden Green with the cutter to 8-1/2″x 5-1/2″, then folded it by hand – no scoring – in half to create the base.
• I cut a 5-1/4″x 4″ piece of Basic White, and two pieces of DSP at 5-1/8″x 3-7/8″.
  • To the Blackberry plaid print, I cut off the corner and glued it to the green print – bottom right corner.
  • Then I glued the DSP to the white and the white to the base.
• For the flower arrangement, I fussy cut three bunches and the brown pail from To Market DSP.
  • With a little Stampin’ Seal on the bottoms of the flower bunches, I arranged them behind the pail.
  • This pail of flowers sits up on Dimensionals.

Inky Alternative:

• Oops, no ink pads! Aach! But my embossing tools hadn’t been packed yet! Whew! I stamped “speedy recovery” onto Blackberry Bliss Cardstock with Versamark, sprinkled it with White Embossing Powder, and heat set it.
  • OK, even more creative…I had packed all my clear blocks and my stamp positioning tools (what was I thinking!) so I stuck the stamp to the back of the stamp case, inked it up and used the stamp case like a clear block! Wow ~ worked like a charm!

Embellishment:

• I tied a “messy” bow with Linen Thread and glued it to the pail. Some sparkle would be nice, but all of my embellishments are sitting in the bottom of a packed box. Sigh! I can’t wait to move and unpack all my goodies. It will be like Christmas Day when that happens!

So there you have it! You can make a card with minimal tools! Not bad if I do say so for myself! Let’s go see what everyone else made using these colors. Click HERE to go to Create with Stamping Friends.

Thanks for joining us today! Have a good day,

 

Product List

Sweetly Scripted Cling Stamp Set (English) [163600] $24.00	To Market 12″ X 12″ (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Designer Series Paper [163421] $12.50	Garden Green 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [102584] $11.50	Basic White 8 1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [159276] $13.00
Blackberry Bliss 8-1/2″ X 11″ Cardstock [133675] $11.50	Versamark Pad [102283] $9.50	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $18.00	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053] $32.00
Paper Snips [103579] $12.00	Linen Thread [104199] $5.00	Stampin’ Dimensionals [104430] $4.25	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $7.25