A Little Stamping, and SYFY Tip #8

We were dismissed early from the Day Job yesterday, so I took advantage of the extra play time and did some stamping. I had an idea brewing, and as I rummaged in the closet in The Other Room, I was distracted when I (re)discovered a package of six square kraft note cards, untouched and unopened. Virgin cards. In the same area was a pack of unopened, untouched, virgin DaisyD's papers. I took them both lovingly to my stampin' spot and set to work.

This is what I made with the 6-pack of square cards. I used my PTI sentiments set and chose six of the more common sentiments (b'day, anniversary, sorry, etc.) to make a set of cards. "None of my other card sets sold at my shows, so let us make more", she said, illogically...

Turns out I'd cut more than I needed, and since I will.not.put.the.pieces.in.the.scrap.heap (she said through clenched teeth), I used them to make a few of these:

Very simple, and I even dressed them up with a brad in the center of each square. What? They look almost centered, you say? Really!?! I must be losing my touch! Actually, I took a ruler, laid it corner-to-corner on each square, and made an 'x' so I knew where to punch. Crazy, I know!!!

And now for SYFY Tip #8. I used Not Quite Navy for the blue layer, and when I put the Navy ribbon with the sentiment, it was just wrong, and I could not get past it. What to do ... what to do...

So I made my own ribbon-ish embellishment! Yes, I did! I took a piece of Not Quite Navy card stock and cut very thin strips, and left them attached (I did not cut all the way to the end of the scrap), then I simply stuck the tassle end to the back of the ovals, and there you have it: a custom-made ribbon stand-in!

Here it is up close and personal, but I think it looks better from afar.

For my next trick, I have something I am working on that I'll show you tomorrow, once I am sure I can actually pull it off. Thanks for stopping by!