Sep 08 2007
Simply Saturday…everythings coming up daisies…
Clean and simple…I wanted to try out a different style for this design. Step out of my box. I’ve always admired designers who can pull it off…a cool card with a minimum of elements. Not sure if I managed it but it was worth a try! LOL
Simple Daisy Dots Birthday
I love crisp, clean white cardstock! It is so fresh. Why don’t I use it more?! I pulled this card together with the little scrap of dotted patterned paper on my desk. I love the bright fun look. It is quite a bright fushia/red color and ties in perfectly with this darling May Arts ribbon so I paired them together. I still needed a a few more colors for my combo so I pulled out the Certainly Celery and Soft Sky to cool things down a little.
Using my Soft Sky cardstock scrap, I spiral tab punched the top edge and then stamped “for my friend” on it…a stamp from the Lizzie Anne Designs Simply Sentiments set…one of my faves. The daisy stamp from Daisy Dots stamp set is also one of my faves…actually there are two. I stamped the solid daisy in Certainly Celery onto whisper white cardstock adn the trimmed it out. To overlap it…I decided to go with a birthday theme and have some fun with the round birthday sentiment from Simply Sentiments.
After tying on the May Arts ribbon through a set eyelet…the design still needed one last touch. I decided to rely on my old stand-by…my sewing machine. I carefully stitched around the flower for a fun look. Sometimes all you need on a simple design is that one touch of something a little unique. 
Need some stitching tips? Check out my Machine Stitching Tutorial.
Have yourself a very happy Saturday. Wishing you one that is SIMPLY the best!
Supply List:
Cardstock: Whisper White, Soft Sky - SU
Patterned Paper: Kewl line - Fancy Pants Designs
Stamps: Simply Sentiments, Daisy Dots - Lizzie Anne Designs
Ink: Black, Certainly Celery - SU
Other: Ribbon - May Arts, sewing machine, eyelet - Making Memories, Crop-a-dile - We R Memory Keepers, spiral notebook punch - Stampin Up
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great job Julia!
~melissa
super cute Julia, love the stitching around the flower!
Oh yeah! I think this a perfect ‘clean and simple’ card! It looks great! I love it!
Love this look too! I can never seem to achieve it though!
you very much pulled this off. i love this card. love the colors. great job.
This is cute as can be!! Love the colors and sewing especially! Great job!
This is great — the color just pops against the white! Love the stitching around the flower!
I liked this so much I made one similar. It’s only the 2nd card I’ve made to incorporate sewing - thanks for the cool design!
so, so pretty!
So cute! I love that little strip of stitching!! Love when you do that! You always know the perfect place for it! I, on the other hand, would not! lol.
I love that clean look too! Great card! Simple and elegant!
I LOVE this look, and your perfect sewing around the flower! Beautiful!!
Wow–the stitching is the perfect touch!
Julia, the card is lovely! Love how you used the spiral punch and sewed on the card! Great touches!