Jun 28 2008
Simply Saturday… a summer hello
In my mind… Saturday’s should always be easy. A day to enjoy yourself and your family. Simple card designs are also some of my favorites and I try and share one with you each Saturday. Today’s card is super simple but it’s one of my favorite cards I’ve created this month. Perhaps it’s because it went together so quickly, perhaps because it uses some of my favorite products…I’m not quite sure.
This weekend is the Canadian long weekend. We’re hoping to spend some family time together. Enough working! Enough renovating (seems endless, I know!) The beach is calling my name. 
Summer Hello
This design simply uses one of my favorite 6×6 Basic Grey paper packs…Sultry. I love the scaled down patterns and it was so easy to choose five papers, cut them into 4 x 1 strips and adhere as a background. My Maya Road Sheers to the rescue as a great place to anchor my sentiment and some favorite embellies. I didn’t even have to glue them…staplers work wonders! This design is part of a Craft Critique review I wrote on the Maya Road Office Sheers. If you missed and want to check it out….here it is. I just finished writing another review as well. Will link it when it goes live next week.
Have a super fabulous and safe weekend!
Julia
Supply List:
Stamps: Hello from Silhouette Blooms 1 (Kim Hughes line) by Cornish Heritage Farms
Ink: Black Palette ink by Stewart Superior
Cardstock: Black Prismatic by Prism
Patterned Paper: Sultry 6×6 paper pad by Basic Grey
Other: Office Sheers by Maya Road, flower by Prima, stapler, clear butterfly - Heidi Swapp
Cornish Heritage Farms Staff Designer Coordinator
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Beautiful. I love how you always put a bunch of papers together. I’ve been getting daring lately and actually using ONE! I really struggle with that.
Gorgeous. I really need to try this layout! TFS and have a great weekend.
Beautiful Julia! I love the way the black makes the colours pop! And I just love your knack for clustering different pieces and making them look like they were made for each other!
This is really lovely Julia. TFS.
Marion,
UK
Love the papers, and the butterfly on the flower!
Julia - LOVE the card, partly I suppose because I’m a big fan of Basic Grey too, but mostly because it looks so classy, and yet is fairly simple to make. Thanks!
wow, what a beautiful card. love the p/p’s from Basic Grey…colour scheme you’ve used is gorgeous and hope you get to relax and enjoy your long weekend!
What a beautiful card! Simple in layout, but awesome!
What a great way to use scrap strips!! So pretty!
great use of scraps, J! LOVE those Maya Road sheers!!!