card topic: using new purchases from K & Company

Recently I did some online shopping trying to purchase items that would enhance what I already have in my stashes. :) It seems like I have to do this every 4 months or so to help recapture my creative mojo abilities.

K & Company's Wild Raspberry double-sided print papers are wonderful. For this featured card, I've used several coordinates and the tags are the reverse of each othe

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The background textured cardstock is from DCWV's adhesive mat stack. Love it! The size is perfect for the greeting card (5" x 7"). Scanning the color washed out a bit.

The layout was CASE slightly from Amy Nemeth's "miss you" card featured on page 72 of the Paper Crafts Magazine July/August 2011 issue. Amy had a bird print paper that was only scalloped across the top edge of her rectangle focal paper. I opted to use a scallop-edge circle template to trace my shape onto the Wild Raspberry patterned paper (thanks to Pebbles Accent Stencil Set purchased through Paper Wishes). Amy used a seam binding bow with a button/twine center located at the top left of her bird paper. I opted to go with a yellow sheer ribbon with a pewter gray brad at the bottom left. Amy had only sentiment text box that she located at the bottom right corner of her bird paper. I opted for 2 tags in about the same area.

I don't know how Amy completed the inside view of her card, but I use a 4" x 6" rectangle section of the 'flowery'side of the patterned paper used for the tags to be the feature inside. I finish it with a small sentiment text strip located in the bottom right corner of the paper.

Here's my version: