Thank U

Have you ever been trudging through your day, completing everyday tasks when you get a great idea for a card or scrapbook page? You can't drop what you're doing, scurry off to your crafting area and create your masterpiece - so you tell yourself that as soon as you get a spare minute, you'll start stamping. Then, when you get a chance to actually sit down and commit your idea to paper, the inspiration is gone! Vanished! That happened to me today - I had a ton of ideas throughout the day. Projects that I thought would be cute, color combos that I wanted to use, and layouts that really stood out. But when I made my way to my craft room, I just stared at the cardstock like it was going to stamp itself!!! Ugh!

Believe it or not, this card started off as a tent-topper card...but it just wasn't working for me. I loved this patterned paper and wanted to use it as the background, but I couldn't get the main image right. Finally I settled on this "Thank U" sentiment from True Friend. I think this stamp really coordinates with the rustic, western feel of the patterned paper.

The sentiment is stamped on to a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock and then the edges were distressed with the Cutter Kit. The scalloped square was punched with the Marvy Giga Scalloped Square punch (hopefully Stampin' Up! with have a scalloped square soon).

Whenever I pull out this paper to use on a project, I feel the need to use these jumbo eyelets with it. I just love the look that the combination gives to the project! And, of course, I had to throw in some of the 5/8" grosgrain ribbon.

I'm not giving up on the tent-topper just yet - there are still a couple of ideas I have floating around in my head (and hopefully tomorrow, I won't draw a creative blank when it comes to actually doing them)!