A Man's Bathing Suit???

Here are the next two sneak peeks at the June Stamp Camp focusing on patterned paper. I CASE'd the original (the one of the left) from a card I found on SCS. It features the Spring Break patterned paper collection. The original used the double-stitched grosgrain ribbon, but my stash is pretty low so I substituted the 5/8" Old Olive grosgrain instead. Once I finished placing the patterned paper squares on the Kraft card front, I took a step back and realized that it reminded me of a man's bathing suit. Maybe I still have beach on the brain, but there's just something about this patterned paper that SCREAMS boardshorts to me!

Anyway, when it came time to select a sentiment, I pulled out one of my Spanish sets. I have a friend that comes to my stamp camps that happens to be bilingual and much of her family speaks Spanish. So I ordered this Spanish set so she can use it instead of my English greetings if she wanted. Even though I took 3 years of Spanish in high school, I am far from bilingual. I can't say anything other than "Donde esta el bano por favor" (I think that translates to "Where is the bathroom, please") But some of the Spanish phrases in this stamp set are cute and fun...and for some reason, Ay Caramba just fit this card. No worries though, I'll have English greetings on hand if my gals want to substitute for something else!

The alternate version of this card features the Cutie Pie patterned paper collection. This is a great color combo and the designs that come in this pack are very versatile and not gender-specific. For this card, I mounted the patterned paper squares on to the Rose Red card front, tied a piece of 5/8" grosgrain around the front, and added a greeting stamped with my Whisper White Craft Pad.

This card is really quick and easy - especially if you use one of the square punches to punch out the patterned paper squares!