Clean and Simple FTL 148 Plus Cards with Sophia Scraps

My Kids' Scramp Camp ended yesterday so I am in the process of reclaiming my dining room! I should have taken a before and after picture but the dining table was covered with layers upon layeers of paper and then ink underneath that...but it wasn't too difficult to clean up and it got me in the creating mood. As promised, here are some projects using some of the leftovers of the Sophia paper pack.

My first card was inspired by the current sketch on http://cleanandsimplestamping.blogspot.com/:



And here it is:

Supplies used (all CTMH except for nestabilities dies): (C1340) Aspiration stamp set, (D1187) For Every Occasion stamp set, (X7131B) Sophia Level 2 paper pack, (Z2166) Tulip stamp pad, (Z2128) Hollyhock stamp pad, White Daisy Organdy Ribbon, (Z1151) Foam Tape, (Z1326) Sparkles - Red, Pink, Purple Assortment

So in keeping with the circle theme I made the following two cards. The first one is very simple, no stamping at all. The second one is a non standard size and I added a Desert Sand colored card base to change it up a bit.

Supplies used (all CTMH): (C1340) Aspiration stamp set, (X7131B) Sophia Level 2 paper pack, (Z2106) Blush stamp pad, (Z2128) Hollyhock stamp pad, (Z1127) Designer Ribbon Rounds™ Chocolate Collection, (Z1151) Foam Tape, (Z1326) Sparkles - Red, Pink, Purple Assortment, (Z578) Corner RounderPin It

Embossed Cards

I love simple cards, but for me...they are just not always that simple to make! For example, I was inspired by this post on Ikki's Cuttlebug Cupboard. She has great tips on getting the most out of your Cuttlebug and I really wanted to try what she did with embossing the top part of a side folding standard card in portrait layout (check her blog...she has step by step pictures). I must have gone through three 12" x 12" sheets of textured white paper (aack!) before I finally got a decent card! I was trying to stamp directly onto the front of a folded card and it just wasn't working for me. Everytime I tried, I got a smudged sentiment. When I stamped before folding my card and before embossing my card, it worked much better. Anyway, here are my poor imitations of her technique and cards.

Supplies used: (X5671) White Textured cardstock, (C1340) Aspiration stamp set, (D1187) For Every Occasion, (C1381) Card Chatter - Thank You, (Z2120) Garden green stamp pad, (Z2162) Honey stamp pad, (Z2158) Watermelon stamp pad, (Z697) Round Sponge, nestabilities, Swiss dots embossing folder, Victoria embossing folder

There's just something about embossed white paper that is so elegant and beautiful. I think if I can ever get a whole bunch of these made with different unsmudged (!) sentiments on the bottom, they would make a nice gift set.

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