HAPPY Thoughts

I decided break out of my usual color palette and try a two-toned card. In this case, I used Stampin Up's Lavender Lace as the background and Elegant Eggplant as the accent color for both the cardstock, inks, ribbon, marker, and eyelet. When it was done, I thought -- great color combo for a sympathy card -- too bad I used HAPPY Thoughts! Whatever... All the images are from Rhonna Farrer Autumn Leaves Botanicals collection and the words are from Papertreyink's Paper Tray. I finished it off with SU eggplant ribbon, pewter hodgepodge hardware and an lavendar lace eyelet. If you look closely, you'll notice some paper piercing along the edge and around the main flourish image. In real life, the flourish looks embossed -- piercing around the edge kind of makes it pop. Personally, I think I'm quite the little stamper genius to add this piercing. I hear the applause!! Thank you, thank you. The layout of this card was stolen, lifted, purloined, taken, cased -- any way you say it, I took it straight from Miss Thinking Inking herself, Debbie Olson. Debbie sent me this darling tri fold card last year and I've been meaning to copy the layout for quite some time, as all original thoughts flew out of my head the day I entered law school. I noticed that the base cardstock on Debbie's card is SU's Blush Blossom, but it feels like it was rolled over or flattened somehow. It has a different, soft texture. I've got to ask Debbie how she did this, but I know she's busy with some deadlines right now! Notice how every detail of her card is done with precision. Sigh. Hey Debbie, prove to the world that you read my blog and answer this question. Um, could someone let Debbie know??? LOL