Simply Elegant

What a perfect name for this suite of products.  I think this may well be one of the most elegant sets of paper I have ever owned and I have been having some fun with it.  Today’s share is a very quick and simple card that uses heat embossing to make it pop.

The card base is Basic Gray cardstock that is cut 5 ½ x 8 ½”, scored at 4 ¼”.  I started this card by stamping my sentiment “Wishing you a wonderful Birthday” from the Elegantly Said stamp set, right onto the far-right bottom of my card using VersaMark ink.  I then added gold stampin’ emboss powder from the Metallics collection and heat set it using my Heat Tool (I love the beautiful raised affect you get from embossing).  Once that was done, I added a piece of the Simply Elegant Specialty Designer Series Paper (don’t you love those beautiful golden arches), that measured 3 x 5 ½” butting it right up against the top of the card.  I then added a piece of Gold Foil that measured ½ x 5 ½” (this does a great job of hiding the seam from the DSP and you could also use ribbon for this if you wanted). 

Next, I stamped the pretty flowers onto a piece of Basic Gray cardstock using VersaMark ink and again used the gold stampin’ emboss powder and the heat tool to emboss it.  Once it was done, I simply fussy cut them out.  I added some of the gold twine that is called Simply Elegant Trim looping it a couple times behind the flowers.  I popped this up on my card using Dimensionals.

As I promised this really is a simple card.  You could also stamp those same flowers on the inside of the card perhaps using basic gray ink so it coordinated really well.  I hope you enjoy this card I certainly enjoyed making it.  As always you can find the supplies to create this card and much more on my website at https://craftwithronnie.stampinup.net or by click the shopping button at the top of this blog or the link to the supplies listed below. 

Happy Crafting!!!

Product List

Elegantly Said Cling Stamp Set [155095]	Simply Elegant 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper [155761]	Gold Foil Sheets [132622]	Basic Gray 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [121044]	Simply Elegant Trim [155766]
Versamark Pad [102283]	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555]	Heat Tool (Us And Canada) [129053]