Simple Perfectly Plaid Card

One of the things I love best about making my own cards is that I can tailor the final product to the person it's intended for, or to suit my mood.  Usually I enjoy making more elaborate cards, with multiple colours, stamp sets, dies, punches, fancy folds--you name it!  But I've been challenging myself to design simpler cards this fall, creating my Classes-To-Go (which use just one ink colour and stamp set), and some Stamp-A-Stack classes as well.

This is one of three cards designs in my Stamp-A-Stack 2 class, created specifically to help create 12 cards in just 2 hours!

I love the simplicity of this card, and the oh-so-traditional look of the green plaid with just a touch of metallic gold.

I stamped my tree in black memento ink and then added Pear Pizzazz leaves and Real Red "lights", and popped him up on a square of Wrapped in Plaid DSP, which was mounted on a slightly larger square of Pear Pizzazz cardstock.  

The "Happy Holidays" sentiment is one of 18--that's right, 18!!--phrases included in the Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set.

The inside message is one of the sentiments included in the Perfectly Plaid stamp set and sends just the right message to your loved one at Christmas.

I hope you will attend one of my holiday events this Fall!  Check out all the details on my "Holiday Events" page (tabbed across the bar at the top).

Follow along on our hop to see what the other members of the Stamping Symphony team created for you this month:

A La Cards (Leena)

LollyandSand (Sandy)

JustBStamping (Barb--you're here!)

Stampingjen.BlogSpot.com (Jennifer)