I LOVE Tuesdays — I have complete permission to do a super simple card!!! How fun!!!

And here we have it!!! I know I sound like a broken record sometimes, but WHAT makes this card a 10 minute, or simple, card? Well, many things:

1. The use of coordinating Designer Paper. Once you choose your DP sheets, your cardstock colors are somewhat decided for you, so there’s not much thinking there! Also, your patterned paper adds SO much interest to the card, you can get away with little else. These Designer Papers are from Scarlet’s Letter by Basic Grey. A WONDERFUL pad of deep, richand neutral tones in elegant patterns.
2. Minimal stamping. Yes, minimal stamping — LOL!!! — and that’s OK!!! Here I stamped one solid image that could hold its own against the strong print of Scarlet’s Letter. I used the newly released Spring Ephemerals by Flourishes. I think the new Spring Ephemerals is just a perfect pairing with Scarlet’s Letter — love them together! I stamped this bleeding heart in black so it would have a silhouette effect and coordinate with the designer paper used.
3. Simple sentiments. All the sentiments from this set, which are the flower’s name, fit just perfectly into the smallest of the dies in the Labels Trio by Spellbinders. Using dies to cut and and emboss your sentiments makes life super easy — just stamp your sentiment, with no need to worry about proper alignment, as you are going to cut it with the die.After it is cut and embossesd, just attach wherever you’d like — easy and quick!!!
4. Add a little *pretty* with easy to use ribbon. Here I used both Black Sheer and Dark Red Sheer ribbon. I LOVE this light weight, wispy ribbon. It ties into these pretty fluffy little bows and it handles so well, being so soft, pliable and light weight. And being so light weight, even having 2 bows on your card doesn’t over power it.

To add a little interest to my red bow, I first attached an S shaped clip from SU’s Hodgepodge Hardware to the corner of my card with a glue dot in the center. Then I punched holes with the Cropadile where thecenters of the S curves were. Then I just ran my ribbon trough and tied it into a bow — just for fun and to add a little something exrtra of interest up in that corner.

• Stamps: Spring Ephemerals by Flourishes
• Paper: SUVery Vanilla, Black. Prism Blush Red Dark. Basic Grey’s Scarlet Letter DP.
• Ink: Palette Noir Black
• Accessories: Black and Dark Red Sheer Ribbon, Label Trios by Spellbinders, SU Brass Hodgepodge Hardware, Mounting Squares

Thanks so much for stopping in for 10 Minute Tuesday!!! I truly appreciate it!!! Tomorrowis Wednesday, and that brings *May I Suggest…*, so if you’re interested, come to see what I’m suggesting tomorrow!!!

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