Vintage: Plane and Simple

I'm not sure where you are, but it's a winter wonderland here in Southern New Jersey!  I had a Valentine Card class this morning, but we postponed my afternoon Valentine Class.  So, I have a wonderful, free day to sit and stamp.  I'm excited because I just finished making 96 of these cards as my swaps for the Stampin' Up! Leadership conference next week in Nashville!  I'm relieved that they're all finished!  Two of my demonstrator friends are coming over tomorrow to work on theirs.  I can't wait to swap these cards and get a great variety of samples to share with you at my Open House later this month!

When I sat down to design this card, I wanted to do something a bit different.  Masculine cards are not the most common swap cards at any event!  And, I'm in love with the vintage look.  So, I grabbed one of the stamp sets that I immediately liked when I saw the new catalog - Plane and Simple.  This card was inspired by a card we made in my Very Valentine class.  But the Valentine version used DSP.  I made my own DSP with a variety of stamps from the Plane and Simple Stamp Set and Artistic Etchings.  I stamped in Basic Black, Soft Suede, and Crumb Cake on sheets of 12x12 Very Vanilla Card Stock.  After I had made my own DSP, I cut it into strips of 1.5" x 3.75".  I mounted those strips on Basic Black Card Stock and Crumb Cake Card Stock.

For the sentiment, I chose the "Journey" definition from Define Your Life.  I thought it was appropriate with the images of goggles, airplanes, and a compass.  I stamped the definition in Basic Black on Very Vanilla, punched it out with my Decorative Label punch, and sponged the edges with Crumb Cake with a sponge dauber.

I cut, crumped, and adhered strips of Basic Black DSP from the Neutrals DSP stack and strips of DSP from the First Edition DSP collection found in the new mini.  The First Edition DSP is an awesome deal!  You get 24 sheets of "words" for $11.95.  It's a bit thinner than our DSP or card stock - and I like that!!!  It's like using real pages from a book on your projects without having to destroy a book!