Everything Old is New Again!

I have another card buffet coming up at the end of the month and as I sat down last weekend to start designing the samples I wanted to see if I could repurpose some of the unused kits from my last buffet for this one.  So, I pulled out one of the kits and started playing.  Thanks to a fabulous layout by Rita Wright that I saw on Pinterest, I came up with this:

Birthday card featuring the Startburst Sayings and Banner Greetings stamp sets.

I love this colour combo of Tangerine Tango, Island Indigo and Old Olive on a Basic Gray background.  It is perfect for a teen or tween, which is what I had in mind when I put this one together. 

The DSP is from the Quatrefancy pack.  I used the Hexagon TIEF to add a little texture and who doesn't like a little bling on their birthday?? 

Inside view with sentiment from the Full of Life (retired) stamp set.

The best thing about this card is that I used almost everything from the original kit and added only the DSP the Old Olive panel.  Quick and easy prep is the way I like to operate!  Now to do the same with my remaining leftovers!  Stay tuned!!

Hump Day!

Half-way to the weekend!  Yippee!!  Here is another one of the make-n-takes from my Sale-a-bration open house last weekend:

Birthday card featuring the Perfect Pennants and Starburst Sayings stamp sets.

Now, clearly this one doesn't use any Sale-a-bration products, but it does use two fabulous new stamp sets from the Occasions catalogue.  I used the Perfect Pennants set with coordinating Banners framelits to create the focal image and then two images from the Starburst Sayings set for the background.

The colour scheme for this one is Real Red, Pool Party and Basic Gray...perfect for masculine cards, though this one is fairly generic.  I did add a little bling with some stars punched using the Merry Minis punch.

On the inside I simply repeated the background images from the front, leaving the Celebrate image as the focal point, and added a few more sparkly stars.  Who doesn't like to sparkle on their big day??

Have a great day...thanks for checking in!