Inkspired ...

My card (and stamp purchase) was inspired by this card that I saw a while back on the No Time to Stamp? blog. The stamp set, from Inkadinkado, is called Delicate Branches. Sharon made a couple other great cards, too - including this one and this one - enough to send me on a stamp hunt! Although I love the stamps and her cards, I'm not so sure about this one. My green paper is brighter than the paper she used. I think I'd like to try the same card with something more subdued and save the bright (almost neon) green/black/white combo for stamps that are more whimsical. Am I making sense? About the card construction, it's relatively self explanatory. I used a small stamp from the Damask Tiles set for background on the top part of the card and a lined stamped from the Journaling Jots set for the stripes on the bottom piece.

Materials & Tools: White Daisy, Citrus Leaf, and Black cardstock; Black and Citrus Leaf ink pads; Inkadinkado Delicate Branches, Papertrey Ink Mixed Messages, and CTMH Damask Tiles and Journaling Jots stamp sets; Ribbon from Walmart; Black mini brads.

After a little spring tease, Mother Nature is up to no good in my neck of the woods these days. There are threats of serious floods in communities not too far from here, and if ice jams on the rivers and a significant amount of rain weren't enough, she's now taken it upon herself to add a foot or so of snow to the mix. It's cold again and blowing, and with ice under the snow, driving conditions are treacherous. Icky, albeit typical, Minnesota. Also typical is the fact that Marv saw a robin today - a poor little bird who came north too early! Besides the not-so-nice weather, it was an OK day. That said, I'm off to see what I can come up with in my corner. Enjoy the evening! Later ...