Monday, March 22

H{ippity} Hop elegantly

Welcome to this week's H{ippity} Hop! I hope you've enjoyed feasting your eyes on gorgeous {ippity} creations!

I don't do very many fancy schmancy cards but one of the new {ippity} kits, called Regal Greetings, inspired me to try something a bit different.

I started by stamping the medallion repeatedly on cream cardstock to create my own patterned paper. Boy, am I glad I have a Stamp-a-ma-jig! That would NOT have come out quite so nicely without it!

The next step was to stamp the frame and sentiment. The nestie I used to cut and mat the focal panel is just the perfect shape for the frame! And I really love this color combo - very feminine and elegant! I tried something else new to me, too: embossing a patterned paper. I never really thought it was necessary, or even attractive, until I saw someone's card with embossed dsp. Oh, how beautiful! So I decided that I would try it on this card, and I love the result!

supplies ~ cardstock: The Paper Company, dsp: DCWV Luxury Stack, images & sentiment: {ippity} Regal Greetings

Thanks for stopping by for a look! Enjoy the rest of the hop!

PS ~ Do you love {ippity} stamps? You can buy them from me at my {ippity} my blog!


18 paper smiles:

Gloria said...

lovely

Lone Pine Designs said...

A very elegant card!

Joseline said...

Very pretty!!

Kelly Mahany said...

Wow Cheri your stamped background is amazing!! I love how it came out!!

Eva said...

This is one elegant card!!!

Susan B. said...

Lovely card!

Stephanie Zito said...

Beautiful Cheri! Love your stamped background - it's perfect! Have a wonderful day!

Gardner's Basket said...

I love the pattern paper you made, very clever!

Joan said...

Beautiful card! I never thought about embossing DSP - it looks so elegant, I'm gonna have to give it a try! Thanks for the inspiration!

Heather said...

Very pretty!

Robynccgirl said...

Beautiful! Love the embossed dsp! Very elegant indeed!

Bonita Rose said...

Cheri.. this is beautiful!!! I love that set too.. it's really classy..

eryn hannig said...

beautiful card Cheri!! :)

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Anonymous said...

very nice

lisa a.

Donna Moore said...

Wowzer! Awesome!!!

Nancy said...

Truly an elegant simple card!!

Cathy at Paper Garden Projects said...

So pretty and elegant!

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