Welcome to my Saturday Card Makeover blog post, where I re-create a project I found using only Stampin' Up! products.  I'm running a bit late today in getting my post up.  This past week was my first week back at school and I've had some challenges getting back into the routine. 

I have a very simple card to share with you today.  I've seen several cards that have a diagonal focal point on them (I think there was a card challenge blog that featured a similar sketch lately) and have loved the way they look.  When I ran across the original card in a Paper Crafts publication, I decided to use it for my Saturday Card Makeover.

Here's the original card (designed by Stephanie Halinski):

Here's a summary of the products I used to create my card:

Crumb Cake card stock for the card base; Comfort Cafe designer paper for the diagonal strips; Delightful Dozen stamp for sentiment, stamped with Soft Suede ink.

This is certainly a quick and easy idea for a card, and one that I will defintely use again in the future.

Thanks for stopping…have fun Stampin' it up!

Welcome to my Saturday Card Makeover, where I share a card idea I've found elsewhere and remake it using Stampin' Up! only products.  Today's card goes together quickly and is a great way to use up scraps of designer paper.

I used scraps from the Comfort Cafe designer series paper.  I'm not a real fan of the Summer Starfruit color, but wanted to give it a chance.  Using the Comfort Cafe  paper was a great way to do so.  I simply punched six 1 1/4" squares and attached them to the Summer Starfruit card stock, which was then mounted on Early Esspresso card stock.  Card base is Crumb Cake.  Sentiment is from the Just Believe stamp set and punched with the Modern Label punch.  I added the "brads" by using my Early Esspresso marker to make a dot on each end of the punched piece.  Then I added the sparkle with Dazzling Details.  If you don't already know, when you use the non-color Dazzling Details, it "reacts" with the ink to take on that color.

What's that?  You want to see the orginal?  Okay…here it is:

(Papercrafts Magazine; Sept/Oct 2010, Genevieve Cassady designer)

I kept the card base the same color, and used the dark brown as a matte.  However, I added the extra layer of Summer Starfruit as an accent.  I felt their sentiment piece looked very much like our Modern Label Punch, so that's the choice I made.

I hope that you enjoy these Saturday Card Makeovers and they help give you inspiration to "use what you have" to create cards that you like.  I'd love it if you'd leave a comment if these Saturday posts are helpful.

Have fun stampin' it up!

Good Morning, and welcome to my Saturday Card Makeover post.  I saw an absolutely delightful butterfly card that I knew would be perfect for Stampin' Up's! new Elegant Butterfly punch.  Here is the card I created:

This card was a quick one to put together as well.  Colors used were all from the Brights family (except the Gumball Green, but I think if it were a regular Stampin' Up! color it would be in that family as well!):  Daffodil Delight, Tangerine Tango, Rich Razzleberry, Tempting Turquoise, Melon Mambo.

Here's the original card that I saw in a PaperCrafts magazine (Vanessa Menhorn, designer):

She punched her butterflies from polka dot paper, and I would have done the same except I don't yet have the new In-Color Designer Paper pack. 

I hope that you have been enjoying these Saturday Card Makeover projects that I've been sharing.  My purpose in doing these is to show that you don't have to buy all the "stuff" in order to re-create card ideas that you like.  With just a little thought and creativity, you can use what you have to come up with a similar project.

Thanks for stopping by for a visit today.  Have fun stampin' it up!

Today's Saturday Makeover Card was a fun one for me to create.  I had originally seen a flower like this in Simply Cards magazine.  Here's what it looked like:

I recreated it using Stampin' Up's! Color Collection Designer Paper…and every piece used was scrap.  I free-handed the stem, cutting from Wild Wasabi paper.  Leaves were punched with Bird Builder punch.  Designer paper circles were punched with 1 1/4" circle punch and then mounted on color card stock punched with 1 3/8" circle punch.  Colors used were:  So Saffron, Pretty in Pink, Rich Razzleberry, Melon Mambo, Tempting Turquoise.  The sentiment is from the Just Believe stamp set and punched with the Small Oval punch.

Thanks for stopping and have fun stampin' it up!