When I saw today's Inspiration piece, an oval enamel fairy frame by Jay Strongwater sold at Nieman Marcus, I was stumped. I wasn't particularly inspired by the colors, theme or design. I decided I needed to step back and take a less literal approach.
I knew I wanted to incorporate an oval frame and some sort of feminine element. The closest thing I had to "fairy-like" were some Mary Engelbright holiday stickers, so I started designing with those in mind.
I stamped the Gina K oval trim on the center of a red 4 1/4" square textured card base. I used my Creative Memories circle cutter and cut out an oval inside of the punch. Then I went in search of a feminine image that would fit inside of the opening and coordinate with the Joy dimensional sticker.
Stampendous Sassy Packages was stampted in ColorBox Charcoal on a textured yellow cardstock. I punched out the image and attached it to the back of the card front and added some black satin ribbon from Paper Source.
It's always good to stretch my creativity.
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