Relaxation Nation

Today's page features a lovely postcard brought to us by Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville in Las Vegas.  When I went to Vegas last year with some of my friends three of us decided to check out his restaurant since it was hooked right on to our hotel.  They came by and snapped this photo.  We didn't end up buying the actual photo but we kept the postcard they gave us with the photo on it so I could scrapbook it.

I tried to play off of the cool beach that is featured on the card.  I debated adding more bright, crazy colors, but I liked the tone that was forming and I didn't want to overwhelm the tiny photo of us which was the most important part.

I had a lot of fun raiding my mom's embellishment stash for the flair on this page and I think she's probably glad that I was able to use more of the ones left over from my grandma's stash.

Identifiable Elements:

• Dark blue paper- Island Indigo by Stampin' Up!
• Green paper- Old Olive by Stampin' Up!
• Light blue paper- Coastal Cabana by Stampin' Up!
• Lettering- Thickers in the color "Shamrock" from the Amy Tangerine line with American Crafts

Christmas in July #5

Today was a good day because I got to use framelets for the first time.  I'd never actually taken the time to sit down and use any before so I decided to take advantage of this less than busy day to give them a shot!

I really enjoy how this card turned out and how nice clean the lines are.  It keeps the card simple, but interesting.

Hopefully this month will give me plenty of inspiration for more cards come Christmas time, but this is one that I wouldn't mind making a few more exact replicas of.

Identifiable Elements:

• Red paper & ink- Poppy Parade by Stampin' Up!
• Green paper & ink- Old Olive by Stampin' Up!
• Sentiment- "Versatile Christmas" set by Stampin' Up!
• Ornaments- "Holiday Ornaments" set by Stampin' Up!