Beautiful Friendship Clean and Simple

This might be “simple” but it is a b-e-a-utiful card in the hand!

I used a stamp positioning tool to get the hydrangea in the same place for all the cards and then free-handed the roses and leaves. The sentiment is from a versatile set called Happy Thoughts, and it’s a must-have set. Nothing but sentiments, and covers all the bases from Sympathy to Birthday.

STAMPS: Beautiful Friendship, Happy Thoughts

INK: So Saffron, Petal Pink, Soft Sea Foam, Delightful Dijon, Mossy Meadow

PAPER: Basic White thick card stock cut 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″ and scored in the middle, Basic White medium envelopes

TOOLS: Paper Trimmer, Stamparatus

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Madge Wood says:

March 15, 2021 at 2:30 pm

That is simply beautiful and beautifully simple! Hope you are well and happy in
your new home.

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1. Celia Cawthon says:
  
  March 15, 2021 at 2:37 pm
  
  Madge we are BOTH! Happy and healthy, and we are thrilled with our new home (new to us). I hope you are doing well, too. Please craft along if you have time and strength to do so. I’m focusing on the cards that I love, and I’m hearing from everyone they want to tone it down, take it easy, make some beautiful cards and not take all day to get one finished.
  
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