Dear Doily For Friday Inspiration

 Good day and welcome to my humble blog. I'm an Independent Demonstrator with Stampin' Up! and I'm here to offer you inspiration and encourage you to get into your craft space to get creative. Every Friday in my FaceBook group, Diane's Craft Space, I post an inspirational card. I try to keep it simple so even a beginner can CASE (Copy And Share Everything) it.

Here is this week's card:

 I started off by finding a sketch that I wanted to use; easiest way to find your mojo and get your creative juice flowing. I chose (and I often do) Freshly Made Sketches #618. The Design Team offers you even more inspiration, so go have a look.

Freshly Made Sketches #618

 

My word of the year is DECLUTTER, or destash. I'm looking to simplify my life and that includes destashing my craft space. Most of my makes will now use mostly retired products. If I can't sell it, I might as well use it. 

Can you guess all the retired products used?? With the exception of the Thick Basic White card stock for the base (item 159229), the Gorgeous Grape ink pad (item 147099), the Dark Highland Heather Stampin' Blends (item 154887), and the Iridescent Pearl Basic Jewels* (item 158987), everything else on this card is retired.

* TIP: If you look closely, you'll notice the pearls are purple, not at all the same as in the catalogue. Here's my trick to a different coloured pearl, or rhinestone, or gem, or sequin, or ribbon, or twine: colour THEM with the Stampin's Blends colour of your choosing. Tada!

Here's the list of retired items used: Dear Doily stamp set, Doily Builder thinlits, Layering Circle dies, Dandy Designs DSP.

If you've been following my blog for a while, you know that I do not leave the card inside or envelope bare. I like a little something, something simple as the start of the show is the card front. Here I used the DSP again (cuz I have lots of it, it's a 48 sheet package that I've barely made a dent into) and a doily image with sentiment for the inside. The doily on the inside of the card was stamped off three times (that's usually enough) but it's still too dark. I recommend you stamp off  as many times as you need on scratch paper first and see which "shade" is the beast for you.

 That's all for today! I hope you liked my creation and it inspires you to get into your craft space today. If you do CASE this card or find inspiration to create something, please share with Diane's Craft Space on FaceBook, we love seeing what you are up to.