I have finally gotten my desk together, and all my stamping supplies sorted after replacing my computer. I bought some more storage for all my stuff, and have spent the past few days organizing and sorting, and even throwing some stuff out!

Now that that is (mostly) done, I can get back to making! This card uses Papertake Weekly’s Sketch #35, and also fits the Simon Says Challenge of Vintage with Flowers. I stamped the green embossed background with a handwriting stamp, although it doesn’t show up too well in the photos. I pulled the pear paper and the stripe out of my scrap bin because they had the same green. I’d already cut the papers when I went to choose a stamp. I knew I wanted to use one of my many collage-y stamps, but I’d forgotten I had one with a pear in it!

That made choosing the stamp very easy. I used flowers with writing on to tie in with both the focal stamp, and the background I stamped. The collage is stamped in brown ink on some Martha Stewart vellum. There’s a tiny bit of adhesive on each corner, which I disguised with the flowers and pearls.