An Unplanned Card + an Unused Die = a Happy Card Making Ending

Sometimes...

(most times) 

I plan a card.

I circle my studio like a hungry shark...

I spot something that interests me...

 a stamp...a die...

some beautiful card stock or paper.

I check it out...

scoop it all up..
plan it out

and begin to create.

But...

sometimes...

it's all very "unplanned"

kinda spontaneous.

I'll be doing something...

open a drawer...

or look for something on a shelf.

I'll see something that catches my eye...

and in a fast minute, I have everything out on the work table..

and a new card is in the works in a flash!

The other day I was getting out a die...and saw this ornate looking frame die...

(which, by the way... I do NOT know the name of..haha..what else is new!)

but..

I immediately thought...

"I want to use it"

 to create a card that would be a mix of casual and formal...

I knew exactly which stamp sets I wanted to use.

So I got them out as well...
both were new...

(Stamp Sets: Paper Smooches...Blossoming Buds

and

Honey Bee...Happy Everything)

I grabbed an embossing folder

(name unknown)
and got out my Spectrum Noir (Alcohol) Markers..

and then...I cut..

I scored..

I stamped...

I colored..

I cut with the Scan N Cut2

I embossed

I ATG-ed

I Wink of Stella-ed
I Nuvo-dropped

and this is what I came up with..

I think that I accomplished what I wanted to do..

Combining casual and formal...

in one card.

An ornate and embossed frame...
(Which I have had, by the way for ages...and have never used)

a casual stamp set...

a casual sentiment stamp

a lightly embossed background 

some layers

some bright colors
some amazing enamel-like Nuvo drops....

and

There's a little bit of shimmery Wink of Stella ...Clear...on each the flowers

In all aspects of my life I am a planner.

(a BIG planner)

a list maker...

(a BIG list maker)
and that usually extends into my card making life as well.

But...

I often love "unplanned and unexpected" card making...

The spontaneity...

the unexpected...

the unplanned..

Putting elements together that were really never planned.

They kinda "just happened"!

and..

in the end..

they're a good thing!

Have a great day my crafty pals...

and thanks for visiting!

Michelle.