I did some stamping on Wednesday for an upcoming party and came up with a pretty cool card. This is one that I am particularly proud of...one of the first in a while that I really wowed myself over. It uses the Print Pattern background stamp, which is one of the many stamps on sale during this month's Bargain Backgrounds promotion (view the promo at www.stampinup.com). The argyle effect is done by using the Print Pattern background stamp, and hand draw in the thin lines using a Stampin' Around marker and a ruler. Just draw the lines so that where they intersect is in between the diamonds.

Changing the colors to something from the Soft Subtles family would make it a very springy card, or try mixing up the stamp set and use something other than Smorgasborders to create a masculine card. Here's the one I came up with (using a color combo I was hesitant to use at first):

Stamps: Print Pattern and Smorgasborders

Inks: Night of Navy and Always Artichoke

Papers: Night of Navy, Always Artichoke, More Mustard, and Whisper White

Accessories: Wide Navy Organdy Ribbon, Pewter Hodgepodge, Dimensionals

I am liking the Hodgepodge on the Wide Organdy...this is the first time I tried it like this and plan to do it this way again. I attached the flower rectangle with Stampin' Dimensionals to give it a little 3D thing going on. If Print Pattern isn't on your wish list, you may want to make some room for it because it's quite a diverse stamp...from masculine themed cards and scrapbook pages to this cool argyle look...I'm sure yours will be well used like mine!