Creative Juice Week #30… are you ready?  I had SO much fun creating this card.  I think you can see why.  It turned out so pretty.  The weekly Creative Juice sketches make my creative time so much easier.  I can just glance at sketch, pull out some cardstock and a stamp set and get busy.

Each week I serve up a big glass of CREATIVE JUICE to get your creative juices flowing.  Let me share this week’s card inspiration.

• Get creative with your color combinations.  
• The swirl and the circle can be anything – stamped, Embossing Folder texture, Framelits.
• That strip could be a strip of Designer Paper, a stamped edge, or even ribbon.

You can print out the sketches each week OR you can save them to your computer. By doing this you will have sketch ideas at your fingertips, whenever you need them.  Just click the pic to download or print it.  Remember, you can always find them here if you go to the ‘Categories’ (located on the right side bar) and click on Creative Juice.

Here is what I came up with for today’s CREATIVE JUICE sketch…

I love the little fancy fold I added to the card.  I looked at the sketch and thought it seemed like a perfect card for an added fold.

When I saw this week’s sketch, I just knew the Time for Tea bundle would be perfect because of that gorgeous decorative circle Framelit.  

The soft addition of the Tea Room Designer Series Paper fit perfectly on the side.  I felt it needed a little something more on the flap so I added the Very Vanilla Polka Dot Tulle.  It was just right.

Here are the measurements for my STEEPED IN FREINDSHIP card but remember, these measurements are not set in stone.  Get creative with your measurements!

• Coastal Cabana – 8 ½” x 5 ½”, score and fold at 1 ½” and 4 ¼” 
• Designer Sereis Paper – 1 ½” x 5 ½” 
• Very Vanilla – 3″ x 3″
• Crumb Cake – 1 ½” x 2 ¾” 

Want to order any of the products needed to create the STEEPED IN FREINDSHIP card?  Just click a pic to add any of these to your next order!

Thank you so much for joining me this past week while I was away on vacation.  I hope you enjoyed the projects that I shared with you.  We fly home today and will have the weekend to recover.  Anyone else feel like you need a vacation after your vacation?  I’m sure we will enjoy a nice, quiet weekend.

I hope you have a wonderful weekend as well!  I will be back on Monday to share a new Make It Monday free tutorial with you.  See you then!

QUOTE OF THE DAY – “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” — Helen Keller

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