Card 18

Create 4" square card base. Cut 3" square solid cardstock piece. Cut 2.5" square patterned paper piece. Cut .5" x 4" strip of coordinating patterned paper. Ink all papers. Attach metal quote to square patterned paper with brads. Adhere patterned paper to solid cardstock. Adhere cardstock to base, slightly lower than center. Adhere paper strip above cardstock square.

Card 17

Cut paisley paper 4.25" x 4.25". Cut pink paper 4.25" x 1.25". Place metal bookplate on paisley paper, overlapping the top edge. Mark holes. Punch holes in paisley paper at markings. Thread ribbon into each hole in bookplate. Attach bookplate to paisley paper with brads. Adhere pink paper to overlapped section of bookplate, ensuring the paper precisely meets the edge of the paisley paper. Cut cardstock to fit inside bookplate. Rub on sentiment then adhere inside bookplate. Wrap ribbons around edges of paper and adhere to back. Adhere well to card base. Ink edges roughly.

Card 16

Cut solid cardstock 3" x 3.5". Adhere to top right corner of card base. Cut paisley paper 1.25" x 3.5". Adhere to bottom right corner. Cut another piece of paisley paper 1.75" x 2". Adhere to top left corner. Cut pink patterned paper 2.5" x 2". Adhere to bottom left corner. Cut a .5" strip of solid cardstock 2" long. Adhere over the joint of the pink patterned paper and the top paisley paper. Cut .5" strip of pink patterned paper 3.5" long. Adhere over joint between solid cardstock and lower paisley paper. Cut .5" strip of blue patterned paper 4.25" long. Adhere vertically over remaining joint. Rub sentiment on pink paper strip. Adhere premade bead embellishments. (These are actually two shades of pretty purple, but I can't get the camera to capture the color properly!) Add rhinestone accents to paisley papers.

Card 15

Cut green cardstock to fit card base. Cut patterned paper 1/2" smaller than green cardstock. Cut white cardstock to fit stamp in height and about three times as long. Cut another green cardstock rectangle 1/4" larger than white cardstock. Stamp white cardstock and heat emboss with black embossing powder. Chalk edges of white cardstock. Watercolor the image. Tie ribbon around white cardstock, then adhere to smaller green cardstock. Adhere smaller green cardstock to patterned paper and adhere patterned paper to larger green cardstock. Ink edges of larger green cardstock. Adhere to card base. Add self-adhesive rhinestones to accent stamped image.