I was so inspired by Papertrey Ink's 5th anniversary designer's favorite color combos download that I came up with four pages worth of my own combinations after looking at some inspiring pictures.  This is one of them: Kraft, Enchanted Evening, Canyon Clay, Spring Rain, Simply Chartruse, and cream.  

Today's card I have used some homemade washi tape for an embellishment.  It is made from cream tissue paper and Scor-tape.  My husband thought it was cool that I used masking tape on a card. *sigh*  Next time I'll use another color besides cream.  The wood grain came out fantastic!  Look at those deep grooves--so much interest with texture.

Inside I used the simple "and many more" sentiment to stay simple and clean.  (I was feeling a bit stamp happy so I really had to restrain myself.)  The edges of the Spring Rain cardstock were inked with Enchanted Evening.  I love the richness of this ink pad.

The back is fun as I continued the tape down the back instead of cutting it or folding it under the paper on the front.  My blog stamp and a "homemade for you stamp" finishes it off. 
Paper: PTI - Kraft, Enchanted Evening, Canyon Clay, Spring Rain; Staples white
Stamps: PTI - Happy Day and Homemade Hodgepodge; Technique Tuesday - Cake & Candles; Justrite - Brayton font
Ink: PTI - Enchanted Evening and Orange Zest
Embellishments: PTI - Simply Chartreuse vintage button; cream tissue paper
Other: PTI - Happy Day die; The Paper Studio - wood grain embossing folder; Cuttlebug

Screws on a card!!  How fun is this?!  My husband graciously let me raid his tool box and I found these screws and nylon twine.  FUN.

Our dear friend is quite the handy man.  He constructs all kinds of things for our church.  When I came across this paper a few months back I knew I would use it for his birthday card.   The nylon twine was silky like a horse's mane.  It was hard to work with not only because of the silkiness but because the braid unraveled as soon as it was cut.  I fixed this by rubbing some Glossy Accents on the ends.  It coincidentally matched the cream paper.  Worked out in my favor.

The thin cream paper I used tears so well and leaves a nice raw, rough edge with various thicknesses of fibers.  I really like the contrast of it to the straight lines of the other papers.

Paper: DCWV - The Guy Stack - blue tools and green plaid, Papertrey Ink - Enchanted Evening, The Paper Company - cream, Staples - white cardstock

Ink: Papertrey Ink - Enchanted Evening

Stamps: Justrite - Brayton Font

Embellishments:  The Paper Studio - screw brads, screws, nylon twine

My boys were so excited about "Daddy Day."  Where was I going to find a "Daddy Day" stamp?!  I remembered my JustRite set and made my own.  

This is the plainest front of a card I have ever made.  It's just three pieces of paper matted on top of each other.  I knew the green argyle would be a hit just itself. 

Since the front was so plain, I made sure the inside had something detailed.  This pocket held a gift card and three pieces of paper with a message from each of the kids.  

Paper: DCWV - The guy Stack - green argyle, Papertrey Ink - New Leaf and Kraft
Stamps: Technique Tuesday - Cake & Candles, JustRite - Brayton font
Ink: PTI - Dark Chocolate
Embellishments: The Paper Studio - brushed nickel brads