...Clean & Simple Challenge #24

This is my submission for today's Clean & Simple Challenge #24 at SCS. This week featured a color challenge: turquoise, orange, and yellow. This card only took ten minutes to make...which is something totally different for me! I used patterned papers from the Pink Flamingo Designer Series Paper pack, and a sentiment from Inkadinkado's set "Chelsea Sentiments" set. The sentiment was stamped in Tempting Turquoise Craft Ink, then embossed with Clear Embossing Powder. I added some Orange Ribbon and an orange button from SU's Sherbet Designer Buttons collection. The whole panel was attached to the Only Orange Cardstock base with Dimensionals.

That's it for today! I'll see you tomorrow with two other sketch cards from this weekend. Thanks for stopping by, and until later...

Supplies

Stamps: Chelsea Sentiments (Inkadinkado)

Papers: Only Orange, Whisper White, Pink Flamingo DSP

Inks: Tempting Turquoise Craft

Accessories: mat pack, paper piercer, button, ribbon, SAMJ, image sheet, dimensionals, glue dot

...Love To Chat With You

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Happy Tuesday, everyone! It's a gorgeous day here in northwest Georgia, and I plan on spending most of it inside. How sad is that? I have so much cleaning to do, and my new catalog shipment should be here some time today...so I am going to be hanging around the house! I wanted to take a minute and share another "all SU" card that I made Sunday night at Pam's house. I am also using this as my submission for yesterday's Clean & Simple Challenge at SCS. I found THIS piece of artwork with all of the same colors in it at Art.com. Once again I used no stamps on this creation...just some rub-ons, chipboard, designer paper, and ribbon. I pleated the polka dotted designer paper on the bottom of the focal panel, and added some piercing between the sentiment and the patterned papers. I am loving the clean and simple look of this card, and I will probably be making more of these as time goes by.

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by, and I hope to see you again tomorrow with a card for this week's Sketch Challenge at SCS. Until then...

Supplies

Stamps: NONE

Papers: Regal Rose, Real Red, Whisper White, Pink Flamingo DSP

Inks: Regal Rose Craft

Accessories: Loop to Loop Rub-Ons, On Board Essentials chipboard, mat pack, paper piercer, dimensionals, real read grosgrain ribbon, sponge dauber, Tombow glue

...Clean & Simple Sparkle

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This is my sample for today's Clean & Simple Challenge #21 at SCS...Make It Sparkle! I started with a So Saffron Cardstock base, then matted the additional layer with Garden Green Cardstock. The patterned paper was from the Flock Together Designer Series Paper pack, and a piece of 5/8" So Saffron Grosgrain Ribbon ( this ribbon was from the 2009 Sale-a-brations Ribbon Bundle) was added to the patterned paper panel. I used a Mat Pack and Paper Piercer to create the holes along the bottom portion of the card, and stamped the sentiment from "Bird on a Branch" in Garden Green Classic Ink above the panel. I used a Stamp-a-ma-jig and Image Sheet to help line up the sentiment...I can't stand crooked sentiments! The glittery flowers were created by covering a scrap piece of Certainly Celery Cardstock with VersaMark Ink, then sprinkling some Heat & Stick Powder over it. I then heated the powder with a Heat Gun (just as you would with embossing powder), then covered the area quickly with Dazzling Diamond Glitter while the powder was still wet. I punched the cardstock with the Trio Flower Punch, then added a Silver Brad in the center of each one. The three blooms were attached to the card base using Dimensionals.

That's it for today! I was going to show you the project that I made today, but I decided to work up a tutorial for it instead. I will be sharing that with you tomorrow, so until then...

...Clean and Simple Superstar

This is my submission for Monday's Clean and Simple Challenge #19 at SCS. I must say that the idea of making simple cards makes me a little nervous, but the more I make them the more I really like them! I really enjoy having a starting point like a challenge, though...I don't think that I could just sit down and make a clean and simple card on my own. Thank heavens for the CAS challenge thread at SCS! LOL! I started with a Kraft Cardstock base, then matted the additional layer with Basic Black Cardstock. The focal panel is also Kraft Cardstock, and it was stamped with the stars from Verve Visual's set "Seeing Stars" in Basic Black Craft Ink. They were then embossed with Clear Embossing Powder and a Heat Gun. The sentiment was from Verve's sentiment set "Great Expectations", and was stamped in the same manner as the stars. I colored the stripes in the stars with my White Signo Gel Pen to add a little dimension to them...pretty good effect, huh? I attached the focal panel to the card base with Dimensionals.

That's it for today! I have a couple of sketch cards that I want to finish up this weekend, so I may have more cards to share over the next few days. Thanks for stopping by, and until later...

...Clean And Simple #16 (CAS16)

Where in the world have I been? I just noticed the Clean and Simple Challenge Forum at SCS yesterday! They post a new challenge every Monday, and I decided to participate in yesterday's when I saw that the challenge was to remake an old card into a CAS card. I chose to remake THIS card. I took away all of the patterned papers, and kept the layers simple. I also changed the color scheme, and added a flourish in the background.

I started with a Pink Pirouette Cardstock base. I stamped the flourish from "Baroque Motifs" in Chocolate Chip Craft Ink, and embossed it with Clear Embossing Powder. I also pierced the card base with a Mat Pack and Paper Piercer before I stamped the sentiment from "Elegant Cheer" in the same manner as the flourish. I used the Stamp-a-ma-jig and Image Sheet for proper placement. The center medallion from "Friends 24-7" was stamped and embossed onto another piece of Pink Pirouette Cardstock, then I used Spellbinders' Classic Oval Nestabilities and Sizzix Big Shot to create the focal panel (the mat for the focal panel was Chocolate Chip Cardstock). The completed panel was attached to the card base using Dimensionals, and a piece of Chocolate Chip Satin Ribbon was added to finish off the card.

That's it for today! Thanks for stopping by, and I will see you all again tomorrow! Until then...