Hello everyone....wishing you all a wonderful Thursday !
Our family arrived last night for a week long stay so I thought I would post a quick card made for a challenge that I wanted to try.
I love the look of CAS (Clean and Simple) cards but its definitely not an easy thing to create...I always want to add more and definitely add lots of embellishments and layers too but the brief for the blog challenge was
- One main focal point
- Lots of clean / open / non-patterned / non-textured space (often called 'white space' although not necessarily white) Space with NO PATTERN and NO TEXTURE on it
- Minimal or NO layers
- Minimal embellishments
- Quick and easy to recreate
Gosh - how difficult is that...so here is what I created and I hope that you like it !
I decided to use one of my favourite butterfly stamps from Lisa Horton Crafts, the stamp is a few years old now called Majestic Butterflies and was designed by Anne Ruffles. (At the time of writing this is still available from Lisa's online store and its on Sale too !)
To create my simple background I carefully tore two strips of masking tape, to create an uneven edge and then adhered this to the cardstock before blending over this with distress inks, to create a vertical centre stripe.
Once the ink was completely dry I stamped the butterfly and the sentiment from the stamps set onto the panel using Versafine Onyx Black ink and my stamping platform to ensure that I got a clean and crisp impression.
Finally I coloured the butterfly using a simple palette of Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens to coordinate with the inked strip behind the butterfly and then the whole panel was die cut using my Pinkfresh Studios dies and layered onto a simple white A2(US) tent fold card blank.
Fingers crossed that it meets the challenge requirements - definitely something I need to practice !
I'm off now to enjoy a relaxing day by the pool, catching up, reading a little watching the children play and maybe a sneaky little colouring later on too.
Hasta luego 👋 !
Enjoy the rest of your day !
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Card recipe:
LHC Stamps - Majestic Butterflies
Pinkfresh Studios dies - Diagonal stitched Rectangles
Distress Ink - Spiced Marmalade, Squeezed lemonade
Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens - Tangerine, Firefly, Peach tree, Barn Red
Wink of Stella pen - Black gold
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I am entering this card in the following challenges:
Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge - Anything Goes (53) entry 2
We love stamping (15)
Wendy x
