Hello and welcome to my blog. Today, I am joining in the fun over at The Paper Players where the challenge this week has a Woodland Critters theme on a Clean and Simple card.
As soon as I saw the challenge I knew that I wanted to use the super cute Special Someone stamps. I often struggle with Clean and Simple cards, I have a tendancy to add one more embellishment. This time, I think I have cracked it with a flat card that shows off some super #SimpleStamping at its best!
I have used two different colourways: Blueberry Bushel and Lovely Lipstick, both use Very Vanilla as a base. I added the sentiment to the bottom of the card to start with - I think it helps to ground the critters. Then, with two step stamping I was able to create the furry critters and balloon with ease. First, I stamped the outline layer using ink straight from the pad. The solid stamp was then added over the top to fill in the image. For this, I used second generation ink by first stamping off onto scrap paper.
The critters really come to life when the fur layer is added and they really are adorable. Just look at how cute their faces are! My only embellishment for this card was to add the tiniest amount of glitter from my Wink of Stella pen to the highlight on the balloon. I have tied my hands behind my back before I add anything else!
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Oh - how sweet are these cards?! Love that you did them in the two colors - and the added hit of Wink to highlight the balloons is an awesome design element! Thanks for sharing with us over at The Paper Players this week! :)
ReplyDeleteYes! I am so pleased with how these turned out - thank you for a great challenge!
DeleteThese are just adorable! And you don't need one more thing to add on them, they're perfect just the way they are, CAS!! Thanks for playing with our challenge this week!
ReplyDeleteThanks LeAnne. These cards really were following the less is more addage!
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