Category Archives: Clean & Simple
- Patterned paper – Basic Grey “Out of Print: publication”
- Border punch – EK Success Edger Punch “Morocco Lace”
- Stamp – Hero Arts “Flourish Birthday”
- Chipboard adhesive butterfly – K & Company “Flora & Fauna Butterfly”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
This is a wonderful sketch over at Clean & Simple Stamping right now: Clean and Simple Sketch #184. The overlapping of border punched strips is very effective and can make really amazing designs. Now that I tried this punch I want to try some others! Depending on the punch it can be nice with patterned papers, too, but there was too much detail in my chosen punch to make that work well in this case. Thanks for stopping by today.
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- Stamp – from Darcie’s “Here Comes the Sun” cling stamp set
- Patterned papers – Basic Grey “Lime Rickey” 6 X 6 paper pad
- Die cuts – made from Spellbinders “Butterflies,” “Lacey Circles” and “Standard Circles Large”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
I made this card with the current Clean and Simple Sketch #183 in response to the Midweek Throwdown Challenge at Operation Write Home. This week’s challenge was to use a green and yellow color palette. I really like this sketch and the pieces just fell together for me from my stash! Plus I was able to use one of the stamps from the new Darcie’s set I just got, which I think will be cheery for more Operation Write Home cards to come. Thanks for visiting today.
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- Stamps – All Hero Arts: “Real Fuchsia,” “Real Field Wildflower” and “Mother’s Day Message”
- BoBunny Back to Backs “Chiffon Dot” cardstock
- Ranger Distress Stains and Inks: Peeled Paint, Dusty Concord, Fired Brick, Mustard Seed, Dried Marigold
- Ranger Perfect Pearls Mist – Biscotti
- Watercolor paper
- Twine
I used a watercolor technique for this floral card, applying Ranger Distress stains and inks direct to rubber on two different stamps, then spraying them with Perfect Pearls Mist before stamping them. I like the way the inks blend, but don’t mix or produce muddy colors. And the mist gives the image a very subtle sparkle that binds to the ink (so it doesn’t rub off).
The sketch is the current FTL 180 at Clean & Simple Stamping. It works perfectly for the featured flowers, which are perfect for another OWH Mother’s Day card! Hurray! We are currently trying to make lots of Mother’s Day cards for the troops to send home to their moms, and that is our goal for this week’s Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown. Thanks for stopping by today.
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- Patterned paper – Graphic 45, “Tropical Travelogue Colllection: Rainforest”
- Stamps – Northwood Stamps “Capital For You” and Hero Arts “Everyday Sayings” (little sprig)
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Die cut – Spellbinders Shapeabilities “Fancy Tags”
- Ribbon – Offray
This is a very simple sketch a group of us challenged ourselves to use. Sometimes the simpler the sketch, the more challenging it is! The tropical patterned paper here is the star, to be sure. Thanks for stopping by.
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- Die cuts – made from Memory Box “Vivienne Butterfly”
- Stamp – Hero Arts “Everyday Sayings”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
This is a very simple card. I layered two butterflies cut from the same cardstock as the base card and glued them together. I also did the same with a strip of cardstock that ran vertically along the right-hand side. Then I heat embossed the sentiment at the bottom. These lacey die cuts make the effect of the monocromatic card work really well. Thanks for visiting today.
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- Stamps – Hero Arts “Two Flourish Flowers” and “Everyday Sayings”
- Pearls – KaiserCraft
- Gems – Mark Richards “Lavendar Dots”
This is another take on the technique I learned in the Online Classes Clean and Simple class I’m taking. It is a completely flat card with no layering. I’ve scored lines at the top, bottom and right edge for some visual interest. The image is stamped in white ink and then colored with Prismacolor pencils. I added the pearls and gem stickers for a little bit of dimension, but it is definitely a simple card! This will be a nice note card for me to ship via Operation Write Home. Thanks for checking in.
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- Stamp – Layers of Color “Flutterescent” clear set; Sentiment – Penny Black “Flourish Birthday”
- Card buttons – Hero Arts “Flowers”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Colored Pencils – Prismacolor
I made this card based on our latest lesson at the online Clean & Simple Class. I stamped the image in white ink (Popcorn Colorbox Chalk Ink) and then colored it with Prismacolors. Thanks for visiting today.
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- Stamps – Sentiment – Penny Black – “bold b’day” and Crafty Individuals “Decorative Diamonds”
- Flower – Bazzill “Neutral Halloween Poppies”
- Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny
- Ribbon – American Crafts
- Corner rounder – EK Success
This is another card I made from a sketch in the Online Clean & Simple Cardmaking Class. I stamped the background for the sentiment with Distress Ink sprayed with Perfect Pearls Mist. Thanks for checking in.
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- Patterned paper – Paper Salon “First Blush: Cross my Heart”
- Patterned cardstock – BoBunny “Violet Dot”
- Handmade flower (see below)
This is a very simple card that I made based on Day 6 of the Online Clean & Simple Stamping class I’m taking. The flower is the focal point and just made from 6 circles that I punched with a 3/4″ punch. I used double-sided paper so that both sides folded make the two-toned petals. I cut the circle with a Spellbinder’s die so that the flower could be featured from the inside. I drew some faux stitching around the circle and tied a bit of baker’s twine in a bow to finish it off. Thanks for visiting.
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