Tag Archives: clean and simple stamping

OWH Christmas in July

  • Stamps – from The Cat’s Pajamas “Candyland Christmas” set
  • Patterned papers – Echo Park: “Wrapping Paper” and “Garland”
  • Pearls – Queen and Company – grass green

We are gathering our Fall and Winter holiday cards for Operation Write Home now. The troops need a lot of holiday cards, so we are challenged to make them now for the shippers. So we begin with the OWH Christmas in July challenge to get us going. I chose this is a fun stamp set from The Cat’s Pajamas to get me going, since it not only has this dog, but it has a cat and a few PENGUINS, too! I colored the image with Copics and finished off the edging around the green paper with opaque white pen “stitching.” Thanks for visiting and Happy Howlidays!


CPS Sketch Challenge #225

  • Stamp – Hero Arts “Two Flourish Flowers”
  • Patterned papers – American Crafts “Elegant” collection and Reminisce “Basic Micro Dot”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill
  • Specialty paper – silver metallic with a moire pattern (source unknown)

I used CPS Sketch #225 for this card. I colored the stamp with markers, which I rarely do, and used some scraps from my very large patterned paper stash! This was a very nice sketch to work with. Thanks for visiting!


OWH Sketch #76

  • Stamps – from Verve Stamps – “Up Up & Away” set
  • Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities – “Labels Fifteen” and “Lacey Circles”
  • Patterned Papers – Basic Grey “Hello Luscious”
  • Rhinestones – Me & My Big Ideas

I made this card using the latest sketch on Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps. This is my interpretation of Sketch #76. I colored the hot air balloon and cloud stamped images with Copic markers. I inked the edges with Colorbox Chalk inks to finish them off. Thanks for checking in.


OWH – 4th of July Challenge #12: Fruit

  • Stamp – Chapel Road Artstamps
  • Patterned paper – 7gypsis “Avignon Paper: Ecriture”
  • Border punch – EK Success
  • Cardstock – Bazzill
  • Twine

I made this card for one of the many July 4th challenges at Operation Write Home this weekend. This was OWH Virtual Card Party Challenge #12: Food or Fruit. I colored this stamp with several colors of ColorBox Chalk Inks to bring out the different colors of the pears. Thanks for coming by.


OWH – Tie A Yellow Ribbon

  • Stamp – Flourishes “Flower of the Month” series
  • Die cut – Spellbinder’s Nestabilities “Labels Twenty”
  • Patterned papers – Prima “Baby Boy Collection: Precious” (yellow) and Basic Grey “Green at Heart: Oscar” (orange)
  • Corner punch – Marvy
  • Ribbon – American Crafts
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

This card was fashioned for one of the challenges at Operation Write Home for the 4th of July Virtual Cardmaking Party. This card was for the “Tie a Yellow Ribbon” challenge. Thanks for stopping by. I need to make a vew more cards for OWH still this holiday weekend…


OWH – Love You

  • Stamps – Butterfly from Stampington & Co. – Shore Cliff Elements; sentiment and heart from Inkadinkado “Greetings” set
  • Patterned papers – Basic Grey “Eva” collection and BoBunny “Licorice Dot”
  • Die cut – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Fleur De Lis Squares”
  • Pearls – KaiserCraft
  • Cardstock – Bazzill
  • Corner Punch – Marvy Uchida

I made this card as part of the Operation Write Home “Love You” Challenge. I will be sending this, along with a group of other cards, to my OWH shipper this week. Thanks for visiting!


Clean and Simple Sketch # 145

  • Heart stamp – Paper Inspirations “Rose Heart”
  • Sentiment stamp – from the Hero Arts “Live Life”  set
  • Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Twenty” and “Fancy Tags Two”
  • Patterned papers – BoBunny and Bazzill polka dots
  • Pearls – KaiserCraft
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

The image on the heart is colored with Copic Markers and I’ve inked the edges slightly with ColorBox Chalk Ink. I used the current sketch at Clean and Simple Stamping: Clean and Simple Layout #145. Thank you for visiting.


OWH Sketch Challenge #74

  • Stamps – “Rosette” by Inkadinkado and “Thinking of You” by Kodomo, Inc.
  • Die cut – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Lacey Circles”
  • Patterned papers – Basic Grey “Green at Heart” collection: Oscar and Moss
  • Cardstock – Bazzill
  • Pearls – KaiserCraft

This card was designed using the Operation Write Home Stars & Stamps Sketch #74. This is a very simple card to put together with a nice design. Thanks for stopping by.


Clean and Simple Sketch # 144

  • Patterned paper – Melissa Frances “Suzanne”
  • Border punch – “Abstract Flower Edger” by EK Success
  • Die cut – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Mega Ovals LG”
  • Stamp – Inkadinkado
  • Flower embellishments – Making Memories
  • Cardstock – Bazzill

I made this card using the Clean and Simple sketch #144. Thank you for checking in.


OWH Sketch Challenge #72

  • Floral stamp – Crafty Individuals – both flower panels are on this stamp (like a diptych) and I just cut them apart for this sketch.
  • Sentiment stamp – Kodomo, Inc. – “Thinking of You”
  • Patterned papers – Basic Grey – “Basics: Lineup” and “Cappella: Libretto”
  • Cardstock – Bazzill and WorldWin

This was very simple and the design was very pleasing. I based it on the sketch at Operation Write Home: Sketch Challenge #72.  I just colored the stamped image with Copic markers. I tried to choose cardstock for the sentiment that matches some of the colors in the flowers. Thanks for checking-in.