Sep 21, 2020 | Christmas, Clean and Simple, Holidays |
It’s Monday! I hope you enjoyed a happy paper crafting weekend.
Today’s post is clean, simple and happy! The Ornamental Envelopes Bundle was on my “serious” wish list from Stampin’ Up!’s August-December Mini Catalog. I thought the ornament stamps in the Ornamental Envelopes stamp set were so cute. You can dress them up or down. They could be elegant and formal or clean and simple. I went with clean and simple for this card.
The color palette is warm. Mossy Meadow, Cherry Cobbler and Bumblebee are all colors with a lot of warm red tones. I always enjoy adding a little pop of “yellow” whenever I can and that little Bumblebee ornament gives this card that something extra. I couldn’t resist adding that little Gold Metallic Pearl.
Here’s the quick “How to” for this card:
- I started with a Whisper White card base, added a layer of Cherry Cobbler and cropped a Basic Black frame with the Stitched Rectangle Dies.
- I added a second stitched frame in Cherry Cobbler and “framed” my Whisper White stamped images.
- The stamped images on the Whisper White card layer were stamped with Bumblebee ink.
- I separately stamped a set of ornaments in Mossy Meadow and Cherry Cobbler and cropped them with the ornaments die in the Envelopes Die set.
- Here are the stamped images:
- Once the ornaments were cropped, I chose what I wanted to use and attached them to the Bumblebee stamped layer with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- I hand cropped the sentiment banner. “Happy Christmas” is from the Warm Hugs stamp set.
- The pretty black and white plaid envelope liner makes this card a pretty gift!
So, grab some warm holiday colors, stamp a few images, add a frame or two and a little bling, and create something clean and simple.
The only limitation is your imagination!
Sep 18, 2020 | Christmas, Clean and Simple, Gallery, Holidays, Quick & Easy |
It’s Friday and I hope you have fun card making and paper crafting plans for the weekend.
Today’s post is Clean and Simple and Quick and Easy without a doubt.
The Dove of Hope stamp set has bolder images and a fun, bolder font. Night of Navy and Old Olive have been a long time favorite color combination of mine and when paired with Whisper White, a clean, crisp color palette is achieved. A dove with an olive branch needs a clean, crisp color palette.
I started with a Night of Navy card base, added Whisper White and Old Olive layers, and stamped the dove and sentiment with Night of Navy. The olive branch is stamped with Early Espresso which is the perfect “neutral” for Night of Navy and Old Olive. I colored the leaves with my Blender Pen and some Old Olive ink.
The inside sentiment completes the peaceful message of this card…. Peace, Joy, Love … and hope in your heart.
So, find your clean, crisp color palette, stamp a few peaceful images and create something clean and simple.
The only limitation is your imagination!
Sep 17, 2020 | Design Tips, Gallery, Quick & Easy, Thinking of You |
Happy Thursday!
Only those who know me best know that I love coffee. I’ve been known to indulge in a mocha latte or two, or three! So, I decided to celebrate my love of a good cup of coffee in today’s post.
Yesterday was another nice day, so I spent a little time outside sketching prospective projects for blog posts. This card was the first one I sketched. I don’t think it would be horrible to share my sketch with you. Keep in mind that my pencil moved really fast, so it’s not very neat. I hope you can see it. Don’t you just love my coffee cups?
I stayed with the Warm Hugs stamp set and the overall design, but switched to Gilded Autumn Specialty DSP rather than Heartwarming Hugs DSP changing my color palette completely. The sentiment stayed the same, but I stamped three coffee cups on the card, not five. Also, I was only going to have steam coming from one coffee cup, not all. I think I was thinking that the steam in the center cup might give this card a very unique design element. I’m not sure what I was thinking, but I like the three cups, all with steam!
I know we have our personal way of creating. Most of the time, I look at a piece of patterned paper, a sketch (not my own), a particular stamp set or die, or a color combination and know what I want to do with it. There are those times though, when the catalog inspires me or a Pinterest post or another blog post. Today, I was inspired by my own pencil and graph paper sketch which I CASED from the Warm Hugs Bundle.
So, wherever you find your inspiration, keep creating beautiful projects.
The only limitation is your imagination!
