HOC C&S Photo Inspiration

House of Cards has a great photo inspiration for you this week, and this week we are showcasing the Clean and Simple style.

 

I had a lot of hit and misses with this one.  I think I was just trying to think too much while trying to come up with an idea.  Making it too complicated for myself, which is not what Clean and Simple is all about.  Then it hit me.....

Voila!  Just use the colours given and pick what you see that inspires you.  I see the table as clutter, although it is a nice place setting.  The simple aspect is the branch of leaves.  

I started by using the Daffodil Delight and then adding the Real Red to the stamp.  Misted the stamp and then stamped it onto my cardstock.  Simple!  By misting the stamp you remove the hard lines that the red leaves and the two colours blend together.  Then taking my Old Olive I stamped the second of this two part stamp set and stamped the veins.  I wanted to focus on the leaf itself so using a Post-it I cut out a mask and placed it over the leaf.  Again using Old Olive I freehanded the border.  The sentiment was stamped in two sections using the So Happy for You set.  Finished it off with a twine bow and there you have it......

 

A Clean and Simple card.  The finished product took less than 5 minutes to make.  The thinking too much part took much, much longer.

Need more Clean and Simple inspiration then hop on over to House of Cards and see what the rest of the Clean and Simple Team have in store for you.  

The moral of this card is DO NOT OVER THINK!

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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"Kindness"

I'm on a roll right now.  With a few days off and needing to switch my focus from looking after my Father to other things I have decided to play along on a couple of different challenges today.

The first challenge is a colour challenge at 4 Crafty Chicks.

The second challenge is from Clean & Simple Stamping.

I found the sketch challenge first and then decided on the colour challenge.  Next came the stamp set to use.  I knew exactly what I wanted to achieve and needed just the right stamp set to accomplish it.  I love clean and simple cards and enjoy making them, but don't do it enough.

Starting with a little math and using Post-it notes I masked off the top and middle where the sentiment would go.  Next, again using the Post-it notes I started with the individual lines.  Each line is 3/4" wide with a small space between them.  I inked up my stamp set starting with the lightest colour first and then randomly added the additional colours.  Once the area had been stamped I then coloured in the area with a sponge.

Once I had all the stamping and sponging done I removed the masked area for the sentiment and using the Stamp-a-ma-jig I stamped the Sentiment.

 

The inside of the card has the same stamp used just across the bottom corner but with no sponging.

I have not taken part in either of these challenge sites before so I hope that I have done them both justice.  

Thanks for stopping by.

Nancy

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TST #83

It's Tuesday so time once again for Try Stampin on Tuesday.  Once again we have a great sketch for you to try.  Although I have to say it stumped me a little and I procrastinated until I was down to the last minute.  

I decided to go with the Gently Falling stamp set once again blending Rich Razzleberry and Old Olive to come up with my leaf.  The background was stamped using the Muscial Notes stamp and then lightly sponged and watermarks added from my all time favourite stamp set French Foliage.

I hope you like what I have come up with.  Now it's your turn.  Hop on over to Try Stampin and see what the other Designers have created to inspire you.  Don't forget to post your card so we can all enjoy your work.

Nancy

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Inspiration for 2 Challenges

First off sorry for no card on Masculine Monday.  Time just snuck up on me and before I knew it I was out of time for a card.  So to make it up I have come up with a card that was inspired by a stamp set, but at the same time combines two challenges.  One challenge at The Dynamic Duos, and one over at I Spy Sketches.

This is the stamp set that inspired my card.

When I saw this stamp set come through on an email, I ran to my stamp sets and pulled out Gently Falling to recreate the effect.  I started by stampin the Musical Notes onto Very Vanilla CS and then over that I stamped the outline of the maple leaf from Gently Falling.  Then I began to sponge in the two colours.  I started with the green in the middle and then accented the outside with the Pumpkin Pie.  Finished the edges off to make them more rustic with Chocolate Chip.  I think the effect came out just great and I can't wait to try it again with one of the other leaves from the same set. 

Not sure who or what the card will be for yet so I will leave the sentiment until I need it.

Here is my card:

You can see in the close-up of the leaf the musical notes stamped through the leaf.  

I hope you like what I have come up with.

Nancy

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Masculine Monday

Hope you all had a great weekend.  Now it's time for Masculine Monday.  Today I have a card for you using the Gently Falling stamp set.  When I first purchased this set I thought of all the different ways I could use it but believe it or not once I got the set I was not as happy with the set and therefore I have not used it until now.

I have created a simple Birthday card using the maple leaf from the set.

I first stamped the outline portion of the stamp and cut it out.  Using it as a template I stamped the middle leaf first and then placed the template over it and stamped the outer leaves next.  This way they were not overlapping onto each other.

Hint:  Once you have made a template for any of your stamps leave it in the case to be used on other projects.  That way you don't have to continue to make a new template each time you need it.

Hope you like what I have come up with.

Nancy

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