Sunday 19 September 2021

Clean and Simple For You Card

Wow, it's hard to believe that it has been 15 months... to the day... since I last created a card and posted it on my blog. The last 2 years have been quite a challenging time for me and no doubt all of you too. What a crazy time the world has been going through with the COVID-19 pandemic. I've struggled quite a bit with my creativity and wasn't giving myself much time to craft as I just sat here with a blank mind every time I tried to create something.

But, I'm super excited to say that thanks to a couple of creative challenges I've managed to create my first card in a really.... really long time. 

Here are the challenges that helped me get my creative mojo flowing long enough to finish a card :)

This weeks Freshly Made Sketches #503 was my layout inspiration, the Global Design Project # 309 Colour Challenge helped me with my colour choices and the latest Addicted to CAS #206 "Leaf" challenge helped with my focal point and keeping me to a clean and simple design.



Here is my card:



My squares were cut using the retired Layering Squares Dies in Whisper White and Basic Black cardstock.

I stamped my "for you" sentiment (from the Hydrangea Haven stamp set) using Shaded Spruce ink on 1 of my white squares. I then dry embossed the white squares using my Painted Texture 3D embossing folder and my Big Shot.

I then adhered each white embossed square on to a Basic Black scalloped square. Using my Tombow Multipurpose Liquid Glue I glued the squares together in an offset pattern.

My leaf branch was cut from some Shaded Spruce cardstock and used the leaves die from the Artistic Dies set. I cut off the bottom 4 leaves to make the branch a little shorter to suit my design. I then glued the branch on to my joined squares.

Using a few Mini Stampin' Dimensionals, I attached my squares to my Whisper White Thick card base.

I felt my card needed a little something extra and to keep with the clean and simple design, I resisted the urge to add lots of bling and instead only added 3 Matte Black Dots.

I'm pretty happy with how the first card I have created in 15 months came out. Hopefully this is the card that has kick started my creativity and I can slip back into my card making groove.




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Artistic Dies
(155371)

Layering Squares Framelits (Retired)

Hydrangea Haven (158210)

Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder (154317)

Matte Black Dots (154284)





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9 comments:

  1. Welcome back! It was a pleasant surprise to see your email today AND your beautiful card. I struggle with CAS cards. Have a great week and keep on putting one foot in front of the other in your card making.

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    1. Thank you so much Karen :)
      I really appreciate your comment. It's been hard, but I hope I'm back now.

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  2. I love all of the texture and white space on this pretty card! Glad you are creating again! Thanks for joining us at Freshly Made Sketches this week!

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    1. Thanks so much Amy :) I'm glad I'm creating again too. Just hope I can keep it up. A big thanks to the FMS Team for your sketch challenge.

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  3. What a beautiful super clean take on the sketch. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches this week.

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    1. Thanks so much Cecile :) I really loved the FMS sketch. Thanks for helping me get creating again.

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  4. It's great to see you back creating again Kirsten and with such a beauty too! I love your textured squares topped with that leaf outline. Great colours too and the perfect embellishments. Thank you for coming to play with us at Addicted to CAS. Vicky x

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  5. Welcome back, Kirsten! This is such a fabulous CAS card! I love how you combined challenges and how you used your stamping, die-cutting, and dry embossing techniques to create such a beautiful design! Thanks so much for playing along with us at Addicted to CAS!

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  6. I am so happy you found some time and mojo to get creative! Your card is lovely! Thanks for playing along with us at Addicted to CAS!

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