Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Jingle Belles 34 - Holiday Fall To Layout

Are you ready for a great sketch?  Are you ready for a great Clean and Simple Sketch?  Well I was.  I checked the prompt before we left for vacation and using what little time I set aside I whipped up my card for this week's challenge

Oh, you want to see the sketch first, right!  The sketch comes from Clean and Simple Stamping blog.


I used an image and sentiment from Easy Events, one of my new sets from SU.  I love that you can cut apart the sentiment from the image and easily put it back together on the acrylic block if needed.  In this case I split them to conform to the sketch requirements.


The card base is Read Red with a Crumb Cake panel on the left.  I used my new lace border punch with Whisper White between the layers.

The circle was cut with a circle die and the bird punched out of a discarded candy bag from the holidays.  I added a little sticky pearl for the bird's eye.  The flowers are an old attempt at tatting that I recently found in some "stuff" that had been accumulating.  The white glittery dots were added as the sketch called for. 

Here's the image and bird up close.


This was a fun challenge.  I am going over to see how much fun everyone else had.  Click here to join me.

11 comments:

  1. this is such a lovely card. the bird and the flowers are just the most pretty additions!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Wonderful card - I love the simplicity of your design - it's perfect! It has a slightly Scandinavian feel - love it! Here's mine!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Such a "tweet" Christmas card! Thanks for the link to this challenge.

    ReplyDelete
  4. Such a beautiful card! I hope you enjoyed your vacation.

    ReplyDelete
  5. ohhhhhhhhhhh yes, indeedy, *THIS* is exactly the way C&S should be done: minimal (but perfectly considered) elements, gorgeous bold clear color palette, and a touch of whimsical fun! now if you could only teach ME how to do this, i'd be all set!!! in the meantime i will settle for ♥LOVING♥ your card! :)

    ReplyDelete
  6. Oooo, la la! Love everything about your card! :)

    ReplyDelete
  7. Love that sweet little bird ... and what a great border punch ... so glad you joined our jingle belles fun.

    ReplyDelete
  8. I was real proud of the three cards I put on my blog tonight. And then I went here:

    http://mybuttonsnbows.blogspot.com/

    and got depressed.

    ReplyDelete
  9. This is my new favorite Lorraine card. Seriously…I gasped out loud when I saw it. Your little bird is darling, and I love how you popped up his wing. Excellent take on the sketch and CAS.

    ReplyDelete
  10. Your little flowers look perfect here. I had the tatting you sent me out the other day but it was too dainty to work with what I already had on the card. I think I need to start at the other end of the process and make a card to suit them.

    ReplyDelete

It's always so nice to hear from visitors. Thanks for stopping by and leaving a comment.