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.
this is such a lovely card. the bird and the flowers are just the most pretty additions!
ReplyDeleteWonderful card - I love the simplicity of your design - it's perfect! It has a slightly Scandinavian feel - love it! Here's mine!
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun festive card!
ReplyDeleteSuch a "tweet" Christmas card! Thanks for the link to this challenge.
ReplyDeleteSuch a beautiful card! I hope you enjoyed your vacation.
ReplyDeleteohhhhhhhhhhh 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! :)
ReplyDeleteOooo, la la! Love everything about your card! :)
ReplyDeleteLove that sweet little bird ... and what a great border punch ... so glad you joined our jingle belles fun.
ReplyDeleteI was real proud of the three cards I put on my blog tonight. And then I went here:
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and got depressed.
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.
ReplyDeleteYour 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.
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