Simplicity

 

I have always been a fan of clean & simple designs. I think that is one of the things that first attracted me to Memory Box stamps many years ago. I would see sample cards & think, "that's really cute!". Now if I could just color like Dave!! I wanted to share a card this week that follows the clean/simple theme & allows the beauty of the stamp designs to stand out. There is also so much beauty in the array of colors of Memory Box note cards themselves, I wanted to let them shine as well. The colors of note cards/card stock I used for this project were Raspberry, Cotton Candy (exquisite soft pink color), Vanilla Bean & Water Biscotti paper. I used Memento inks in Rich Cocoa & Summer Sky, although I think I would have chose a slightly darker blue for the sentiment in the future since the Summer Sky is a bit hard to see in the photo. I used colored pencils to color the images. All of the stamp images are from the "Little Birdie" (CL133) clear set. I really like that this set gives you the option of adding or leaving off the legs of the birdies. It really makes this set very versatile.
 

Start with a Raspberry note card as your base. I had a scrap of Vanilla Bean card stock (from a previous project) cut to 4.25" x 1/2". It was already dry embossed & the dots were already colored blue, so I thought I could incorporate it into this project. I adhered it to my Raspberry base piece. I also had a piece of Cotton Candy card stock that was already cut to 2.25" x 4.25", so that is what I worked with for my "stamping" base. I stamped the branch that I wanted to have the bird perched on first. I stamped the bird onto the branch & that allowed me to place the other branch images randomly around the rest of the piece. I stamped the bird image onto a scrap of Water Biscotti paper, colored the wings & tail a bit (with colored pencils), and cut out. I added a tiny amount of glitter to the wings & tail, then adhered it to my base piece. I stamped the sentiment in the lower corner (sorry it's hard to see in photo) & adhered the Cotton Candy piece to the Raspberry note card using dimensionals.

Thanks for visiting today! I hope you are having a good start to Summer this week! See you next week!

Comments

[Sherry]

Love the simplicity of this card.

[Tinla]

Gorgeous, Nancy! I love CAS style, too....I find it hard to achieve but your cards never have that concern! I love the paper pieced bird and how you stamped your branches to make a harmonious scene. Another beautiful Tuesday card...TFS! And looking forward to next Tuesday:)

[Tami]

Another great card Nancy!! I must get this set. Your work is so nice always.

[Mary C. Anderson]

I am a *huge* fan of clean and simple cards. This card is lovely. I think your coloring is great!

Mary