I was just finishing my clean and simple cards for the 52 Christmas Card Throwdown colour challenge, when my daughter woke up. As I cuddled and settled her, I had another idea of what I could do (simply) with lime green and real red.
I say I had an idea, it's a straight copy of a card Barbara Gray did on telly, adapted to the colours and the stamps I have.
On 7x7 stencil card again, I positioned a sticky note in the centre. I stamped under one corner (using the sticky note for positioning) with a big wooden stamp of a fir branch. This was a bit of a favourite last year, I haven't used it this year so good to get it out again.
I reversed the sticky note and stamped again in the opposite corner. I used crushed olive distress ink.
With the sticky note in place, I brushed on more crushed olive with stencil brushes, between the images. When the note is removed there's a nice crisp aperture.
I stamped the "Season's Greetings" sentiment in fired brick in the middle.
Then it's just a case of trimming back, edging in the crushed olive with a distress marker, and mounting on a 7x7 card base.
Having done this, I wondered whether a red border would have been better. Only one way to find out, and it's such a quick card, it's easy to make another and try it.
Hmm, think I do prefer the green, but now have two cards I'm happy to send to friends - it is getting to that time where my stash will be put to use!
Very simple but an inked aperture always looks impressive, don't you think? I like the red border to match the sentiment but both are great.
ReplyDeleteThanks Alison, and yes, I think inked panels and apertures etc are one of those things that are easy but look great if you don't know how they're done. Or even if you do x
DeleteAnother beautiful card, still CAS too! Very pretty! Thanks so much for playing along with 52CCT this week! Deborah, DT.
ReplyDeleteThanks Deborah. Good to have some quick cards up my sleeve, in case of last minute panics!
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