A quick and simple posting for a clean and simple card. I have gone down the clean and simple route again as I find these are always a challenge, and I always want to add more and more. Sometimes because I just can’t stop, and sometimes I add sequins because I have smudged the base card! I keep having a go and playing.
This is a 4 inch x 5.5 inch base card, to which I stamped the ‘sweetheart’ sentiment from a Leoni Pujol stamp set, and added a red stripe of card above it. I love the font of this sentiment.
I then die cut the ‘hello’ sentiment from Hero Arts ‘Hello stamp and cut’ in red card, and then black card. I ran these die cuts through my Xyron sticker machine, and layered them together slightly off-set, as I thought just the red or even just the black sentiment would be too stark. This way a shadow is created, which brings together the two colours.
I wanted to stamp some little hearts on the red stripe – I stopped myself. I wanted to add some red and black glue dots – I stopped myself. I wanted to splash some colour on the base – you guessed it – I stopped myself…….
I am quite pleased I showed restraint whilst making this card, and have made four in total. I tend to make several cards at the same time, whilst stamping and die-cutting, so I can give more to the charity ‘Neurocare’ to sell.
I will be entering this card into the following challenges:
Less is More – theme ‘include a stripe’
Always Fun Challenges – theme ‘CAS’
loopyloocards 
I love that your bold stripe separates the two fonts as well as the die cut and stamped image, yet it all works together wonderfully.
Thanks so much for sharing with us at Less is More, Anita x
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Thank you, Anita. I liked the different fonts too. 😊
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Love it! Thanks for joining us at Always Fun Challenges
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Thank you very much. 🙂
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Terrific take on the challenge. Thanks for sharing at Less is More!
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Thank you, Susan, I appreciate your comment. 🙂
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You can’t never go wrong with Clean and Simple! Thanks for playing along with us at Always Fun Challenges!
DT Waleska
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Thank you very much. 🙂
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Thank you very much – my perseverance may pay off occasionally 🙂
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Simple cards are hard to make but yours looks great!
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What a super card! Clean, crisp perfection and with those lovely fonts of the sentiment words… fab! I’m loving the bold colours too. Thanks so much for playing along with us at Less is More 🙂
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Thank you, Esther – I try and try for CAS.
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