Hi everyone. Please excuse the way I have photographed this card – it is windy and rainy today so I can’t go outside, and after the way my last card blew into the wet flowers – I just didn’t want to risk getting this card wet.
This simple black and white card is inspiration from CASology. This cue card is ‘Education’. I started with an idea for a mortar board cap – partially covering one of the corners, with a tassel hanging down, and a sentiment, but I couldn’t find a stamp which would suit………..I will keep looking though, as I still have that image in my head.
However, whilst looking through my stuff, I came across a Sheena Douglass stamp and die set I have had for a few months, never used (seems to be a trend for me) and took the book stamp and the sentiment and played with them for a while.
I started one of my ideas with stamping the books, and colouring them with distress inks, and whilst I liked this look, it just didn’t sit with clean and simple for me – looked a little too grungy. As the stamp is quite large, a normal 4 x 5.5 inch card meant there wouldn’t be that much open space, so I turned to a 6 inch square card. I like this look better.
Once I had decided on the layout, I then stamped directly onto the base card in Versafine black onyx – of course – and left it just the way you see it.
I will be using this set again, and making more colourful cards, now I have found it again, adding backgrounds with colour and embossing, but this is the card I am posting today for the CASology challenge.
Now, I’m off to my craft room to see if I can find something which resembles a mortar board tassel…….if I find something – I’ll let you know. 🙂
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A lovely monochromatic, one-layer design! I love the simple image and the pretty font on the sentiment!
Thank you so much for joining us over at CASology! 🙂
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Thank you, Melissa. ☺
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Simply wonderful! Love that you used something old but not used from your stash for our challenge. So glad we inspired you. Thanks for joining us at CASology this week.
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Thank you, Sherrie. I seem to buy things, tidy them away, and then find them again! ☺
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I loved that you played with the size of your card to fit the stamp! The final result is classic & timeless. Thanks for sharing with us at CASology this week!
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Thank you, Jacquie. 🙂
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I love the simplicity of the black and white. This is just lovely! Thanks for playing along with CASology!
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Thank you very much, Rachel. 🙂
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Wow, that sentiment is amazing! How true! (If only we could all see better.) I love your monochromatic card, the stack of books and cool sentiment are wonderful paired together. Thanks for playing along at CASology…maybe you’ll play again if you find that mortar board you are hunting for!
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Thank you for your comment, Judy. I’m still looking for that mortar board! 🙂
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