Monday, January 21, 2013

You Paint My Heart Happy

Just popping in to share a clean and simple card that I made for 3 CAS challenges. I want to get it posted before the challenges end!

Cas-ual Fridays CFC86 - Long and Short

Cas(e)This Sketch

Less Is More -  Friends theme

My card is 3" x 5 1/2" so it's Long and Short!  For the sketch I stamped a heart from the Sweet Hearts set by Waltzingmouse 4 times in 4 bright Ranger Distress colors.  To help with placement of the hearts I measured and drew a line in pencil down the center of the card. The sentiment is from the Clearly Sentimental About Art set from MFT.

A clean and simple card doesn't always get done quickly -  I stamped this three different times!  The first time I didn't let the ink dry long enough and so the ink ran when I erased the pencil.  The second time I somehow got a smudge on the bottom of the card.  The third time was a charm and here it is!

Thanks for coming by today - we're expecting 5" of snow tonight.  Luckily I took tomorrow off so I won't have to get out into it early in the morning!

Stamps:  hearts from Sweet Hearts set by Waltzingmouse, sentiment from Clearly Sentimental About Art set by My Favorite Things.
Paper:  White - PTI
Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Ranger Distress Ink - Festive Berries, Peacock Feathers, Seedless Preserves, Chipped Sapphire

17 comments:

Jackie Rockwell said...

Simple, sweet and great color too! So glad you played along with us in this week's CAS(E) this Sketch!

Virginia L. said...

Striking color combo for this clean and crisp design, Julie! Beautiful tall card! Thanks so much for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

Kristii said...

Way cute!! Love the hearts and the sentiment is perfect!

Jen W. said...

Awesome take on the sketch! Love the colours and the perfect sentiment! Thanks for playing along with CAS(E) This Sketch this week!

Annette Allen said...

so pretty...love how you stamped the hearts..

Pauline said...

This is so clean and crisp Julia, I love the funky colours.

Mona Pendleton said...

Simply adorable Julia! Love the sweethearts and sentiment :)

Anita said...

What an elegant CAS card!
Anita

Unknown said...

What a fun and colorful card! Greattake on the sketch! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS(E) this Sketch!

dpkennedy said...

Sweet :)

Jen Nelson said...

fabulous card julia... love the colour combo

Thanks for joining us
Jen xx
"Less Is More"

Ardyth said...

I just love these 4 colours together - and the simple layout is beautiful! Thanks so much for playing along with this week's CAS(E) This Sketch!

Maarit at Violets Corner said...

Beautiful colours and great design!

Warm hugs
Maarit

Chrissie said...

What a fab card.... great stamping!
Thanks so much
Chrissie
"Less is More"

Fiona said...

Lovely design and great colours. Perfect CAS.

Anonymous said...

Splendidly simple, great colour palette and love all that wonderful white space! Anita in France :)

Karen B. said...

Beautiful, poignant design. Thanks for playing at CAS-ual Fridays!