Good morning and holiday greetings to you. I hope your Christmas was wonderful and brought you wonderful blessings with your family and friends.
I have a couple clean and simple cards to share with you. The first is a design using Sarah Kay’s Zoe Gazing at the Butterfly by Stampavie. Clean and simple is not really my forte but lately I have been enjoying stretching myself out of my “more is more” scene mode. All of Sarah Kay’s little girls are so perfectly beautiful and can easily stand alone on a project with very little embellishment.
I love the soft colors of this Papertrey designer paper and chose ink colors to perfectly match. I stamped Zoe on watercolor paper, watercolored with reinkers and cut her out. I cut the basket out separately so I could pop it up in front of Zoe to add a little dimension. The simple white scalloped layer seemed the perfect background to allow Zoe to be in full focus. I added a small piece of ribbon that I cut with pinking shears and shredded a little to give the appearance of Zoe sitting in the grass. This is a perfect card to send a note in to a little girl of any age.
My second is a design using Flower Heart Topiary by Rubbernecker. The sentiment “A bloom a day keeps the frown away” is found in the Rubbernecker Wild Flower set.
I chose this lovely BasicGrey Sugared paper as my inspiration. I stamped the image on watercolor paper twice and watercolored using reinkers. I cut the complete image out to pop up over the main layer. I cut the front portion of the pot, several of the flowers and leaves and popped them up with over the image. I created scalloped borders with my new Martha Stewart punch that I got for Christmas. I added the soft pink multi loop bow as the perfect finishing touch
I hope you enjoy your New Year’s Holiday weekend and wish you a peaceful, happy and healthy 2011.
Stamps: Stampavie Sarah Kay Zoe Gazes at Butterfly
Paper: Papertrey Spring Moss and Every Day Blessings, White
Ink: Shabby Shutters, Aqua, Broken China, Blush Blossom, Tea Dye, Lemonade, Antique Linen
Accessories: MS Border Punch, Brushes, Snips, Glue Dots
Stamps: Rubbernecker, Flower Heart Topiary 246-03, Wildflower Set 465
Paper: Mellow Moss, BasicGrey DP, Watercolor, White
Ink: Spun Sugar, Forest Moss, Victorian Velvet
Accessories: MS Border Punch, Brushes, Snips, Mounting Tape, Glue Dots, Word Punch
Both cards are gorgeous Kittie, I especially love the rose Topiary, perfectly stunning!
I love both cards, BUT I love the first one best (I guess because that little girl is so darn cute). And the colors you picked for her is awsome. I adore the way you set Zoe out with the white background, nice touch! BJ
Gorgeous cards! I always love fussy cut images and you did it so beautifully! Thank you so much for the wonderful comments!
These are both beautiful. Thank you for sharing and making some simple but elegant cards.
Love how you cut Zoe out and created a ‘litle scene’. Happy New Year!
I love both the layouts and the combinations of materials and techniques that you use. You are truly creative.
So sweet, I really love the topiary one, pretty papers to compliment it!
Happy New Year!!!