Dare to Get Dirty by Stamping Simply
Yes, that’s my Dare to Get Dirty 08 Challenge – to Stamp Simply — surprise, surprise!!!! Hope some of you have been playing the Dare to Get Dirty Challenges at SCS. If you are a Fan Club Member you are eligible to play and enter. And there’s even a chance at some fabulous prizes if you manage to play all the challenges, and combining challenges is A-OK. If you’re not a Fan Club Member — well, no better time to join than now — you can read about it here.
In setting up my challenge, I told the players what it means to Stamp Simply. Here’s what I told them:
Stamp Simply means, first and foremost, to keep the process simple, but at the same time, make it beautiful! And that perfectly sums up the way I like to stamp. I believe that if you use beautiful things, you don’t have to DO much. Beautiful cards are easily achieved with the use of gorgeous images and a few pretty embellishments. Really, that’s all it takes. If you follow these few simple steps, you’ll have a gorgeous Stamp Simply creation:
- Start with a simple layout/design and a beautiful image
- Use some favorite paper (either DP or cardstock)
- Add your stamped image and a sentiment if you wish
- Finish it off with a beautiful ribbon or other embellishment
- Simple, beautiful, done!!!
Another way to explain the Stamp Simply style would be to liken it to Clean and Simple – I think most of you know what CAS (Clean and Simple) is. Stamp Simply would be somewhat Clean and Simple, but with a little extra *pretty* added in. Make sense?
Here’s the sample card I made using the Stamp Simply set, Thank You, by Flourishes.
This card measures 3 1/4″ x 6 1/2″ and fits SU’s small open end envelopes. Love this size. The small tulip is stamped in Palette Hybrid Charcoal, colored with Copics, cut and embossed with a Long Rectangle Nestability by Spellbinders, mounted on a scallop, and adhered to the card with foam mounting tape. There are holes punched to tie the bow around the tulip stem. The sentiment is from the same set, punched, embossed and framed with the Petite Oval Nestabilities by Spellbinders, brads added, and mounted on foam mounting tape.
A simple card made with clean crisp colors, a simple layout, one beautiful image, one beautiful sentiment, pretty ribbon and a couple of brads. Simple, beautiful, done!!! And I will add, the embossing you get from using the Nestabilities really does add a lot, lending richness and elegance with such ease.
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Stamps: Thank You by Flourishes
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Paper: White, Pretty in Pink, Basic Gray
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Ink: Palette Hybrid Charcoal, Copics for Coloring
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Accessories: SU Gray Taffeta Ribbon, Long Rectangle Nestabilities, Petite Oval Nestabilities, SU Pink Brads, Foam Mounting Tape.
I’m so glad you stopped in to look — hope you can play the challenges over at SCS!!!
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ABSOLUTELY gorgeous! Your coloring is fabulous! Love the design! Sharon, this is a perfect card for a great challenge!
Great challenge Sharon! I love this flower - and the lovely way you have attached your ribbon!
Sharon, your Stamp Simply design is “Simply Beautiful”. If I could design like you, I wouldn’t have to water color . . . LOL. You always provide gorgeous eye candy!
Beautiful card Sharon! You know I love your Stamp Simply challenges on Fridays, so this is a MUST as well. Off to stamp.
Woww Sharon, your card is really pretty!!!
God bless
Giovana
wow! this is GORGEOUS!!!
What a pretty color combo! It seems like quite a few are using grey! I love the tulip and the grey ribbon, also!
This is an awesome card!!! I love your coloring, the colors and the generous bow!! TFS
Gorgeous card! I love the flower image, the scallop mat and the ribbon.
Sharon, you just have a flair for this and that’s all there is to it! Your card is utterly gorgeous. So feminine and sweetly elegant. I love the pink and gray combo and some of my favorite ribbon. The tulip and the beautiful script — oh, my — wonderful!