It's hard to believe that a whole week has gone by and now it's time for a new challenge at The Paper Players. Thank you to everyone who played along last week with my colour challenge. I enjoyed seeing what everyone had done with the colours.
Our hostess this week is Stef and she has a double challenge for us. We're not just creating a card that uses a favourite holiday image but doing so in a CLEAN AND SIMPLE style.
At the Players we have think of CLEAN AND SIMPLE being a creation that is:
- uncluttered with lots of white space
- minimal layering
- few embellishments.
I do enjoy CAS cardmaking, so I had fun with this challenge. I love my Christmas tree and the baubles on it. My tree has only handmade decorations or those that were special gifts which evoke memories. So I turned to the Ornamental Christmas bundle for this one.
I started by cutting out a bauble shape in Basic White and a hanger in gold foil. I ran the bauble through the Damask Designs embossing folder. Originally, I was going to leave the bauble completely white but, even with texture, the contrast wasn't quite enough. So I chose a soft colour to sponge around the edges - Bubble Bath. I'm glad I did this, as it not only gave the bauble itself more definition but it also brought out the embossed design more.
When attaching the bauble to the card front, I popped it up on dimensionals for more prominence and added in a hanger string using the White and Gold Baker's Twine.
I stamped the "'Tis the season" stamp in the opposite corner and gold embossed it. I added a trio of pale pink gems around the sentiment to finish off.
What's your favourite holiday image? You can see what the rest of the team have done and link up your entry on The Paper Players page.
Here's a quick recap of our challenge rules:
- Create a new paper-craft project specifically for this challenge.
- Upload your creation to your blog with a link back to us.
- Please provide a direct link to the post featuring your challenge entry.
- Please link your card to no more than four challenges, TOTAL, including ours
- Have fun, and thank you for playing with us!
Don't forget to check out the great inspiration from the rest of the design team.
Anne Marie Hile (on leave)
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I love that you chose a less traditional color to go on your Christmas bauble, Jan. The pink, gold, and white together look amazing, love the little shiny details!
ReplyDeleteJan, you and I are on the same page - baubles/ornaments are also one of my very favorite iconic images of Christmas. Yours is so elegant with the embossing and gold hanger. The touch of pink around the edges was perfect. What a gorgeous CAS card!
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