After Jaydee's gorgeous colour challenge - and the lovely vibrant entries it brought in - we have a Clean and Simple Beach theme challenge for you this week from our hostess, LeAnne.
So this week is a double challenge. Your project must use a beach theme AND be in Clean-and-Simple style. At the Paper Players, we take this to mean that there should be lots of clean, white space with minimal layers, minimal embellishments and an overall uncluttered look.
I started with a Thick Basic White card base and a Basic White card front. I sponged some Pool Party ink with a blending brush onto the central area of the card to suggest the ocean.
Of course, my go to beach bundle at the moment is Rolling Waves. I cut one of the wave dies out of Basic White and added it as a horizontal axis for the card design.
Using Basic Gray ink, I stamped the sentiment.
A bit of scurry around in my bits box unearthed some diecuts left over from previous projects so I was happy to use a Coastal Cabana palm leaf and some sea shells /starfish in Daffodil Delight, Melon Mambo and Petal Pink.
I played around with the idea of adding some sparkly embellishments but decided that they added nothing but some distraction and left them off. I often think it takes a bit more courage to leave things out than it does to add things in!
Anyway, I hope you find some time during the week to join us in this challenge. Visit The Paper Players page to see what the rest of the Design Team have done, to link up your entry or to get more details on the challenge.
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)
Jan Clothier - You are here
Absolutely perfect, Jan! The blended Pool Party makes a great backdrop for the sea foam die cut and the colorful beachy bits. Nobody showcases the Rolling Waves bundle better than you. Have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteI'm telling you, you're a whiz with this set! You've challenged me to go out of my comfort zone in using different colors for the diecuts; I seem to gravitate to the same ones each time! I may be CASing this one, it's so simple but sweet!
ReplyDeleteI love your card, Jan! I CASEd another Rolling Waves card of yours for my card this week and then I redid it because I thought it looked too similar to your new card : ) I love how you used the cluster of die cuts on your card, what a lucky find in the bits bin and fun colors to use together. Thank you for inspiring my cards this week and I hope you have a wonderful week!
ReplyDeleteBeautifully clean and fabulous! I love this, Jan!
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