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Sunday, March 25, 2012

Pastel and Black...

I made another card for CAS-ual Fridays Bold and Beautiful challenge...to make a clean and simple card using pastels and black.  I decided to put this one in the challenge, this one being VERY different from my other entry.
I have seen some beautiful cards done with this Papertrey Ink Harvest Berries leaves stamp in black, and decided to give it a go, myself.  This card is VERY simple in it's design, but I thought it was so cool to stamp it in an over-the-edge design.  I stamped the Hero Arts sentiment (Good Friends) and then clear embossed. Used my Papertrey Ink texture/impression plate(Linen/Canvas) to add texture to the Bashful Blue panel and popped up on white bazzill card.
OK...how do you do this???  I used a standard card and a piece of blue cardstock cut to standard card size.  I placed my stamp on gridded block and using the grids, lined the stamp against the top/left side and bottom/right side corners of the card in the EXACT same place on the white card AND on the blue piece of cardstock, separately stamping the stamp on the white top, then the blue top...then lining up the bottom and stamping the white bottom,  then the blue bottom.  I took the blue piece of cardstock and cut 1/2" off of each side and layered on black.  I just think the effect is so cool....
Another fun challenge!!
 
Thanks for visiting me today!! Hugs!! Lisa

21 comments:

Marisa said...

Love that set and trying hard to resist it and you aren't making it easy LOL! Love how the image goes right to the edge of the card. Well done!

Deanna Jean said...

Beautiful...I love pink and black together.

Bobby said...

I'm not a stamper but I love the effect on this card. Great job!

Jen W. said...

Gorgeous card and thanks for the tips!

Pop, Paper, Scissors said...

I love this.

Sofie said...

Beautiful card!!

Tui Nathan said...

Absolutely stunning - thanks for the stamping tips!!!

Michelle said...

Lisa, this is fantastic! I'm going to try this myself (thanks for the instructions). I love the effect. Great design!

Virginia L. said...

GREAT choice of stamp for this design, Lisa! Love the composition! So glad that you join the fun with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

Vicky Hayes said...

I love this technique Lisa - another stunning card from you!

Ardyth said...

This is beautiful! Love the blue panel on the white card - usually I do a white panel on colour so this is a fun and very effective way to change it up!

Brenda said...

Wow, this sure makes an impact! Thanks for sharing the technique.

Kathy V. said...

How fun is that! And I think even I could follow your instruction!

Kim S said...

Simply stunning!

Lisa said...

So lovely and elegant! Love the black leaves against the soft blue ;)

Jenny said...

Oh wow, I so need this set too! Love the very subtle pastel shade, such a stunning card :0)
Jenny x

Laurie said...

OH this is so pretty! I love that set! Thanks for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

Michele Gross said...

Really stunning! Thanks for playing with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

Bonnie said...

This is a great technique. Thanks for sharing how to do it. It makes a very elegant card!

Dana said...

This is stunning. So elegant and perfect for the challenge this week at CAS-ual Fridays! Thanks so much for joining us:)

Barb said...

i'm so happy i scrolled thru the challenge submissions at CFC. this is stunning! you've inspired me to try a similar design. awesome creativity! :)