Just a Simple Hello...or Two...

Happy Friday, all! After I finished a couple card projects (that you'll see here soon), I found my crafty-mojo had taken a bit of "unauthorized" vacation time! So when I started to craft the other night, I found myself sitting there with no ideas...not a happy feeling to a paper crafter who finds herself with time for crafting and no crafty ideas to fill it with! So, I decided to try my hand again at a couple clean-and-simple "hello" cards and hope for the best.

They're not my usual style at all, but they were fun to make...and went together a lot faster than my cards usually do...that part was fun, too! :)

First up is a square card made with kraft and bright white, with black accents...the kraft envelope with the polka dots was my inspiration for this color combo...

You'll notice, however, that I couldn't resist adding the lace and a small flower to the card...(baby steps, friends...one of these days I'll be able to make a "true" clean and simple card and resist the temptation to add layers...)

Supplies:

Maya Road Kraft Note Envelope

Decorative edge punch:   Martha Stewart Vintage Doily PATP

Stamps:   Winnie & Walter, "The Big The Bold The Happy" (hello);   BoBunny EtCetera (first class mail)

Lace:   local craft store          Flower:   Wild Orchid Crafts          Black rhinestones:   Kaisercraft

Next, I turned to my LOTV design-teammate Jen's bright and sassy card that was my inspiration to purchase the "hello" stamp set from Winnie & Walter in the first place. I used Jen's card as inspiration, and starting playing around with watercolors to give me the same bright, springtime feel, and here's how my "C.A.S.E." of Jen's card turned out...

No lace and flowers on this one...but a twine wrap and bow held by a black brad...

and a few golden yellow clear raindrops for accent...I'm getting closer to true clean-and-simple here...

Supplies:

Stamp:   Winnie & Walter "The Big The Bad The Happy"

Rain dots:   Fiskars          Miscellaneous:   watercolors, twine, brad

Thanks so much for visiting today...have a wonderful weekend!