Clean and Simple Cards 2 Day 4 Card 3

Day 4 Card 3
I left "white space",  used Jennifer's bows idea, and added a splash of color to make this friendship card.

Clean and Simple Cards 2 Day 4 Card 2

Day 4 Card 2
I dry embossed the bottom of the card, even though I didn't have anything I felt was "blackboard" appropriate.  My white embossing cracked.  I might need a different white or a new versa mark.  I do like the idea of the blackboard idea.  I'm going to try another one and see if it will be better.

Clean and Simple Cards 2 Day 4 Card 1

Day 4 Card 1
I loved Julie's Dogwood card and I have that stamp so I used that to try the watercoloring.  I used Distress Ink picked raspberry.  I watched the flowers come to life as I used the water brush.  It was exciting to see it happen.  I added a few splatters and my greeting.  I tried (on a trial sheet) to add sparkle to the centers but, as much as I love bling, I didn't like the look as much.  Thank you, Julie for this watercoloring idea.

Clean and Simple 2 Day 3 Card1

Day 3 Card 1
I tried the changing of colors similar to Jennifer's card.  I tried this several times.  There's a reason why she does what she does and I'm still "practicing".  This was a lot more difficult than it looks when she is doing it.  I added a 3D bunny and chick instead of a bow to this one.  I'm going to keep working at this technique until I get a lot better at it.  I'm having fun trying these different ideas though.

Clean and Simple 2 Day 2 Card 3

Day 3 Card 3
I used watercolors to color in the greeting and a water brush to blend.  I stamped a few candles, colored them and added Glossy Accents to them.  This is a little too clean and simple for me.  I'm still thinking about this one....but I like the rainbow effect.

Clean and Simple 2 Day 2 Card 2

Day 2 Card 2

I masked off the chicks ( better luck this time) and stamped the basket.  I used markers to color everything.  Then I stamped grass and used green Stickles over the blades.  Last of all I stamped the sentiment.

Clean and Simple 2 Day 2 Card 1

Day 2 Card 1
Julie taught us about masking off and not leaving a halo.  I have no halo on 3 out of the 5 snowmen.  I'm getting there!    I masked off the snowmen and stamped the trees.  The further trees I first stamped on scrap paper and then on my card to make the trees look further back.  The last thing I did was to use Distress Ink to lightly color in the sky.

Clean and Simple 2 Day 1 Card 2

Day 1 Card 2
I used Julie's card as my inspiration for this one.  I see what they mean about perfection--I didn't get perfect circles with my glitter and it shows.  I do like the black and white and will use this for a man's birthday card, my most difficult ones to make.

Clean and Simple 2 Day 1 Card 3

Day 1 Card 3
For this card I used Jennifer's Talk Bubble Card as my inspiration.  I had fun making and masking off for the balloon.  When I finished I thought it was a little too plain  so I cut off 1/2" on the right front and added a punched trim.  The first card I did I used white embossing for the sayings, but I didn't think they showed up enough so I made another card and stamped this one directly on with black.

Clean & Simple 2 Day 1 Card 1

Day 1  Card 1    I used Kristina's first card as my inspiration for this "thinking of you" card.
I followed her directions to while making this entire front.