The Simple Things In Life

 

Hi, everyone!  This week's Sketch Challenge over at Splitcoast is another "double dare"......simply create a card with this layout on the front....OR try a 'Die Cut Gate Fold' with a Belly Band, which is what I did!  Check out the tutorial HERE.  I saw some pretty Prima butterfly paper in my stash which hasn't seen the light of day for several years so I chose it for my panel layers, along with some Bordering Blue cardstock from my beloved retired Stampin Up stash.  The butterfly sentiment panel was cut with the mat from the Fancy Fritillary Dies (by Divinity Designs LLC); the sentiment is from 'Little Things'.  The shape was cut from white, sponged with yellow and peach, dotted with a white gel pen, then layered onto a mat which I traced and cut out by hand.  Blue pearls were added for a simple embellishment.  Other dies used from Divinity Designs LLC: Leafy Edged Borders Dies, Pierced Rectangles, and Belly Band.

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Blessings,

CAS Notecard Set with Belly Band

Hi, everyone!  Today I would like to share a set of four clean and simple note cards plus a belly band which holds them all together.  The belly band was cut with the DD Custom Belly Band Dies out of aqua cardstock (which matches the sponging on each card).  The top layer of the belly band is watercolor paper which was embossed with the DD Flourishes Embossing Folder and lightly inked with aqua.  The three flowers were cut out with the DD Custom Bitty Blossoms Dies (these are also found in the DD Custom Festive Favors Dies set.)  The word die is from the 'Thanks For Everything' Stamp/Die Duos set.

This is a photo of all four cards together, including the belly band in the center.

All four CAS cards were made from watercolor paper.  Each image was stamped in Stazon Jet Black, colored with markers and water-coloring, then coated with a clear glaze pen.  Aqua ink was sponged around each image as a highlight.  The first card features the 'Peach Branch' stamp set from the January release.

This card features the 'Apple Branch' set.

This image and sentiment are from the 'Peach Branch' set, but I colored the fruit as plums instead of peaches.

This card features the 'Lemon Branch' set.  (This card was shown here a few weeks ago as a sneak peek, so you may recognize it.  This card gave me to the idea to make a four card set.)

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Blessings,