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Saturday, 12 February 2011

Totally Papercrafts

Look everybody - 'I've done a 'Clean and Simple' card, not something you'll see on this blog very often.
Trouble is I'm still not happy with it - it looks naked to me and my itchy fingers desperately want to add something!! Perhaps if I'd used a smaller image and put the borders all round I would have been happier!!


The image is digi image called 'Noon' and from Crafts and Me and I've sat her one a swing from Make it Crafty. I merged the images in Gimp and printed it straight onto the card and coloured her with Polychromos (gosh I'm really out of practice with these!!) I embossed a frame around the image with Go Kreate dies and then inked the edges with distress inks. I cut two borders from Cuttlebug Floral border die, placed them on either side then added small blue pearls. I finished it by stamping the sentiment (from a Hero Arts set) directly on to the card.
It might be Clean and Simple but it certainly wasn't quick and easy - it took me ages to complete.

This is for the challenge at Totally Papercrafts who want Clean and Simple so I should say a big thank you to them for "really Challenging me!!"


Right I shall now get back to commenting if Mr. Google will let me - he's being somewhat truculent again - I keep getting the message 'Server cannot connect..........' he wouldn't even let me on my own blog at one point!!
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23 comments:

  1. Christine12 February 2011 at 15:40

    Hi Heather love your CAS look so fresh & clean..lovely image & colouring pretty card..

    smiles Christine xx

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  2. G Peplow12 February 2011 at 15:56

    Hi Heather, wow it's great, love that beautiful fairy image and the cuttlebug die, I've wanted that one for ages! Glad you left it CAS makes a delightful change:0) xxx

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  3. Chrissie12 February 2011 at 17:38

    I think you've managed the CAS look beautifully Heather. A truly stunning card!
    lol Chrissie xx

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  4. Georgia12 February 2011 at 18:16

    This is so pretty Heather! I love the fresh white colour scheme and clean and simple design and the image is coloured to perfection! :) Love, Georgia xx

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  5. sallysbitz212 February 2011 at 18:19

    This is just stunning.
    You do not need to add anything else it is perfect as it is x

    My cards take forever too Lol, it's the choosing of papers and other embelishments to add, we are sooo critical of our own work x

    hugs sally x
    sallysbitz.blogspot.com

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  6. Renkata12 February 2011 at 18:59

    Hi Heather,
    Magical image and you created such a magical card.

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  7. angelwhispers12 February 2011 at 19:18

    Heather this is just Stunning and love the colours!! Would love to be able to print my digis like this!!! Wonderful Chanelle xxxx

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  8. shaz*crafts12 February 2011 at 19:44

    Love this card!!Sometimes less is more and i agree with that for your card sometimes with so many embelishments on a card the image gets a bit lost but not here your image really pops out well done you pop over to my blog theres something for you Sharon.x

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  9. Lorraine A12 February 2011 at 20:26

    Gorgeous card Heather :-) you did a brilliant job with the CAS !! the image is beautiful and I love the die cuts ,,, :-)

    thanks for joining us on the TPC :-)
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  10. Hev12 February 2011 at 21:22

    Love the card, it definitely doesn't need anything else, it's beautiful just as it is.
    Luv Hev xx

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  11. CraftyC12 February 2011 at 23:08

    A gorgeous card and I don't think its plain at all!
    Clairex

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  12. Cards By MI12 February 2011 at 23:24

    It's a wonderful card my friend! Stunning colouring and to me in feels peaceful. Really lovely!
    Love n hugs
    Marie

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  13. Leigh13 February 2011 at 00:31

    I like it Heather. The image is beautifully coloured.

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  14. Irene13 February 2011 at 01:16

    Lovely card and beautiful coloring!! I just adore it!! Hugs Irene

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  15. Paula (PEP)13 February 2011 at 03:46

    CAS is Clean Adds Strife/Struggle. They definitely are very hard & I just want to add a layer & stamping the image straight onto the card is just dire.
    That's some digital manipulation & I love her wings & socks.
    Paula (PRP)

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  16. Anonymous13 February 2011 at 09:06

    wonderful!!!!!!!!!
    Hugs
    Elma

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  17. Sandra196813 February 2011 at 12:35

    Clean and simple, but also very gorgeous!
    But I can imagine that it's hard not to add something. For me too it's very difficult to make a CAS card ;-)
    But yours is just perfect.
    Have a nice day,
    Sandra

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  18. Crafting Queen13 February 2011 at 17:30

    Perfect as it is, love the colours you used in the image! :)

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  19. Eija13 February 2011 at 18:08

    Lovely card!
    It's really refreshing to see cards like this for a change :)

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  20. Sue13 February 2011 at 19:43

    Hi Hun
    a beautiful card, lovely image & colouring as always, thank you for joining us at Totally Papercrafts this week,hope to see you next time, sue,x

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  21. Julie13 February 2011 at 23:03

    Fabulous - you still have lots of detail with all yoru embossing and die cutting!! Gorgeous image too, Juliex

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  22. Moni14 February 2011 at 15:14

    Beautiful card as always, fab image. Hugs,moni

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  23. Tasha14 February 2011 at 20:39

    Wow this is incredible. the way you have coloured the iamge is stunning
    love tasha xx

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Thank you for taking the time and the trouble to leave a comment - I love reading them and am thrilled with each and everyone of them
hugs Heather xx