Wednesday 13 May 2009

365 Cards Day 74 - Handwritten sentiment ~ Creative Card Crew - Minimal & Arty Girls Ongoing Recycle Challenge


I really prefer simple minimalistic cards, but somehow I get sucked into doing a whole bunch of elaborate fancy stuff (for me anyway -however others might not think it fancy!). It's surprising how influenced we can be by what we see.
The stamp is from a set from Stampin Up, coloured with a little swipe of a Marvy pen on a glass plate and picked up with a water brush. The die cuts and embossing are Nesties and the sentiment is handwritten.
The recyled element in this card is the silver square. This was cut from the outer covering of a menu from a Christmas meal at my club. I went around after the lunch had finished and took (with permission) all the remaining menus and have been using the card ever since!

21 comments:

  1. This is lovely Chrissie, sheer elegance and love how you ahve embossed the squares.

    B xx

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  2. I am totally with you hunny im influence by what i see on other blogs. I love this card, minimal is perfect in this card!! thank you for joining in with our Creative Crew challenge this week and good luck, hugs linda x

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  3. Hi Chrissie, gorgeous card! I absolutely love your layout and touch of colour. Thanks for joining us this week. Joey.x

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  4. This is beautiful Chrissie and also a little spooky as you'll see when I add my minimilist one on tomorrow, only spookily similar in teh squares, nothing else!

    I love this one, so very you

    Victoria
    x

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  5. I love those birdies, beautiful in it's simplicity :o)
    Jackie xx

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  6. Oh man you are so good, that is one wonderful card, and I love the simple elegance of it, thanks for more beautiful inspiration

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  7. Love the card and the handwritten sentiment.

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  8. Great card Chrissie, love the beautiful simplicity of it and way to go with the menu - bargain.
    Hugs
    Fi

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  9. Stunning elegant card - love the embossing..

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  10. FAB job Chrissie....such the sweet card!

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  11. wow - chrissie - this is beautiful! i love the simplicity of this and those birds are just too cute!

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  12. This is for me too! Love it! ikki

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  13. Hi Chrissie, my sentiments exactly. Before card challenges my cards were relatively simple and now I feel obliged to add everything but the kitchen sink. I have this same SU stamp set and have never figured out how to color the birds to my liking...your creations are always such an inspiration to me. Thank you

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  14. Wowee Chrissie, you have rocked this challenge - such a stunning card and that embossing and image are so elegant.
    Hugs,
    Nicola -x-

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  15. I love this simple style too. you made this card just lovely. fabulous job!

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  16. Beautiful. I love simple cards too they are always so much more elegant.

    Glenda

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  17. Beautiful card i love the image nd the fab colour its so striking
    Thanks for joining in the Creative Card Crew challenge
    love tasha xx

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  18. What a great card love the image. Thanks for taking part in the CCC Challenge.
    Paula xxxx

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  19. Stunning card Chrissie i love the image and layout its fantastic
    Thank you for joining in the Creative Card Crew Challenge
    love tasha xx

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Thank you so much for popping by, I appreciate your comments!
Thanks,
Chrissie