CSS Party Hop!!!

Hey there!  Today is the Clear & Simple Stamps Party Hop!!!  The design team and I are creating ensembles perfect for a party or get-together.  For a small get-together with friends, I created a card and treat to take home.

I just love those air-mail stripes!  The twine is a perfect match.

My take-home treat is to-die-for!  It's toffee on the bottom, a layer of chocolate and then a sprinkle of sea salt and walnuts.  So good!  If I know my friends, these will be gone before they get home.

I used Mini Tri-Fold 2 to package a little "the best things in life are handmade" card.

Some more twine keeps everything in place.  
You won't want to miss what the other design team creations!!!

• Laurie Willison
• Audrey Tokach
• Kim Duran
• Laura Bassen
• Tracy Schultz
• Lori Tecler
• Elena Roussakis
• Jennifer Rzasa
• JJ Bolton <------- designer="" guest="" li="">
• Clear & Simple Stamps Blog

Have a great day!

{Hello, Friend}

Stamps: Air Mail, Crafty Sentiments, Cloudy Days Sentiments (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, True Blue Fan (CSS)

Ink: Your Style Blue Me Away, Dare to Be a Diva Red (CSS), White

Dies: Notebook Edge, Mini Tri-Fold 2 (CSS) 

Accessories: Red/White/Blue Twine (CSS), Foam Dots, Sticky Tape

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A Crafty {Happy Birthday} Card...

Hello!  This card started with inspiration from a card I found on Pinterest.  I won't even link it because my card looks NOTHING like it.

I started out with the background and the colored circle punches, then I got stuck.  I picked out the sentiment from "Craft Room Sentiments" and saw the button stamp, once I stamped the buttons on the circle punches (that were already glued in place) there was no turning back.

So, I decided to incorporate the jar of buttons, even though I didn't have the exact matching colors.  I finished up the card and then took the jar of buttons off, dipped the jar in versamark and clear embossed it.  I gives the look of glossy accents without the drying time.  Here's a look:

In the end I think this card is just so-so, KWIM?  

Have a great day!

{Happy Birthday}

Stamps: Craft Room, Craft Room Sentiments, Circles Plus (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: On the Catwalk Cream, Coral Necklace, Orange You Fabulous, Simply Blue-tiful (CSS)  

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Orange You Fabulous, Simply Blue-tiful, Paint the Town Pink, From an Anonymous Source (CSS)

Accessories: Circle Punch, Clear Embossing Powder, Foam Dots

Copics- R85, B95, W1, Y38 

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A {One of a Kind} Card...

Hi there!  It seems like I get up to use the bathroom in the middle of the night almost every night.  A few nights ago though, this card popped into my head. Bizarre, I know!  I finally got some time alone in my studio and I had fun figuring out how to use the "washi tape" technique.  I think it works best with wide sticky tape, but all I had was skinny tape, but it still turned out just fine, just a little extra effort.


I started out with some tissue paper trimmed to 1" width.  If that tissue paper looks familiar, it's Clear & Simple Stamps signature blue tissue paper that comes in every order.  I used Background Basics I and True Blue Fan ink to make all my strips of "washi tape".  It was very easy to do.

Adding the lime green floss was something that almost didn't happen.  It was an afterthought when I realized I didn't want a completely monochromatic card.  I just love the pop of color it adds.  I chose the sentiment to reflect the different patterns in the strips.  I have a friend that is definitely one-of-a-kind and I know she will love this card.


Have a great day!

{You are one of a kind}

Stamps: Crafty Sentiments, Background Basics I (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Trendsetter Blue (CSS)

Ink: True Blue Fan (CSS)

Accessories: Tissue Paper, Sticky Tape, Green Floss

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A {Card Making Kit}...

Hi there!  I have one last project to share with you this month using the Clear & Simple Stamps sets: Craft Room & Crafty Sentiments.  This is a little gift tin I whipped up to give a crafty friend.  It includes some envelopes, blank card bases, buttons, die cut shapes, some ribbon, and and some clear stamps.

The tin is one I've had in my stash a while.  I think a watch originally came in it.  I recovered it to hide the tacky pattern that was printed on the tin.  Tied ribbon around the sides and made a cute tag.

 The ribbon is stamped using Perfect Little Black Dress ink on A Blanc Check satin ribbon, no bleeding!

For a finishing touch and to give my friend some card making ideas, I stamped the card images on a blank piece of card stock and then sketched some layouts with a pencil.  Everything you could ever ask for in a  card making kit.  

Have a great day!

{Card Making Kit}

Stamps: Craft Room, Crafty Sentiments (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, A Blanc Check, Coral Necklace, Simply Blue-tiful (CSS)

Patterned Paper: Gertie (My Mind's Eye)

Ink: Simply Blue-tiful, Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

Accessories: A Blanc Check Ribbon (CSS), Brads (Making Memories), Corner Rounder Punch, Square Tin (Filled w/ card making supplies), Stamping Sponge

Copic Markers: R85 

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A {Happy Birthday Crafty Girl} Card...

Hello!  Can you tell I am loving this Craft Room set?!!  I am loving the clean and simpleness of this one.  You can never go wrong with black and white with a pop of color, or can you?  

Here's a different view so you can see all the layers.

I also have a card featured on the Clear & Simple Stamps App for the iPhone.  This is one of my all time favorite cards and I think you can see why!  Yep, that's my little girl!!!

I hope you have a great day!  Thanks for stopping by!!!

{Happy Birthday Crafty Girl}

Stamps: Craft Room, Crafty Sentiments (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Coral Necklace (CSS)

Ink: Paint the Town Pink, Perfect Little Black Dress (CSS)

Accessories: Foam Dimensionals, Corner Rounder Punch

Copic Markers: W3, W1, W5, B95, R85

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Clear & Simple Stamps: October 2011 Release

Hey crafty friends!  This month's Clear & Simple Stamps sets are just for you.  You are going to flip when you see these two gorgeous sets designed by our very own, Stephany Zerbe!  These sets are large (double the size of the older sets) and are packed with crafty images and sentiments, perfect to kick off World Card Making Day.


Are you ready?  Introducing......

Craft Room

Crafty Sentiments

Awesome, right?  Here's a card I created for this release.  I know today is World Card Making Day, but it's also the first day of October, which is Breast Cancer Awareness month.  

I had a lot of fun using Copic markers on this one.  I stamped the jars and ribbon first, masked the bottoms of the images and then stamped the shelf.  I just love all the PINK!  

The sentiment with the set says "Let's get our craft on" but I omitted the word craft and used the set Alpha Varsity to spell the word "PINK".  


I love how these two sets work together.  As an added BONUS, Clear & Simple Stamps created a limited edition coordinating set for customers who spend $100 today through Oct. 3rd.  This set can not be purchased.  

Free Set With $100 Purchase

As if that wasn't enough news, Clear & Simple Stamps is retiring some of their stamp sets in order to create room for new 2012 stamp sets.  Here's a list of retiring stamps, get them before they are gone!

Clear & Simple Stamps: Retiring Stamp List

This is such a fabulous release!  Make sure you check out the rest of the Design Team and their creations.  I can't wait to see them myself!  

Cristina Kowalczyk

Kim Duran

Laurie Willison

Lori Tecler

Tracy Schultz

Stephany Zerbe

Have a great day!

{Let's Get Our PINK On}

Stamps: Craft Room, Crafty Sentiments, Alpha Varsity (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Paint the Town Pink (CSS)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Paint the Town Pink (CSS)

Copic Markers: W1, W3, R81, R83, R85, 100, 0

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