CSS Group Project! It's Seasonal!!!

Hello!  The CSS Design Team and I have another group project to share.  This time it's an inspiration challenge.  Check out the photos below, they are all seasonal.  What is your favorite season?

My favorite season is Fall.  I love the cooler weather, wearing tee shirts and jeans, sipping apple cider, making chili, what's not to love?!  

I created a Fall card to share today.  As soon as I saw the new Leaflets stamps and dies, I couldn't picture stamping them in any other colors than fall ones.  As you can see here, I stamped each leaf with three colors: Dare to Be a Diva Red, Orange You Fabulous, and Say Yellow to All Your Fans.

The sentiment "thank you" comes from the newly release set Well Preserved.  I am in love with that font!!!

Those woodgrain squares are from a previously set that I just adore called Mini Squares.   One of these days I am going to photograph my cards before I erase all the pencil lines.  Every card I make pretty much has pencil lines made using a ruler to make sure sentiments are straight and items are centered if needed.  

Please join me in checking out all of my fellow designers creations:

• Jaclyn Miller
• Kim Duran
• Tracy Schultz
• Laurie Willison
• Lori Tecler
• Jennifer Rzasa
• Elena Roussakis
• Laura Bassen
• Audrey Tokach (guest designer)

• Clear & Simple Stamps Blog

Please stay safe if you are in the path of hurricane Sandy, you are all in my thoughts.  Have a great day!

{Thank You}

Stamps: Leaflets, Well Preserved, Mini Squares (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Kraft Like a Rockstar, On the Catwalk Cream (CSS)

Ink: Dish All the Dirt Brown, Dare to Be a Diva Red, Orange You Fabulous, Say Yellow to All Your Fans (CSS)

Dies:  Leaflets (CSS)

Accessories: Foam Dots

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A {Just a Note} Card...

Hey there!  Guess what I did this morning?  Yup, I made a card on the fly!  I read about a new challenge called The 10 Minute Craft Dash.  A card in 10 minutes?  Sounds like the perfect way for me to ease back into daily crafting.

Luckily you are able to get your supplies together (and an idea) before the clock starts.  I'll tell ya, I used every second of the 10 minutes.   The card I made is a mix of this card and this card I pinned on Pinterest a while ago.

Here's a look at my supplies before I started crafting.  I even sketched out the card on a post-it to keep me on track.  Notice I'm missing the black gems that appeared in the end product.  That was a mad dash at the end to find them!

Another fun thing going on today is that I have a super cute card featured on the Clear & Simple Stamps App for the iPhone and iPad!!!

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a wonderful day!!!

{Just a Note}

Stamps: All Occasions 2, Mini Squares (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check, Orange You Fabulous (CSS)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Orange You Fabulous (CSS)

Accessories: Black Gems, Butterfly Trio Punch (Martha Stewart), Foam Dots

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Clear & Simple Stamps: Group Project!

Hey there!  This month's CSS Design Team challenge is to embrace WHITE while we can, before Labor Day!  For my card I chose to use a lot of white space, which I love to do anyway.  

As you can see, this card is pretty darn simple.  I did break out a ruler and pencil to find the center of the card and to also make sure my squares were lined up properly and not on a slope.

Check out those squares!  It's a stamp from Mini Squares and I am in love with the design, so simple yet so bold.  And look, one layer!

I can't wait to check out the other Design Team creations.  They are sure to please, like always.

• Lori Tecler
• Jaclyn Miller
• Kim Duran
• Tracy Schultz
• Laurie Willison
• Jennifer Rzasa
• Laura Bassen
• Elena Roussakis
• Suzanne Dahlberg <--- guest designer!
• Clear & Simple Stamps

By the way, this is my last post before the kids go back to school.  I have really mixed emotions about that.  I am looking forward to creating on the fly as opposed to these pre-planned posts.  I have come to realize that you wonderful readers will not abandon me if my posts are sporadic and that is such a nice feeling.  I really put a lot of pressure on myself to post new content, but this summer was really focussed on my kiddos and I really enjoyed it.  I'll be back to posting 4 days a week shortly!

Have a great day!

{Happy Birthday}

Stamps: Mini Squares, Craft Room (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: A Blanc Check (CSS)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Dare to Be a Diva Red, Glamazon Green, Simply Blue-tiful (CSS)

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CSS Release Day! Shapes!

Clear and Simple Stamps is releasing even more stamp sets today!!! Today they are all revolving around the theme of shapes and backgrounds.  My project today uses the new set Mini Squares with new Shapes: Square Combo (Stamps & Dies) and the sets Trendy Tags 2 and Tags 2 Combo that was released yesterday.  I created a get well card along with a can of No Chicken Noodle Soup, perfect for someone feeling under the weather.

The gray/light blue/orange color combo came from a baby nursery I saw on Pinterest.  For my card I simply die cut 9 squares using the new Shapes: Squares Combo Dies, stamped 8 of them using 4 patterns from Mini Squares and the 9th square I stamped with an open image from the same set.  Then I used the sentiment "feel better soon" from the Trendy Tags 2.

For the tag, I die cut the large and small tags from Tags 2 Combo and stamped one with a sentiment and the other with a pattern from Trendy Tags 2.  I just LOVE that chevron tag stamp.  Of course I had to attach is to the soup can with some matching twine, the perfect touch!

We have a lot of designers showing off their fabulous creations today using the new shapes and backgrounds sets.  You won't want to miss this inspiration:

• Jaclyn Miller
• Elena Roussakis
• Kim Duran
• Laurie Willison
• Laura Bassen
• Jennifer Rzasa
• Amber KG
• Virginia Lu <-- guest designer
• Suzanne Dahlberg <-- guest designer
• Clear & Simple Stamps Blog

Have a great day!

{Feel Better Soon Ensemble}

Stamps: Mini Squares, Trendy Tags 2 (Clear & Simple Stamps)

Card Stock: Perfect Little Black Dress, Trendsetter Blue, Orange You Fabulous, Such a Gray-cious Host (CSS)

Ink: Perfect Little Black Dress, Orange You Fabulous (CSS)

Dies: Shapes:Squares Combo, Tags 2 Combo (CSS) 

Accessories: Orange/White Twine, Bright Blue/White Twine, Foam Dots

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