Less is More 53 & ric#5

Challenge 53 at Less is More is a color challenge to use aqua. Aqua is not a color I use a lot and I actually had to Google it to make sure I had the right color! :)  I typically use Memento inks, but there didn't seem to be a good choice and I ended up using ColorBox Robin's Egg.  It's such a pretty color; I think I'll be using it a lot more in the future.  The only problem was I couldn't find a single piece of cardstock that matched.  Everything was either too blue or too green.

I actually made this first card a few days ago, but I felt it might be a little bit fussy for Less is More. I decided I had to make another card with more white space.  I love the card, though.  It's an Inkadinkado stamp that's about 2 inches square which I stamped it repeatedly to create a background of sorts.  While I have no paper to match this color, I did happen to have some matching ribbon.

For my second card I cut an aperture from a piece of square card stock to frame the circle image which is stamped on the card base.  This is my first time cutting an aperture on a card and I love it.  I'll definitely be using this technique again.  I had a very difficult time photographing this card.  It's a dreary day, so that didn't help.  The card is definitely softer than the first, but it appears much more washed out than it really is.

I'm also linking up with the Runway Inspired Challenge, where the skirt and top are a beautiful, soft bluish color surrounded by the white space of the runway.   I think the medallion image captures the soft pleating of the skirt and the pearl adds the shimmer.

  

Thanks for visiting.

Supplies:

Paper: PTI white

Stamps: Inkadinkado spring assortment, PTI sentiments

Ink: ColorBox Robin's Egg

CFC35 and ric#3

The CAS-ual Fridays challenge to use scallops on a CAS card fit perfectly with what I was already planning to do - make some simple late Christmas thank you cards using scraps from my scrap box.  Two of the Girl Friday cards use a similar layout with a strip or strips of paper along the bottom of the card.  Love them!

For my first card I chose a gray argyle scrap and gray twine to finish it off.  I don't think the sentiment is perfect, but I felt it was the best of the choices I had. 

This one uses some leftover Christmas scraps.  I'm not loving this one as much.

As I was going through my scraps I came across this black and white paper.  Normally I would have passed it by, but the black and white geometric shapes reminded me of the Runway Inspired Challenge I've seen floating around in blogland.  So I tried it . . . and it's my favorite of the three!