Use It! with Lucy's Cards - Class 1: Lesson 3 (Clean and Simple)

It's time for Day 3 of my Use It! class. I hope you have enjoyed seeing how my card-making brain works. :)

A recap on my supplies for this class:

Mama Elephant's Up and Away set

Paper Smooches' Salutations set

Heidi Swapp's Confetti stencil
Clearly Besotted's Rounded Tag Die

Hello Sunshine and Into the Woods 6 x 6 pads
Welcome to lesson 3:

Lesson 3: Clean and Simple

Clean and simple is how I work.

I love it.

And there are some AMAZING CAS gurus out there, my favourite being Laura Bassen. She really is incredible, right?

People often comment on how simple my cards are, and I like that. However, simple does not necessarily mean easy. It's HARD to stop adding more and more pretty things… you have to know when to stop. :)

So on to today's card… not many steps, not many photos… it's CAS after all. ;)

Creation

Stamp the cute critter onto woodgrain paper and again onto kraft cardstock. (See I stamped him twice… that's because I messed up the first one just a teensy tiny bit. And with a CAS card, teensy tiny mistakes show up!)

Trim the face, tummy and feet from the kraft critter and adhere to the woodgrain one.

Trim a piece of white card stock to 3 3/4 x 5 1/2".

Play around with where you want your critter to go, then stamp the sentiment.
Add some stitched lines beneath where you plan to place your critter. I adhered him temporarily with some washi tape while I did this so I could see where to add my stitching.
Stamp a flower on yellow paper and trim.

 

Cut off the threads, making each a slightly different length. Adhere the loose threads on the reverse of the card.

Trim a strip of woodgrain paper and adhere behind the white panel.

Adhere to a notecard.

Step away. :)

TIP: Clean and simple cards rely on white space. So make sure your cardstock is good quality and pristine before you start. There's nothing more annoying than finding a speck of dirt on your card just after you've finished… believe me, this has happened to me MANY times. :)

OK - so that's it for today.

Lesson 4: Watercolours follows tomorrow.

Bye for now.
P.S.
Just to say - this is my 1000th blog post!!!
Wow! How time flies!

Supplies

*Mama Elephant Clear Stamp UP AND AWAY Set ME1306-035	*Paper Smooches SALUTATIONS Clear Stamps Kim Hughes	*PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn INTO THE WOODS Petite 6 x 6 Paper Pack	*PRE-ORDER Lawn Fawn HELLO SUNSHINE Petite 6 x 6 Paper Pack
*VersaFine ONYX BLACK Ink Pad Pigment	*Hero Arts Layering Papers SNOW PS610	*Neenah Environment 80 LB SMOOTH DESERT STORM Paper Pack 25 Sheets	*Martha Stewart SCORING BOARD Score Craft Tool 42-05002

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