Glorious Greens

Today, I am sharing two levels of Clean And Simple (CAS) cards inspired by AAA Cards Challenge #297 - Anything CAS goes, optional twist - All Greens. 

Supplies: Kaleidoscope card, envelope, and Katie Pertiet Kaleidoscope Wildflower Lasercuts (49 and Market), Katie Pertiet Maker Series Wispy Stems Hello stamp (Arden Creative Studio), Tim Holtz Peeled Paint Distress Ink (Ranger), white Gelly Roll pen (Sakura)

This first card, Hello, is the simpliest with three elements (focal point image, sentiment, strategic splatter) and is the one that I am entering into the challenge. I started with a premade Katie Pertiet 49 & Market green Kaleidoscope cardbase and matching envelope. Next, to tie the dark green parts of the two Kaleidoscope Wildflowers laser cut outs (leaves and butterfly) focal point as well as the Hello sentiment darker green ink, I splattered a tich of green onto the top section of where the focal point would be placed. Then, I adhered the laser cuts and stamped the Katie Pertiet Arden Creative Studio Hello from the Maker Series Wispy Stems Stamp Set with Peeled Paint Distress Ink. Lastly, to make the leaves cohesive with the base, I used a white gel pen to add some random splatter like dots and called it done.

Supplies: Kaleidoscope card, envelope, and Katie Pertiet Kaleidoscope Wildflower Lasercuts (49 and Market), Katie Pertiet Stacked Sentiment Thank You die (Arden Creative Studio), green and white cardstock (The Paper Company), Wire Fence embossing folder (Darice)

The next card, Thank You, is a step up from the first one. Still a lot of open space but more details and dimension beyond what the challenge entails which is why I did this one just for me. I wanted to experiment and see how the premade card base would stand up to dry embossing so I used a simple emboss folder to emboss the card front. Then, I paired two more Kaleidoscope laser cuts for the focal point. Instead of stamping, I went with three stacked die cuts (2 green, 1 white) using the Katie Pertiet Arden Creative Studio Thank You Stacked Sentiment die and called that one done.

Be sure to check out the great inspiration from the AAA Cards Challenge design team and the takes from fellow participants.

TTFN,

Cassandra