Bubbles and Fizz

Today's blog is a Challenge entry - I've made a card that is from a sketch from 'Freshly Made Sketches'. I love seeing a sketch and then looking at how everyone interprets it differently! This is the sketch:

Check out the entries so far by clicking on 'Freshly Made Sketches' - people are very creative! And I love all the different styles - there's something for everyone!

Here's my version of this card

In case you hadn't noticed, my style is kind of 'less is more'!

For this card I started off with Tranquil Tide as a card base, cut to the standard New Zealand card size.

I then broke into my Bubbles and Fizz paper - this is one of the Sale-a-bration FREE items when you spend $110 or more from either catalogue. I love the fresh, bright colours of it, and even though I don't have the rest of the suite (yet!), I love that this paper can be used without it.

I cut a piece of Whisper White Card Stock carefully on the same angle as I had cut the Designer Series Paper, and stamped the sentiment onto it in Calypso Coral ink. The sentiment comes from the stamp set Birthday Wishes for You. I was given this set recently (how lucky am I?) and I've had a lot of fun making numerous cards with it. You'll see more of this over the next few days, that's for sure!

I then cut a length of ribbon from the Shimmer Ribbon Combo pack that is also a Sale-a-bration FREE item - gently shimmery, it looks just gorgeous against the Tranquil Tide.

To finish this card off I used three of the smallest Basic Pearl Jewels and carefully put them on the same angle as the rest of the card has.

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So today's card really is that simple - I love the clean lines and although it's not the same as the sketch, I think it's 'in the spirit' of the sketch!

Take care,

Andrea