Clean and Simple card | All Dressed Up Stamps

A new challenge has started over at the Facebook group of All Dressed Up stamps. The theme for this month’s challenge is to create a Clean and Simple card. For me, this is always a tricky topic. I am someone who usually just keeps adding things to a card, so this is a real challenge for me.

For my inspiration card for this challenge, I used the image Christmas Tree Fairy. I love this digital stamp, and it’s perfect for a Clean and Simple card. The girl on top of the tree is so cute that it adds a charming touch to the card.

Now let’s dive into the creative process of this card.

• I made a top fold card. So, you need a piece of white card stock measuring 10,5 centimeters by 29.c centimetres. Score at the long side at 14.6 centimtres. Fold the card and you have your base card.
• Golden card stock measuring 14,5 centimeters by 10 centimeters.
• A piece of DCP paper to print your Digital stamp on and measuring 9.5 centimetres by 14 centimetres.

To bring the digital stamp to life, I printed it on DCP paper and coloured it with my Twin Markers (alcohol markers). I used the following colour combinations:

• Leaves: Deep Green (52), Dark Green (51), Forest Green (50) and Grass Green (47).
• Skin: Peachy Blush (259), Salmon Pink (25) and Barely Beige (29).
• Dress, stars and ornaments: Primary Yellow (221), Canaria Yellow (45) Light Cantaloupe (275) and Barn Red (245).
• Hair: Tawny (106), Sand (107), Rose Beige (97), Clay (116) and Chocolate (118).
• Wings: Cool Shadow (178).

Now, that the colouring is done, we can go on to the next step finishing the card.

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Once the colouring was done, I die-cut the image with a stitched rectangle. As the theme is clean and simple, I didn’t want to add any other elements. Therefore, I decided to place a layer of golden paper behind the die-cut image to match the golden look of her dress, adding a luxurious design to the card.

And the card is finished.

Thank you for taking the time to read my post. I hope you will join us in the All Dressed Up Stamps Facebook group and participate in our challenge.

I’m listing the products I used below. I will link them when I can. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support. This way I can keep making more free content for you.

• Digital stamp “Christmas Fairy Tree“ from All Dressed Up Stamps.
• Twin markers (alcohol markers) from Decotimecrafts.
• Golden paper brand unknown.
• Stitched rectangle die from Create & Craft.

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