Kim's Kreative Korner: simply elegant card

Monday, October 25, 2021

Simply Elegant Single Layer Card for Kylie's Top 10 Winners Blog Hop

At the beginning of almost every month I participate in an International Blog Hop and ask for votes so that I earn my way to this hop. A HUGE THANK YOU to all of you who voted for my card. You can see that card HERE. YOUR votes bumped me into the top 10 so that I could participate in this hop today.

I appreciate this opportunity so much more than you know.

You're the BEST!

The card I designed for today's hop is a simply elegant, one-layer, Thank You card made with the Elegantly Said bundle.

Isn't it gorgeous?

I struggle to make one-layer cards but with products like these it didn't need more layers, imho.

Check out the detail made with the Stitched Greenery die! I have to admit, I passed this one over in the catalog at first, but after seeing it on other's cards, I just had to add it to my stash. I'm so glad I did!

I heat embossed both sayings to add to the card's elegance.

...and that paper speaks for itself! I just love how it has silver, gold and copper in it.

Shiny!

Please visit Kylie and the rest of the winners by clicking on the links below.

HAPPY STAMPING!

~Kim~

Product List

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Elegantly Said Bundle (English)

[155753]

$36.75

Basic Borders Dies

[155558]

$29.00

Stitched Greenery Die

[155451]

$32.00

Simply Elegant 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Designer Series Paper

[155761]

$15.00

Elegant Tag Punch

[155762]

$18.00

Silver Foil 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Pack

[156457]

$10.00

Versamark Pad

[102283]

$9.50

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$18.00

Gold 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Shimmer Ribbon

[152156]

$7.00

Take Your Pick

[144107]

$10.00

Clear Block D

[118485]

$8.50

Multipurpose Liquid Glue

[110755]

$4.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$12.00

Stampin' Dimensionals

[104430]

$4.00

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals

[144108]

$4.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$25.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$10.00

Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[149653]

$120.00

Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine

[150673]

$60.00

Basic White Medium Envelopes

[159236]

$7.50

Simply Shammy

[147042]

$8.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Guilty

Yep. I'm guilty.

I tend to overthink EVERYTHING and feel like I have to come up with these grandiose cards that wow everyone Every.Single.Time. I tend to forget that beautiful cards don't have to be hard.

I was playing with the Pretty Pumpkins bundle in my craft room on Sunday. I was making all of these beautiful die cuts out of Specialty papers, trying different stamping techniques with the set, and on one piece of Vanilla Cardstock, I simply heat embossed the three pumpkins using Versamark and Copper Embossing Powder. Then I colored them with my Stampin' Blends and set them aside. I continued messing with the other stamps, coloring them with markers then stamping, using the baby wipe technique, etc. However, my eyes kept drawing back to that simple piece of CS with the copper embossed pumpkins on it. I loved it. But, how could I? I mean, it was sooooo simple....

I could just picture a nice sentiment heat embossed on the front and die cut with a pretty die. Soooo, I followed my heart and just did it.