Saturday, August 11, 2012

It's Hip to be Square...and Simple






This week Stampotique are sponsoring CAS-ual Fridays who have set the theme of Square cards. CAS stands for Clean and Simple , which most of my work tends not to be lol...so I made a real effort keeping this one as clean as a whistle.

 A simple card with 3 punched out squares revealing the coloured inner. The Bee image is the tiny Bee that is part of a double stamp(Medium Bee plus Tiny Bee on the side) from my range at Stampotique. The other stamp in the set is a larger version of the same image. A very handy duo. The wording is also one of my collection 'World All Her Own'.

 I had a go at making a few more quick makes whilst I had the cards and stamps out... This one is a one layer card using one of Stampotiques Quails Cube (you get four different Quails...the clues in the name...cube...lol) and the Wish word. I pencilled in a shadow reflection from the word to give the image a bit of solidity and substance.
 As it happens Less is More challenge are running a OLC Fur and Feathers theme...does this count? Its a bird? But its feathers are squared lol I drew the heart hanging from it's beak. in hind sight I should have stopped with the ink pad to card method when it was just on the right hand corner...but stupidly I did a swoosh on the spine of the card which was an 'epic fail!' as my 9 year old would say. :0) Live and learn.




And onto the next...using this diva wearing the most fabulous dress (I used to have one like this, minus the wings, when I was about 22. Loved it. I have used part of the text stamp World All Her Own again for the wording. Finished off with a torn strip of pink paper.




Here are the three together. Nice to make some simple quickies once in a while- handy for little everyday cards/notelets etc


Thanks for dropping by... Have a wonderful weekend. It's beautifully sunny here.
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37 comments:

  1. Jan 11 August 2012 at 09:14

    Fabulous cards Jo. !st is my fav xx Jan

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  2. Rebecca Hoy11 August 2012 at 09:27

    Love the bird card, happy Saturday,

    Rebecca x

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  3. TAM11 August 2012 at 09:59

    Brilliant set of cards - think first is my favourite too

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  4. Grenouille Greetings11 August 2012 at 10:00

    These are three lovely cards! I especially like your chicken. Great inking! I just know that if I tried to get that level of subtlety, I'd get it wrong. Oh - and I LOVE the name of your blog! Brilliant! Hugs, Lesley

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  5. Kathyk11 August 2012 at 11:20

    Super duper collection - hard to pick a fave you know!

    Happy Saturday

    Kathyk

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  6. Carol Q11 August 2012 at 11:36

    lovely Jo - the background paper on the first card really sets off the whole thing and how effective is the shadowing on the "wish" stamp?!

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  7. Evil Edna11 August 2012 at 12:51

    wow those are so simple and beautiful.EE

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  8. Deb11 August 2012 at 12:53

    Love all of your cards, Jo. You did a fantastic job keeping it CAS!

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  9. flutterbycrafter11 August 2012 at 13:04

    All three cards are fabulous, but the first one is my favourite xx

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  10. Chris11 August 2012 at 14:05

    Brilliant cards, especially like the 'wish' one!
    Chris
    x

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  11. G Peplow11 August 2012 at 14:17

    Hi Jo, Three happy cards, love all, clever inking, xxx

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  12. Suzi B11 August 2012 at 15:51

    Fabulous cards.. my fav is the first one mainly cos I identify with the "epic fail" .. I might have to steel your daughters phrase.
    suzi b :)

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  13. Mandi11 August 2012 at 15:57

    Hi Jo
    Your LIM card is fabulous and certainly acceptable as feathers...chequered or otherwise!
    The shadow effect, inspired
    Thanks very much
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  14. Paula J Atkinson11 August 2012 at 16:15

    Fab cards, Jo. I particularly love the simplicity of the squares card. I am a huge fan of squares :0)

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  15. Siobhan Brignull11 August 2012 at 17:35

    love them all Jo, simply brilliant oxo

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  16. theboelemas@aol.com11 August 2012 at 18:28

    Love your square aperture card, really effective with the peek a boo colour showing through.

    Your epic fail is only noticeable to you! You'd have got away with that one - infact lets be honest you have got away with it, it's a fab card ;o)

    Brilliant third card too!

    Claire x

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  17. Chrissie11 August 2012 at 20:58

    Simply fabulous cards Jo.
    All wonderful!
    Thanks so much
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  18. Hettie11 August 2012 at 22:41

    Lovely cards there Jo, but I have to say the Bee one is my favourite, but you didn't need me to say that ey! Gotta love my bees!
    xx

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  19. Unknown11 August 2012 at 22:41

    Truly fabulous cards. What a flash of creativity with the punched out squares and the stamped bee - you are so inventive and original.So too are the other two cards - love the chicken - I have that stamp - so should have a go at using one of the others in the set. And your last one - well she's a stunner.

    I think my favourite - by a feather - is the cut out squares one - as I've not seen one like it before xx

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  20. Basement Stamper12 August 2012 at 01:57

    Great cards, love the first one with the splash of color behind your squares.

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  21. Chris Arlington12 August 2012 at 07:28

    these are lovely elegant, clean cards. Great !

    By the way I went to Itkupulli website for some help.
    I think I got it, if you have trouble email me. maybe I can help

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  22. GinaA12 August 2012 at 14:59

    Great set of cards, the quail one is my favorite, the wish stamp is stunning.

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  23. Suze Bain12 August 2012 at 16:18

    A fab trio. Love how you've decorated the inside of the square one and the quirky quail is definitely not a fail! x

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  24. Gillian R12 August 2012 at 17:58

    What fab cards, love them all

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  25. Margie12 August 2012 at 20:32

    Great cards and for "simple" they are all very effective.

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  26. Debs M12 August 2012 at 20:34

    great makes x

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  27. Marrigje13 August 2012 at 07:13

    All 3 are great cards. I couldn't pick a favorite.

    Marrigje

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  28. Anonymous13 August 2012 at 07:33

    Love, love, love the first card - absolutely stunning.

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  29. Susan13 August 2012 at 16:39

    Jo, you've created 3 great cards this week! LOVE the one with the bee...the inside is gorgeous!

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  30. Unknown13 August 2012 at 18:09

    Fabulous cards Jo - definitely love the first one; the inside paper makes it so different.

    Karen x

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  31. joanne wardle13 August 2012 at 21:06

    I knew that bird card was yours as soon as I saw the thumbnail on less is more. Love all of these cards. You do cas your own way and I love it.

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  32. joanne wardle13 August 2012 at 21:06

    I knew that bird card was yours as soon as I saw the thumbnail on less is more. Love all of these cards. You do cas your own way and I love it.

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  33. Dortesjs14 August 2012 at 11:23

    Fabulous cards all of these cards are very beautiful

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  34. Lynn16 August 2012 at 13:55

    What an awesome set of cards...love the one with the squares punched out to show the pops of color. Thanks so much for playing along with us at CAS-ual Fridays!

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  35. Aileen16 August 2012 at 19:58

    Super cards. x

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  36. Lisa A.17 August 2012 at 16:39

    What beautiful work!! I especially love the CAS-ual Friday's challenge card...stunningly BEAUTIFUL!! Wow!! So happy you joined the challenge:)!!

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  37. Anonymous1 September 2012 at 21:36

    Very cool! Love all of these fab cards!

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