IO Challenge- Clean and Simple

Greetings everyone!  Today's IO challenge is "clean and simple" cards.  I thought I would share a card I recently taught in one of my classes.  I used watercolor pencils and a waterbrush so that I wouldn't have to color every flower or leaf perfectly.  The card is "quick and easy" as well as "clean and simple."

Paper:

Pink notecard

Ranger watercolor paper

Stamps:

Sayings- Impression Obsession Clear Set- CL329 Let them Eat Cake

Background- Impression Obsession Cover a Card Sketchy Flowers CC093

Cupcake- Impression Obsession Flower Cupcake C16017

Inks

Colorbox Chalk Pink Pastel

Black Versafine

Other Materials:

Spun Sugar Distress Marker

Waterbrush

Inktense Pencils- Crimson, Felt Green

3” circle punch (Purple Circle Punch)

Instructions:

·         Stamp the card with pink ink and large background image.

·         Cut out circle from watercolor paper

·         Stamp cupcake and saying onto circle using black ink

·         Outline the outside of the cupcake with Spun Sugar Distress Marker

·         Blend the outline with waterbrush to soften the edges

·         Let the outline dry before coloring the inside of the cupcake

·         Color the center of each flower with pink Inktense pencil

·         Blend the flowers with waterbrush

·         Trace the lines of the cupcake wrapper with pink Inktense pencil

·         Blend with a waterbrush

·         Color the center of each leaf with green pencil

·         Bled leaves with waterbrush

·         Optional…stamp saying on the inside of the card

     Need more Clean and Simple inspiration?  Check out the other designers:

Anna Wight

Daniela Dobson

Dina Kowal

Ellen Taylor

Jeanne Streiff

Jenny Gropp

Karen Amidon

Kittie Caracciolo

Laura Fulcher - you are here

Vicki Garrett