Sending Good Thoughts

I’m just sliding in under the wire to enter my submission to the Addicted To CAS challenge which has the codeword of dots.

I’ve been contemplating this challenge for about a week but it took the deadline looming to really get me focused. I love the tangelo twist and white paper from the Confetti pack, which is a surprise because I struggle with orange. However only having 2 colours in the paper helps to keep it more simple. I pulled out the Stampin’ Up! Perfect Pennant set which arrived earlier this week and was so far unused and contemplated the tangelo twist DSP and the stamp set. And I was determined to finally use ribbon. Actually, I’ve used it a couple of times, but in a very minimalist way and never a bow. So the challenge became the DSP, ribbon and orange. Here’s where I ended up:

Stampin' Up! Perfect Pennants

I used the white embossing powder for the sentiment and then cropped it with the #4 banner framelit (counting from the smallest) I initially intended to add a border in the same shape around the orange banner and cropped the DSP with the #4 and #6 banners which obviously left me with a banner the same size as my sentiment in the DSP. I decided that I preferred the 2 banners on the card to one with a border. I guess my next challenge will be to use the border! As I tied the bow in the tangelo orange the card seemed to need something else. My brother commented that it was a bit, well, too orange so I tried the blackberry bliss ribbon and really liked the effect. I usually take out my ribbon and look at it and then put it away after deciding it’s a bit too much for the card – I’m glad I got some on the card today!

I used some more of the DSP to line the envelope to really tie it all together.

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  1. Loll

    Hi Liz. Glad you made it into the challenge before it closed. LOVE the orange card with the blackberry ribbon … so fabulous together! Also love the double tag … especially the one with the dots 🙂 Thanks for joining us at ATCAS.

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