Mon Amie

I have at last been brave enough to break into a Prima kit I bought ages ago that was intended for scrapbooking but which has lay unused and filed under "One Day". I am not sure about the result but I am on a journey after all, so this is just another step on that journey.

The papers are from the Aurora Collection and I used Heavenly and Majestic Garden which were all chalked around the edges. The flower and ribbon are also Prima. I love the birds on the ribbon and although I think the flower is special I couldn't resist adding glitter to 'lift' it a little.

To complete the design that I had based on a sketch from 2Sketches4You, I added a Waltzing Mouse stamped sentiment, cut with the Spellbinders Fancy Tag die and .... nearly forgot .... I added a pearl to the tag.

I am hoping to enter this card into the following challenges :
1. 2Sketches4You - Laura's Sketch 60
2. Colour Q challenge 49 - Browns and Blues
3. Crafty Calendar 12- September - Blue and optional flower
4.Cowgirl's Sunday challenge - Anything Goes

My APOLOGIES

I am not really apologising - it's just the title of my latest cards, so forgive me if I have tricked you in to reading my post. The thing is I have been dreaming and planning this design for over a week and have had days trying to get the design right - I nearly gave up !!
The problem with clean and simple designs is that they are really hard to get right and I admire those crafters who 'get it right' constantly. I am in awe of their work (I will not name names but I follow them).
Anyway, these are the first cards I have made which I think truly come under the heading - Clean and Simple.

I really struggled to get decent photos that show the true colours which are very pale, duck-egg blue and greys. I also resorted to showing both cards together as they are virtually the same with just slightly different shaped flowers.

I used the Shapeabilities Fancy Tag dies to cut and emboss an aperture in the white card and then I stamped the sentiment using one of the lovely Waltzing Mouse fancy phrases stamps on to the cut-out tag which I also embossed.
Around the aperture and the tag I applied a matching blue chalk and to complete the design I added clear gems and a stitched button..
I hope to enter this card design into the following challenges :-
1.SCS Challenge 99 - Clean and Simple
2.My time to craft challenge 106- Jewelled
3.The paper players challenge 14 - Clean and Simple