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Tuesday, October 25, 2022

A Simple Thanks

Welcome

I have the privilege of welcoming another new follower - Jane Bayliss. 

I wanted a thank you card recently, and this is the result.  
I made it quite CAS as the recipients are not 'fussy' or 'fancy' folk. 


The image is a small Altenew stamp and die set - I have had it several years and think it is now discontinued.  It was stamped on a snippet of card before colouring.


I coloured the images with Alcohol pens (a gift I recently received) and 'detailed' it with my polychromo pencils.  
The sentiment  an oldie but a goodie, was gold embossed on a separate snippet of card.


I die cut both the coloured images and the gold 'shadow' layer that I offset to the main image.
The flowers were mounted on foam dots, either side of the sentiment panel


The background layer was embossed with a very old Swiss Dot EF by Cuttlebug, and all edges were swiped over a gold ink pad. 


The inside panel had a narrow strip of washi added.

I am linking this to:
(Twist not used)


23 comments:

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Beautiful CAS, love the dimensions it has with the embossing and the layered flowers!

brenda said...

Sometimes simple can be so elegant Maxine and this certainly is, many thanks for joining in with our Autumn theme at Stamping Sensations challenge.

B x

Diane said...

Very pretty CAS card!! Thank you for joining our challenge at Can You handle The Pressure!
Diane CYHTP Co-Owner
{Nellies Nest}
{Can You Handle The Pressure}

Donna Walls said...

Beautiful card Maxine. I love the colors you've chosen and the embossed details. Thanks for sharing with us at Pammie's Inky Pinkies Challenge.
Donna xx

Kathy said...

I get to be the first to say how lovely this card is..so simple and clean and the popped up flowers are colored beautifully (love the shadow popping creates) and dotted swiss is my absolute favorite embossing folder. It's a wow and is sure to be appreciated. You are so thoughtful with your creations, considering what someone would really like as part of the creative process...again so glad we met through our mutual interest! Smiles across the miles, Kathy

Donna Walls said...

I'm popping back by to say Thanks for playing along with us at the Jan's Digi Stamps Challenge.
Donna xx

jimlynn said...

Clean and simple - and gorgeous! Love the way you used the image twice like that and all the wonderful dimension. So pretty with all the fine details.
Lynn

Jeanette (Forest Ranger) said...

Maxine, this is a fabulous card for your not so fussy friends! I love that you used the stamp creatively - twice. And the layered, slightly offset layers adds to its beauty.

Pamela Duncan said...

Such a sweet card - love the stacked flowers and the embossing background. Thanks for sharing with us at Polkadoodles. Pam, DT

Kristine said...

Really pretty and simple. It's nice to have some CAS ones in your stash. I do love that flower stamp/Die! 🌼

R's Rue said...

So pretty

crafty-stamper said...

Perfect CAS card love the stamped flowers and embossed background.Thank you for joining us at Stamping Sensations
Carol DT x

Jan Mahew said...

Fabulous wet and dry embossing, Maxine! Thank you for sharing your CAS creation with us at Jan's Digi Blog Challenge. Good Luck and Happy Crafting!
Hugs,
Jan
(Owner & Illustrator of Jan's Digi Stamp Shop)

Irish Cherokee said...

Very well done. Love CAS cards. Not always easy to do. Love the flowers.

Hugs and Blessings

Cynthia said...

Lovely design, Maxine. The floral image really pops on the embossed background.
Thank so much for sharing with Word Art Wednesday.

aussie aNNie said...

Beautiful and gorgeous card, love these colours together

Gerrina said...

Beautiful CAS and great with that textured background! Hugs, Gerrina

Brenda said...

I love your CAS thank you card Maxine, those flowers are so pretty and you have colored them up beautifully. Love the touch of colored pencils to the details...I so need to try and remember to do try that sometime. The embossing is sweet and works so well. A beautiful card indeed! Hugs, Brenda

Donna said...

Lovely card, I really like your layout! So glad you joined us at Jan's Digi Stamps! Donna (design team)

Margaret said...

Very lovely, Maxine. I really like the simplicity of it and how you popped up the image. Really makes them pop out.

Pam Tiedtke, or Pammie Lou said...

Delightful card! I love it! Great layout and the embossed dots were a perfect touch! Thanks for sharing it with us at PIP Challenges.
Hugs

Judy Woodland said...

This is just beautiful! I love the colors and your design is gorgeous, all the white makes the focal flowers pop. Lots of wonderful work here, and great take on the challenge, thanks so much for playing along over at Can You Handle the Pressure. Hope to see you back again soon!
Judy~ CYHTP DT

Neet said...

I love a CAS card and this one is beautiful. I love how colourful the image is as it contrasts so well with the white. Great idea cutting a shadow effect in gold. A real pretty card.
Blessings, Neet xx