OLW 76: Color in Winter

This Wednesday's challenge over at Simplicity's blog was to create a single layer, grey and white card with a pop of color.  Some weeks when I read the new challenge I know exactly what I want to do (now whether it actually happens is another thing!), and some weeks I am lost in the weeds.  This was one of those weeks.  But, yesterday as I was rummaging around my flower drawers (stamp drawers!) I saw this awesome Penny Black image and immediately thought of masking out a portion of it to nestle in a sentiment.  Sentiment by Saavy.  Made the oval mask with a SU oval punch.  Had the card done in 15 minutes.  Taking a picture has taken much longer.  It is cloudy and dreary here today and 4 Ott lights just aren't doin' it for me!  Sorry for the poor quality image.

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year to all! I hope you all had a wonderful Holiday Season. My wish for you is a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.

Let's start the new year with a simple little number that uses Flower Soft. Really loved the stuff when it first came out. Of course, LOVED what everyone else was doing with it. BUT! then I had to use it myself...different story! I have found that less is more, and allowing a bit of your stamped image show through helps. C/S is SU!, image is from Impression Obsession and the sentiment is Savvy Stamps. The image is matted and popped up off the card base.

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