It’s Saturday, and that means it’s time for a Simple Saturday project (I suppose I could share Simple Saturday projects on Mondays or Thursdays, but they just seem to fit-in on Saturdays). 🙂 I’ve had the idea for this card in the back of my brain for a couple of weeks, and I was able to tailor it a bit to fit with this week’s Friday Mashup Challenge. Here’s my card:
And here’s the challenge banner for Friday Mashup:
The challenge this week is to: (1) use black, white and one other color in a card, (2) showcase a word bubble on a card or (3) create a card with both the color combination and word bubbles. I chose to make a card with black, white and Coastal Cabana.
Tips, Tricks and Reminders
- Designer Series Paper. In honor of Simple Saturdays, Designer Series Paper is a great foundation for any card – it does all the work for you to make the work simpler and easier. Designer Series Paper can also inspire emotion or a color combination in a card. If you don’t use it, I suggest you try it. If you have some, I suggest you get it all. Maybe I’m a little paper-crazy, but I want you to love it as much as I do.
- Perfect Print Alphabet Bigz. I was a huge proponent of the Typeset Alphabet Bigz Dies that retired earlier. I loved working with them and enjoyed spelling short words every chance I had. Have you seen the Perfect Print Alphabet Bigz dies yet? Well, you just saw six of the letters (look up). The entire set is AMAZING! The letters are fun and modern – and they are super-thin, which makes them perfect for making cards.
- Cards of Any Size. I love an A2-sized card – the standard 4-1/4″ x 5-1/2″ card front. Every once in a while, though, it’s fun to mix things up and make a card of a different size or shape. This card front is 4-1/4″ x 8″ – while the “thanks” panel is only 5″ long and could have fit on a standard card front, I wanted to make sure I had plenty of space to showcase the DSP. The differently shaped card also gave me a chance to create a coordinated envelope with my Envelope Punch Board. Yippee!
Papers: Basic Black, Coastal Cabana, Back to Black Designer Series Paper Accessories: Perfect Print Alphabet Bigz, Thick Baker’s Twine (Coastal Cabana), Stampin’ Dimensionals
Thanks for stopping by today!
Brian
What a beautiful colour combo! I love the alphabet dies, so tempting, I want to buy them! Thanks for cheering me up on this Saturday evening (here is Oz), I love this card.
Looks like you out done yourself friend. Beautiful card. I guess I am going to have to get that bigz die. Have a great weekend. Just too let you know we have mushrooms popping up due to all the wet weather. I am not complaining mind you. It keeps all my plants and lawn watered. Stay cool in Sunny Atlanta.
Great card! The blitz die looks good, but you you have any hints on lining up the letters please? Also, how do you adhere the letters? Thank you x
Oops – auto correct!! bigz die!! X
The Coastal Cabana letters pop on the black CS. Very striking!
Love it.
Classy!!!!
awesome card–I eyed that die, but was intimidated by how thin the letters were! I also want to know how you lined them up so perfectly and adhered them–I know I’d be covered in glue, hahaha!
Love your choice of colors. The black and white really make the coastal cabana pop! I am also going to have to look closer at that alphabet die now for my own cards. Very nice!
Beautiful!
Oh my gosh! Gorgeous, Brian!
Oooooooo! Pretty!
Back To Black is a great DSP collection because it has such variety . And look which design you chose . I like the floral mixed with the bold greeting ….interesting and the color choice is perfect ….it is almost a Carolina Panther`s card !!!
Simple yet smart. I like it a lot!
Love the aqua and black together! Fab letters and great design!
Hey, Brian! I love this card! I’m going to have to get these alpha dies — so cool! I have the ones that retired and thought I was all set, but I see now that this is a completely different look. And I love the Coastal Cabana twine accent!
Wowza, Brian! I wanna CASE this one. What are measurements of all? Please?
Thanks!
Sharon
I love the colors! nice card.
Super card Brian, I love it.
Love the coordinating envelope!
Just beautiful! 😉
I wasn’t attracted to this black and white DSP … Until now! Love the background floral and the bold pop of Coastal Cabana colour – great card as always!
Love it, too, Brian!
The Coastal Cabana is so striking against the black and white, what a fantastic choice. The “Thanks” also looks terrific, there is just the right balance between the DSP and the bold lettering.
Thanks for playing along with us at The Friday Mashup!
I was so sad to see the other alphabet dies go but it looks like the new ones will be fun, too! Love your design and the accents of Coastal Cabana with the Black. Thanks for playing along this week!
Love the card. Maybe it’s my monitor, but the white has a hint of pink from where I’m sitting, which also looks good! Cute card, great letters. I’m also hoping you will share the tip about getting your letters lined up right 🙂
Brian, I love Coastal Cabana mixed with basic black and whisper white. It’s the perfect color combination for this week’s mashup! Great way to mix things up too by changing the cards size. Thanks for playing with us at the Friday Mashup.
Sara