Cottonberry Creations: Clean and simple

Clean and simple - Penny Black

The challenge at Penny Black and More for the month of June is Clean and simple. When I saw the theme for my DT piece my heart sank. My crafting buddies make fabulous CAS cards but they are not my thing and I am just not good at making them. I did use a two lovely PB stamps.The floral stamp is called "star inspired" and the sentiment is from a set called "gratitude". I made the embossed background using my scor-pal. I stamped my image twice so I could use the centre of one image to build up the flower. I used a blue Promarker to colour parts of the flower to match my ribbon and pearls. There you have it.
Pop over to see the teams beautiful CAS cards and check out the rules for the new challenge. As usual there are several craft prizes up for grabs from our generous sponsors Penny Black, Crimson Cloud, Stamp Addicts and All that scraps.

I have entered my card into the challenges listed below.
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ Anything goes/ Ends 3rd June
http://simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/Ends 4th June
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/ Ends 4th June
http://www.freeprettythingsforyou.com/ Anything goes/ Ends 6th June
http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything+ribbon/ Ends 5th June
http://cas-ualfridays.blogspot.co.uk/ CAS/ Congrats./ Ends 5th June
http://totallypapercrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/ Ends 6th June
http://cardmakinmamas.blogspot.co.uk/ Use rubber stamp/ Ends 6th June
http://stampinfortheweekend.blogspot.co.uk/ Monochromatic/ Ends 6th June
http://therubberbuggychallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/ Ends 12th June
http://craftingbydesigns.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/ Ends 4th June
http://abc-challenge.blogspot.com.au/ O for Open/ Ends 13th June
http://papercreatorscrafts.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/ Ends 7th June.
http://hobbyhousechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/ Ends 27th June.
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/ Ends 7th June

21 comments:

brenda said...: You created a beautifully crisp and elegant card Shirley and your colour choice complements the feel perfectly.

Hope you have a good Sunday and some of the sunshine makes its way to you.

B x; 2 June 2013 at 08:30
Riet said...: What a gorgeous card Shirley.

Hugs Riet.xx; 2 June 2013 at 09:16
Whisper said...: Oooo what a stunning WOW card and the touch of blue lifts it too - you've also reminded me, i must hunt out my 'Star Inspired' stamp and use it.

Thank you so much for letting me, join your amazing team as GD this month, it's such an honour, Luv Sam x; 2 June 2013 at 12:36
Louise said...: Very pretty card, love the flower and the touch of blue. Thanks for joining us at ABC for our challenge
hugs Louise; 2 June 2013 at 13:21
KraftyKoolKat said...: This is very stylish Shirley. I hate doing CAS cards, I always go back adding on too much.

Hugs
Cathy
xxxxx; 2 June 2013 at 14:50
Ellibelle said...: This is simply stunning Shirley. I love the all white with a little bit of the light blue added. The embossing looks amazing!; 2 June 2013 at 17:16
Linby said...: Fab CAS work Shirley and I love the two embossing elements.
Lynn x; 2 June 2013 at 17:45
Mervi said...: Hi Shirley,
really stylish and elegant card,
warm greetings;-))m; 2 June 2013 at 20:27
susiestacey said...: Such a pretty card Shirley take care x Susan x; 2 June 2013 at 21:22
Wendy said...: So beautiful...Thanks for playing along with us at Totally Papercrafts this week.
Wendy xx; 2 June 2013 at 21:58
Anonymous said...: hi shirley, this is a beautiful CAS card! i love all the white space and the embossing, not to mention the gorgeous flower.; 3 June 2013 at 01:23
Craftin Suzie (Susan Wykes) said...: Love your card, the Cas Style and embossing! Thanks for joining us at Card Makin' mamas Susan x; 3 June 2013 at 06:44
Anonymous said...: A gorgeous creation and thank you so much for joining us at the Hobby House Challenge
Hugs Kate xx; 3 June 2013 at 07:29
Nikki Craft said...: Clean and simple....and very elegant! A beautiful card:) Thanks for joining us at The Hobby House x
Hugs Nikki x; 3 June 2013 at 08:12
Tracy said...: Hi Shirley
Fabulous CAS creation, love your image and design.
Happy crafting
Tracy x; 3 June 2013 at 13:54
Lorraine A said...: Fabulous card Shirley :-) the whole design is stunning !! very pretty :-)

thanks for joining us on the Simon Says Stamp Challenge
luv
Lols x x x; 3 June 2013 at 21:21
Anonymous said...: I usually do not create a comment, but after looking at a bunch of remarks on "Clean and simple - Penny Black".
I do have some questions for you if it's allright. Could it be only me or do a few of the remarks look as if they are written by brain dead people? :-P And, if you are writing at additional places, I'd like to follow everything new you have to
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Unknown said...: Such a pretty CAS card - gorgeous design!
Thank you for sharing with us at The Hobby House challenge.
Tracey x; 4 June 2013 at 06:18
Natalie Laurijssen said...: Clean, simple and gorgeous! Thanks for joining us over at ABC Challenges this thime!
X - Natalie - X; 4 June 2013 at 18:21
Jingle said...: This is VERY pretty! That flower looks gorgeous! Thanks so much for playing along with us over at CAS-ual Fridays!; 5 June 2013 at 18:47
Jenn Bedient said...: Beautiful card! Love the details and your design. Thanks so much for sharing with us at Stampin' for the Weekend. Hope you have a great day!

- Jenn DT; 7 June 2013 at 04:40