Less is more !

It's often said in crafting, "Less is more!"  Sometimes we just don't know when to stop, and want to chuck the kitchen sink at our projects.  The danger is that by over doing it, we can spoil what we have gone to great lengths to produce.  So every now and then, producing something that says 'simplicity' is a refreshing change.

Now, I realised that I hadn't made enough Christmas cards....my list seems endless.......so I decided that I would use this beautiful bauble stamp by Inkylicious to quickly make another 20 or so...keeping it simple.

Keeping to a monochrome theme or red, white and black, I simply stamped the bauble and the bauble top in black Momento ink, onto the same white card I had made my base card out of.  I find it important to use the same card, as colour variations in 'whiteness' can stand out like a sore thumb.  The colour accents on my baubles were determined by the colours of metallic card I had.  I had plenty of the red, so with a fine nib added to a matching red ProMarker, I picked out some of the detail  (not all, just a few accents here and there)  I then used a fine nozzle glue and the DecoArt glamour dust in crystal, to highlight some of the swirls and stems.  The only other thing I added was some festive wording to the front and a verse inside.  So a quick but effective card that can be produced in larger numbers when time is not on your side.
Try something simple...
Christine