Clear (and Simple) Gratitude

Clear & Simple Stamps is sponsoring this week’s sketch challenge at 2 Sketches 4 You. They always have super-creative sketches to work with! Here’s my version of this week’s sketch, flipped on its side.

I decided to use the sketch to make an acetate card. The plum scalloped panels are inside the acetate overlay. They’re made from two Nestabilities scalloped rectangles. I placed the patterned paper panel on the outside of the overlay to hide the adhesive that holds the pieces together.

Isn’t the floral pattern on the paper a great match for the flower trio from the Gratitude set? I stamped the solid silhouette images first, then went back and added the line images over top for definition. I used small ink pads so that I could ink up the flowers and stems separately. No room for a sentiment here, but I think that the card works okay without one.

Materials Used:
Gratitude stamp set (Clear & Simple Stamps); Plum Pudding Palette ink, Plum Pudding cardstock, Plum Pudding grosgrain ribbon (Papertrey Ink), Bamboo Leaves, Pear Tart, and Lulu Lavender inks (Memento); Very Vanilla cardstock, dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!); designer paper (Crate Paper-Sweet Branch line); oval and scalloped rectangle dies (Nestabilities)