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Wednesday, January 8, 2025

my favorite clean and simple card designs

I love clean and simple card designs and I have a couple that are my favorite for critter cards! Let me show you more!

BTW, Pretty Pink Posh has a fabulous new release and I'm thrilled to joining day 3 of the blog hop to share ideas with you!!!

Before we talk more about cards, there's more fun! There are 4 $30 gift certificates to Pretty Pink Posh up for grabs! Enter to win by leaving comments along the hop by 11:59pm PST of January 15th, 2025. The winners will be announced on the PPP blog.

Now let's talk easy, clean & simple card designs...

I love to mask the top section of my card with a little low-tack tape and then ink blend to add color. Then I like to stamp over the ink blending to create a little background scene for a critter.

In this case I used images from the Valentine Icons set and the Valentine Ghost Friends to create the background for one of the ghost friends.

This simple strip background/scene design always makes me happy!

Another card design I like to use often for critters is a circle window like this...

The window can be a shaker or not, but always makes a fun place to ground a critter like this sweet Valentine Ghost Friend! This one is a shaker over a ink blended background and filled with chunky glitter.

Your next stop on the hop is Dana's fabulous blog and I know she is going to share something gorgeous!

And here's the whole list if you need it...



Thanks so much for hopping with us! Hugs!!!
Carly

29 comments:

MadeByMeghanK said...

I LOVE your ghosts and backgrounds!

~amy~ said...

Love them both! So sweet!

Sunshine HoneyBee said...

Ghostly cuteness CAS & more style.

Anonymous said...

I love both of these cards so much. Your simple but beautiful style is my fav.

Ms. H. said...

Love these clean and simple designs!

Farhana S said...

Love your cards as always! These designs are my favorite 🤩

sharon g said...

Now I get the ghosts! BOO.....nice and cute.

Gayle I. said...

Simply sweet and so very cute cards!

Tami B said...

These are really cute.

Lauryne Cunningham said...

Oh my gosh! Your cards are so adorable! I love all the white space!

Bunny said...

Cute cards I really like the circle window. I think I can do that one because I don't think it's a shaker. Otherwise I'm a disaster at shakers. [Bunny]

Denise Bryant said...

Nothing cuter than some Valentine ghosts! I love your adorable cards!

Anonymous said...

Hi, Carly - These are both bootiful! I would never have thought to combine ghosts w/ Halloween, but I have to say that these work great! Love 'em!
Lori S in PA

Carrianne said...

Spooky cute ghosts! Love your CAS designs!

Isabel Z said...

Both these cards make me want this set! SOOOO cute!

Libby said...

Very cute cards Carly! I think they look terrific as CAS cards. By the way, I am SO with you on the love of chocolate covered gummy bears! They are one of my guilty pleasures. :-)

Kelly B. said...

So cute! Love the colors you used!

Anonymous said...

Adorable cards!!!

Anonymous said...

Thank for your cute cards.

Unknown said...

I like the softness to these cards. The ghosts are so cute.

L said...

I really like the colors you chose.
Cute cards!

Sue G said...

I love how you used the set icons to create your own backround. This gives me a whole new way of looking at my stamps. Love the ghost card with your original background

Jeanne Beam said...

Adorable cards! Love the ghost with the hearts.

Alexandra Y said...

These are all so pretty! You truly are a master of CAS cards!

Tiffany G said...

Adorable, clean and simple cards. Love the little ghost.

Donna T. said...

Adorable ghosts and great use of them!!!

Michelle Hackett said...

There is nothing wrong with clean and simple. These are super adorable!!!!

bzyPTmom said...

Very cute cards--thanks for the inspiration!

Lynn Chan said...

Cute cards! Love your colours too!