Clean and Simple Day 2, Part 2 with OLW74

Hello!

When I saw One Layer Wednesday this week, I decided to try to wake up my mojo and make another card for Clean and Simple Card Classes, Day 2. I made another stack of one-layer cards and this one is the very best of that bunch. Sigh!

Here is the card:

This card has potential. I need to reposition the elements at the very least! As it is, my kids like it, and they will use it, yay!

I used PTI Turning a New Leaf, and SU! Wonderful Favourites. Colours are Real Red and Pixie Pink.

I'm actually a bit embarrassed to share this one, but someone recently commented on her blog how nobody ever shows the less-than-perfect cards. So this post is for her, and you never know, someone else (a lot less critical than me) might like it, or it might inspire someone to make a better version, and that would make me happy. :-)

Michelle
xxx

Blue and yellow

Blue and yellow is one of my favourite colour combinations.  A few weeks ago I saw a challenge that used these colours but I never entered the card because I used navy blue instead of black. . . I probably should have entered it anyway! 

When I started working on this card, I had an idea in mind that was supposed to be quick and simple.  While it was simple, it certainly wasn't quick!  Who knew how long it takes to decide on a pattern and then stick down multiple small squares?  And then I got to the end and the ribbon I had planned to use didn't work and the card was too plain, so I pondered that problem for a while too. . . and then I thought - what 80 year old man doesn't like a bit of bling on his birthday card? LOL.

My favourite uncle is turning 80 in a few weeks and I wanted to make a special card to commemorate the occasion.  I am sure that he doesn't read my blog, so I think I'm safe to put it here (and those of you who do read it, don't show it to him yet!)

No matter how I photographed this card (and I took photos from every conceivable angle), I couldn't demonstrate what it really looks like.  The navy blue prevents the camera from showing how the layers are popped up, or how dramatic the end result is. 

This card was made with love for a very special person.

I hope you like it.

What I used:
Cardstock - Night of Navy, Bashful Blue, Barely Banana, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White
Ink - Night of Navy
Stamps - Wonderful Favourites, Kaisercraft Happy Birthday
Bling - Kaisercraft