Clean & Simple Card Making (2) Day 3 Plus Some More

I've got two projects from today's Clean & Simple Card Making class.  The first uses a technique called Gradient Stamping.  I used Background Basics Circles in Hawaiian Shores, Spring Moss and Aqua Mist.  It took a bit of trial and error, but I think I finally got it to work.

The next technique had us stamping on labels, which we then cut up.  I couldn't find my labels, so I used a piece of PTI Adhesive Sheets.  This was a fun card to make, but honestly, I don't know why the stamping had to be done on a label, rather than just a piece of card stock with adhesive...Anyway, here is my card.  I am also entering this card into this week's Simon Says Stamp and Show:  Seeing Stars.

My next project today is a pillow box full of chocolates that I am entering in this week's Make it Monday #102:  Pillow Box Stamping and Assembly.  I cut a Pillow Box out of white card stock, and stamped it with a random pattern of owls.  Before I assembled it, I cut a few heart shaped windows, and then covered the windows with a piece of clear plastic cut from a PTI stamp box.  I will enter this into the Moxie Fab Challenge #60:  Make a card with a Window challenge.

You can see the windows better here:

My last card is for this week's CASology #29, where the cue word is 'Game'.  My favorite game, of course, is tennis, and I can be found out on the courts every morning, when I am not spinning, that is.  I made a card that I know will come in handy to give to one of my tennis friends who might just need a little encouragement (like yesterday when we were thoroughly trounced).  I have read that 'white' space need not be white, so I have made my white space a bright and cheery pink, to match the color of our uniform this season.  I loved this sentiment from Boy Basics:  Game On, and think it can be applicable to so much more than video games.

One last note--as the current challenge at Simon Says Stamp is 'Anything Goes', I will be entering all of these projects (and everything else I create this week) into that challenge.


Supplies Used (PTI):
U Rock
Stamps:  Background Basics:  Circles, Say it With Style
Paper:  White, Hawaiian Shores
Ink:  Hawaiian Shores, Spring Moss, Aqua Mist, Versamark
Other:  Tiny Tags Die, White Embossing Powder, Twine

Star
Stamps:  Star Prints, Technique Tuesday The Numbers Game, Tag-it's
Paper:  White, Soft Stone, Patterned scrap from my bin
Ink:  Soft Stone, Ocean Tides, Canyon Clay, Spring Rain
Other:  Adhesive Sheet

Pillow Box
Stamps:  There She Goes You're a Hoot, Framed Out
Paper:  White
Ink:  Hawaiian Shores, Limeade Ice, Blueberry Sky, Aqua Mist
Other:  Pillow Box, Heart Print, Tremendous Tags Dies, Hawaiian Shores Ribbon

Game On
Stamps:  Boy Basics:  Game On, Clear Dollar Tennis
Paper:  White, Hibiscus Burst
Ink:  Hibiscus Burst, Versafine Tuxedo Black
Other:  Lil Inkers:  Instant Camera and Stitched Rectangle Dies, Picnic Plaid Impression Plate, Rhinestones

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