Simple Elegance with a bit of Snark!

Hi everyone! Hope you have all enjoyed some of the inspiration the new Design Team members have been bringing you this month.  I am here today for my second post of the month and this time I decided to focus on the sentiment. 

At first I thought I was going to do a CAS card, this may not truly fit the ticket for Clean and Simple, but it may fit "Elegant and Simple."

Sometimes the perfect designer paper truly compliments the stamp. While my focal point is definitely the sentiment, the extra elements in this card make it very elegant. I am using the new stamp called "Two Types." It is another fun addition to Suzy's Snarky collection. 

The paper stack I used for this card is from DCWV and is called Foiled Elegance. I added a black sheer ribbon and some washi tape and stamped image to the finished inside of the card.

Two Types

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Riley & Company - Food or Drink Challenge

Guess what? It is time for another challenge over at Riley and Company. Our theme this week is Food or Drink. Ahhh, my two favorite things.

If you have been following me, you know I love to  make Coffee cards and Martini cards. So this challenge is perfect for me. Now, in order to play along, you need to use a Riley and Company image. If you do not have an Riley images, be sure to check out our Riley and Company Designs. I am sure you will find something you will love and just can't live without.

For my card I one of the new Retro people "Doris" and another one of my funny bones. I picked up this ribbon at a thrift store, if you can believe it and I knew it would work perfect with this image and theme. Both of these images are available over at Riley and Company.

Here is a closer look:

I even made an envelope to match my card.

Want to play along?

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using Riley and Company images. If you upload your card/project to SCS (Splitcoast Stampers) don't forget to include the keyword RILEY1314. We can't wait to see what you create.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the Design Teams blogs today to see what they created for this challenge.

             Heather Bolli 

            Jackie Rakoski-Diediker

                                                                                                                                                Joy Stagg

  Kelly Santi

  Kendra DeCota

   Kerin Sylvester

  Sandye Curry

 Stephanie Serrano

  Vera Yates

I would like to enter my card into the following challenges:

• Crafting from the Heart  Always Anything Goes
• Ditzie Digi Designs  Anything Goes
• One Stitch At A Time  #218 Anything Goes
• Through The Craft Room Door W, 2E - Always Anything Goes

Go Large or Go Home

Have you heard of the saying "Go Large or Go Home?" Well, sometimes that is what you need when it comes to coffee, but these days you don't say "Large" you say "Venti."

This is one of the the digi stamps I won over at Limited Runs in their December Candy drawing. Every month they have a drawing where you can win 5 digis. I think that is a pretty good deal for just linking on to their site. There are a couple of rules, so make sure you check those out. The sentiment is from Dana's inspirations. She has a couple of Coffee sentiments, so check them out.

Better yet...Venti!!

There are a couple of challenges out there that the theme is food/drink. So I thought this would be perfect for some of those. Also Freshly Brewed is having a month long challenge going on called "Choose your challenge. You can either choose the sketch or the picture for inspiration. I already created a card using the sketch, now I will use the picture for my inspiration.

You can enter up to 5 times, and they do not require that you use one of their images. I recently won a challenge and I am waiting on my prize, which is 5 digis from Freshly brewed. I hope to get those soon and have enough time to enter at least one more time.

I would like to enter the following challenges:

• "Ends Jan 31 - Fresh Brewed - Choose your challenge
• Ends Jan 26 - Challenges 4 Everybody  - #37 Anything Goes
• Ends Jan 25 - Come and get it - Food Glorious Food
• Ends Feb 7 - My Sheri Crafts - #125 Use a digi image
• Ends Jan 21 - Crafty Creations - Something to drink