Colorful Cacti Pot Card (AAA Cards Game #94 GDT)

Hi everyone! :o)

I was delighted to be asked to be a Guest Designer at AAA Cards for a Game #94, after I won 1st place in their Game #92 The Birthday Card Challenge. I love playing AAA Cards challenges, as their challenges are all about CAS (clean and simple) cards, my favorite card design. :o)

The Game #94 theme is one layer with a colored card base.  AAA Cards is pairing this challenge with Less is More.

Card design has to be CAS. Here is a CAS definition from AAA Cards blog:

Notice: there are various CAS cards definitions on various blogs.



And here is my take on the challenge: CAS (clean and simple), one layer,  Colorful Cacti Pot Card.

To make this card, I used GORGEOUS Jane's Doodles 'Cactus' stamp set. Succulents and cactus are my favorite plants, so you can imagine how much I LOVE the set. :o)

When I received the stamp set (August 2016), I stamped all images on paper scraps and fussy cut them out. I made these to use them as a help to arrange scenes and as masks. I store these in a pouch with the stamp set.:o)

For a card base I used Kraft Paper, my favorite colored cardstock paper. I stamped the cactus/succulent pot directly on the card base using pre-made masks. Here and there I fixed some lines with black fine liner. I colored the stamped image with colored pencils. After coloring, I stamped a sentiment on the card base, overlapping the pot.

To add more interest to my card, I outlined the image and sentiment with white pencil, punched two opposite corners with a rounded corner paper puncher and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 95 mm x 127 mm (3 3/4" x 5")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Cactus' stamp set
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencils
• light yellow
• dark yellow
• light orange
• dark red
• light green
• dark green
• light blue
• dark blue
• white
• Staedtler Lumocolor permanent black pen S (superfine) 0.4 mm
• eraser
• pencil sharpener
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• rounded corner paper puncher
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• pre-made masks

I hope you'll like my one layer CAS card and get inspired. :o) Stop by the AAA Cards and see amazing creations from the Design Team made for this challenge. The challenge ends on July 21st, so there is plenty time to share your CAS one layer cards with us. :o) For more information about the challenge rules and prizes, jump over to challenge post at AAA Cards. :o)

I'm linking my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Addicted to Stamps and More, Challenge #249 - CAS

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

2) CRAFT-alnica, Izziv/Challenge #189 - Voščilnica za lastno dušo / As you love it (create a card with your favorites, a card you would love to receive)

CAS design, one layer card, Kraft paper, coloring with colored pencils on Kraft paper, Blooming Cactus, Aloe Vera, colorful pot, masked image

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

3) Craft Stamper Magazine, Take It Make It Challenge, July: Anything Goes Stamping Challenge

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

4) Crafty Creations Challenges, #345 - Anything Goes

This is my 2nd entry to this challenge.

5) Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday, June 2017: Summer Icons

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

6) STAMPlorations, Summer 2017 CAS Card Challenge

This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka