Recently Pam Morris, my 3rd upline, had a team meeting at her family’s Subway Restaurant. I participated in the swap, and I received some great cards and even a couple of lovely ornaments. Here is my swap card.

I used to feel a card wasn’t finished until I had covered every bit of it with doodahs, but my designs seem to getting simpler and simpler lately. Now I feel more comfortable using white space as a design element.

Just a little Basic Black and Cherry Cobbler are added to the mostly Whisper White card. This little bird with long legs and the small sentiment are all this card need to create a striking design.

I created the bird’s legs with a ruler and a Basic Black Stampin’ Write Marker. The birds eye is the smallest size of Pearl Basic Jewels that I colored with a black Sharpie marker – color the pearl before you  remove it from the sheet.

Here’s what I used:

Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!