I love seeing all the different directions people take from the same idea. That’s why I enjoy challenges so much. Every week CYCI issues a different challenge – a sketch, a color palette, a theme, or something else. I hope you’ll play along by entering your own projects. Go to canyoucaseit.com for more details.

Here is this week’s sketch challenge:

And here’s my card:

I love this clean and simple sketch. I think the most elegant cards are CAS. Not that I don’t like cards with lots of pretty doodahs – I do! But there is something to be said for understated designs.

I haven’t used this color combo in a while, and it’s one of my faves, so here it is:

The card base is Kraft card stock. The white panel is White Corrugated Paper. The ribbon is Burlap – I trimmed down both edges with Craft Scissors to remove the stitching and to make it thinner. And the sentiment, from the B.Y.O.P. stamp set, is stamped in Real Red on Whisper White CS, then cut with Craft Scissors, except for the notch at the end, which I cut with Paper Snips.

Tip: I keep two pairs of Craft Scissors: one for ribbon only and one for paper. I also use Paper Snips for paper. The Snips are great for detail work, and the larger Scissors are nice when cutting long smooth lines.

At this point I liked the card, but the large expanse of plain Kraft CS at the top did bother me a little. I thought it needed just a little something, but not too much. That’s when I decided to stamp it in Whisper White Craft Ink with the large Dots for Days background stamp. Now it’s like a piece of DSP in the background. The evenly spaced and aligned dots almost count as a solid – certainly as a neutral.

The sentiment continues on a piece of Whisper White CS glued to the card’s interior:

Here’s what I used:

Be sure to check out the other Can You Case It projects here.

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Thanks for stopping by today, and Sweet Stamping!