The Paper Players challenge this week is for a “Clean and Simple Thank You.” Here’s the sketch:

And here’s my card:

Background – Clean and simple is hard for me to do. I always want to add more – more layers, more ribbon, more doodahs. So this really was a challenge. I really like this design from the Santa & Co. DSP. The stars are tiny and sweet, but the colors make it more masculine, so it’s great for anyone, from a baby girl to an elderly man. I deliberately cut the paper so several of the little white stars would show – my simple way of adding more. I think it makes the perfect background for the bold Thank You banner.

Banner – I used the Little Letters Thinlits Die set to cut the letters out of Whisper White card stock. Then I put a piece of Hello Honey card stock underneath to show through. I could have cut the letters from Hello Honey and adhered them on top of the Whisper White, but this way seemed less labor intensive. I just lined up the letters using the Magnetic Platform and ran it through the Big Shot. I think if I had adhered the letters individually it would have been harder to get them nice and straight – not that they’re perfect now.

The Thank You banner is adhered to the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals. Don’t you just love those things? They make everything look better.

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