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I like to think that my usual card style is clean & simple.
And what style do I wish I could do...well I see so much vintge in the gallery and I wish I could make my vintage things look so good. I've tried vintage projects and they never seem to work for me.
I so agree ladies. I think I do clean and simple but I love the vintage/shabby look. I just wish I could make mine look good. I have tried and tried and it just looks horrible for me.
I've started describing my style as clean-er and simpl-er. It tends to be just a bit more than CAS, but not totally layered or with complicated techniques.
I have multiple personalities when it comes to cardmaking. I don't think I can do it all (one style I can't do -but love so much- is heavily embellished shabby vintage like Melissa Phillips) but I think I can do a bunch of styles well. I usually hover on the line between CAS and lots of layers, but I go in either direction as well. When I sit down to create I never consciously choose one style over another, but regardless of what comes out, I always create bold, bright cards with some kind of flair... So to answer your question: I have no idea! :p
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I lean towards CAS, but I love layers, and every card has to have ribbon. Not an overabundance of ribbon, but just enough to give it a little texture. I usually color my images with prismas and OMS. Not too many embellishments.
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I have multiple personalities when it comes to cardmaking. I don't think I can do it all (one style I can't do -but love so much- is heavily embellished shabby vintage like Melissa Phillips) but I think I can do a bunch of styles well. I usually hover on the line between CAS and lots of layers, but I go in either direction as well. When I sit down to create I never consciously choose one style over another, but regardless of what comes out, I always create bold, bright cards with some kind of flair... So to answer your question: I have no idea! :p
Clean and graphic is my sweet spot. I struggle with styles that use a lot of elements: shabby chic, vintage, and the luxe layered look are a stretch for me. The more stuff involved, the more difficult I find it to complete a well-balanced project to my satisfaction. I want to take some mixed media classes this year to expand my design boundaries. I'm hoping they'll help me incorporate more layers and elements without losing the balance I love so much.
I lean towards CAS, but I love layers, and every card has to have ribbon. Not an overabundance of ribbon, but just enough to give it a little texture. I usually color my images with prismas and OMS. Not too many embellishments.
I love ribbon too and I use it on almost every card.
Patty, I was just visiting your blog. I love your card of the snowman boarder (best boarders) It's adorable. I have the set, and I haven't used it much, but I love your card, and may just have to case it!!
I have no style. It depends on who I'm making the card for, what I'm doing with it, or how many I'm making. I used to add ribbon and distress ink to every card, now...I don't. I used to add ribbon even if it meant adding a tiny speck. I would like to learn to make CAS cards and also vintage or collage cards. I'm in the vintage swap...so I guess I better get to learning.
I haven't found a style yet as I'm new at this. What I do notice is not much bling. I love bling but don't really know how to use it and don't really own any. Sooo...i don't know..
Patty, I was just visiting your blog. I love your card of the snowman boarder (best boarders) It's adorable. I have the set, and I haven't used it much, but I love your card, and may just have to case it!!
Awe...thanks so much! I'm thrilled that you liked my card and feel free to case away . That's an older SU stamp set and you don't see it being used very often.
I wish I could do those busy, busy, busy cards with tons of layers and details and embellishments. Unfortunately, I am a bit lazy and slow (tend to get distracted easily and daydream) so my cards tend to be more simple than I'd like. And then sometimes my sister-in-law asks me for some cards and for those, I just stamp an image onto a card and colour. Or not even that; I just stamp solid images. That's such total CAS that I don't even bother to scan or photograph them. <sigh>
Also, I'm limited by what I can mail in a normal envelope, which means no buttons or bulky bows. Boo hoo.
I love to create scenes using watercolor technique and sponging. I have never been good at CAS but recently have started playing the weekly challenge and have enjoyed pusing out of my comfort zone. I love ctorina's very elegant style as well as shabby chic but I am completely terrible at both.
I don't really know what my style is. I do some CAS, but most cards have some layers, are relatively clean and tend to have minimal embellishments, but probably not quite CAS. Sounds like there are a lot of us out there. Maybe we should be Clean and Limited, or Clean and Layered (CAL)
This is a hard question! In the end . . . . I wish I could just make a nice card LOL
Your creations are beautiful - I have a 3D mental block - can't put anything together. My card style is all over the place as I try to find my "style". It changes with the seasons!
What's your usual card style
