This card definitely doesn’t look like my usual cards.
After checking out the forums last Sunday, I found a thread about using the cuttlebug folders only partially.
I had seen it before and even played with it, but I have never made a card like it. So I tried it out.
The horizontal stripes are dry embossed with my Scor-Pal. After owning it for quite a while now, I have to tell you that I think it is a must have tool. It makes scoring so easy and projects that need scored lines a breeze.
I used the Swiss Dots Embossing folder on the top and the bottom of a 4″ Whisper White cardstock. Over the dots I scored two lines 1/4″ apart with the Scor-Pal.
The stamps are from Always. I inked up the branch first with Old Olive ink, then added extra ink with my Ruby Red marker. The ribbon is the new Olive Poly-Twill ribbon from the Occasional Mini catalog .
So what do you think? Is it too bland!
Beate
Stay at Home Mom of Three, Splitcoast Team Member and Copic and Spellbinders die Lover.114 Responses to “Too simple?”
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Truthfully….I LOVE this card. It’s simply elegant !!!
NO! It is NOT bland – it is crisp and POPS! I think sometimes we put too much into our cards, which gets intimidated to customers. I LOVE this! TFS!
Like the framing by the embossing, pretty!
Ummmmmmm, no!!!!!!! Gorgeous as usual. I need to get that embossing folder.
Not bland at all, very elegant and meaningful. It is gorgeous.
This is an elegant card.. The scoring looks like ribbon! I have the Always set and its fun to see it used in a whole new ‘look’…
I adore it! I love simple cards and so do my customers. 🙂
It is absolutely stunning!! I can’t wait to get my swiss dots folder now- it should be here today 😉
Beate, this is GORGEOUS! I love the elegance of it!
I LOVE it. I’ve played around with this idea too…some of the card samples I’ve seen are just wonderful, as is yours.
I Love it! I wouldn’t change a thing on it.
Jannette D.
I love it Beate! I experimented with the CB folders like this last weekend and I love it. Your card is beautiful, but I know what you mean about not being comfortable with cards outside your “style”. Good for you for stretching yourself, you did a great job!
Amy
Gorgeous- its just perfect!!
Bland – No Way! I love the look of this card. Sometiems we thing we need to keep adding but this is beautiful. Love the colors you used. 🙂
GORGEOUS!! I love the simplicity because you added lots of dimensional interest so it is not lacking anything. TFS.
Well personally I would call it elegant, not bland :D.
I always like green anyway.
Have a good weekend.
This is the perfect card for that sentiment. What more could you say? What more could you do that would not take away from what is already there. The card is pure and lovely, just like the sentiment. I can’t find dotted swiss in stock on line anywhere and NO shopping options in Haiti. Any ideas anyone?
It’s beautiful… LOVE it!!
Karen
I love this one, Beate – so beautiful! I’ll have to dig out my cuttlebug and give it a try.
Awesome card. The simplicity makes the card so elegant. Love it!
This is gorgeous BEate!!! Definitely NOT too simple!!! Have a great weekend!
You’re right – it isn’t your usual style LOL (which I love) but this is a gorgeous card – simply elegant style. TFS
Alison
not at all, I think it’s ‘simply’ (but not simple) gorgeous
It’s not to bland… It is simple but with elegance… I just love it I love cards that are made with white CS… TFS
No, it’s perfect!
It’s gorgeous! Simple elegence! As “Always”
It is very elegant Beate!!!
Not too bland AT ALL! I love the embossed dots on the bottom and top! 🙂
Beate,this is a beautiful card! Perfect for mailing to someone…….I think sometimes less is best and it truly shows it on this card!!! Lovely…..Elizabeth
I think this is gorgeous! Simple and perfect!
Not too simple at all, it’s beautiful!! YOu know me, I love clean and simple. Excellent job!
I think it is beautiful. Love the simplicity!!!
This card is gorgeous. I makes a very bold statement. Simple is not always easy to do and you hit it on the head with this one. Great job!
This is so beautiful! It’s definately not your usual Beate card, and I bet you were itching to throw some brads, ticket corner punches and use your all in a row! This is a simple and stunning card, I love it!
It makes a very bold statement. My hands are flying faster than my brain this morning.
Love it! Don’t think it’s too simple at all! It’s beautiful!
I LOVE IT!! Simple and elegant!
I love it—simple can be beautiful. Great job!
Beate, this is a beautiful card! I love the folder. Very pretty! H&S Silke
It is very different to what you usually do… but it’s also very pretty and elegant! Me likes it : )
Beate, you are right, it does not look like your usual style, but I have to say I love the beauty and elegance of this!! You truly did a wonderful job, it is stunning!! You are so talented!! *STAMPIN HUGS* Alex
Definitely not too bland! I LOVE it! It’s simply GORGEOUS!
definitely not too bland! very pretty!!
This is so elegant and my kind of card (you’ll see quite a few in my gallery). There is a keyword CAS at SCS where you can find a lot of this style! I love them!
Harriet
Simply elegantly stated! To me a great card maker is versatile and Beate you have certainly mastered it! I will have to give the partial CB folder look a go, very effective! Have a great weekend! Hugs, Deb
Definitely not too bland! This is my absolute favorite kind of card. Check out the CAS keyword on SCS for a lot of beautiful cards like this. I think your card is awesome!!
Definitely not too bland. Gorgeous simple card and I love simple cards!
Seriously!?! I don’t think you can make anything bland! I love the clean crisp card!
No way! I love it!
Just the perfect card for that message Beate. And, I am of the KISS method of stamping. Hounds back to my days in business college. Very stunning and I will definitely try using my embossing plates like you did. I think of you and your family every day, sending messages of strength.
It’s perfect, and gorgeous Beate!! I love the elegance and texture!!
FAR from bland – it’s beautiful!
wowzers! Love this, so simple and elegant!
I think it is perfect! I must case it!
Oh my goodness, Beate, it’s gorgeous!! I love it!!
I’m getting the cuttlebug out. Simple is beautiful and elegant.
Love the whole card.
This is not a bland card!!! It’s wonderful in its’ simplicity. I love the Swiss dots! Joan
Definitely not bland at all! I think it’s very elegant! Love it! TFS =).
Simply elegant – nothing wrong with that!
So Simple, SO Elegant, SOOOOOOO Beautiful.
Nice Job!!!
-michele
I love it!! Gorgeous colors! Simply beautiful!
Simple yet effective. I love the way you used the embossing folder, its very pretty
It’s GORGEOUS!!! I love the “simplicity” of it. Makes it look…elegant! Now I MUST CASE! *cleans drool* LOL! 😉
It is NOT too bland — it is classy — I LOVE it!!!
The card is lovely and very elegant.
Too simple? No way!!! I LOVE it!!! :)Julie
NO WAY!! I think it is very elegant!
Sometimes simple is the best… I love simple cards and think that sometimes mine get a little busy. But I love those too. I also love the way the embossing turned out! this is a great card!
Thanks!
Definitely not bland, very very elegant and beautiful!
love it absolutly wonderful!!! Cynthia
Beautiful design—love it!
Sometimes, less is more! This is the case with this card. I really love it!
Well, with 72 comments already, does THAT answer your question??!!! LOL. IMO, I think it’s very lovely and after putting so much work into most of your cards, doésn’t it feel great to do a very simple card and have it turn out sweet?! I would feel so good about this one. It’s fabulous, especially with those swiss dots! 😀
Do you sleep at night or are you some sort of super human stamping cyborg who stays up all hours of the night making us green with envy with your wicked awesome stamping abilities? Hmmmm? Even you’re simplest cards look 10 times nicer than mine! LOL! I love it!
Beedubya
Beata, this cars is gorgeous just as it is- no piercing, no layers, no problem! I love it!
I think it is clean and very attractive. But I know what you mean. I see this card on your blog, or other clean and simple cards on other blogs and think they are so pretty. And then I try to case them, or come up with my own simple card and I sit there and frown at it feeling like it needs something.
I think is wonderful!!! It’s simple and elegant and the sentiment is great. I love the way you made a simple layer of paper look that great, I had to look it twice to realize it has only one layer!!! One again, you did an awesome job.
I love it! It’s elegant and simple and clean. It’s the kind of card I would make.
I so love this! It’s very elegant! Great job with this! TFS and have a great day! 😉
I really like this card. Sometimes simple can look very elegant.
Beate…..Love, love, love this card. I really feel inspired to get out my Cuttlebug and play with the Swiss Dots…..oh, any my Scor Pal too!! Simply elegant, no other words can describe!
most excellent use of white space, beate! it’s beautiful!
Very pretty, love the way you used the CB!
This card is just fabulous! It is stunning in its simplicity and all the elements are put together perfectly. You are a genius!
Too bland? Not at all. I think this card is beautiful.
NO! not too bland at all!!! actually…simple and elegant and quite lovely, beate!!!
chelle
So elegant! Beautiful! Thank you for sharing! 😀
Absolutely not bland, Beate! This is simply elegant and beautiful! I love it!
Just love this card. Very pretty. Just got the dots Embossing Folder- can’t wait to play with it now.
As you can tell from all the replies, we all love the card! To tell you the truth I am a bit tired of all the layers and embellishments used on cards anymore. I get discouraged when it takes me a couple of hours just to do one card. With working full-time I don’t have that much time to devote to one card. I am definitely starting to go back to my roots in stamping. I am leaning more towards direct-to-paper and some matting with a little ribbon and stardust pen accents. I sure hope that the trend will start going back to simple! You sure have my support.
So…. are you going to tell us Cuttlebug owners how to emboss on only part of the card? Or where the forum is that you saw it? PLEEAASE!
Your card is gorgeuos just the way it is!
THANKS…..
I love this look. I think it has an elegance that speaks for itself. Not bland at all, it’s beautiful.
No Beate, it’s beautiful! Classy because of it’s simplicity…versatile because of it’s simplicity. Lovely lovely. Thanks for sharing.
This card is so beautiful.
Beate – your card is gorgeous!!! I love the simplicity of it – that makes it truly gorgeous!!!
It’s simple. It’s pretty. It’s perfect.
But it’s too funny to see on YOUR blog 🙂
Not a bit too bland! Love the crispness and simplicity, definitely a Heidi-style card. TFS!
Not a bit.
Totally LOVE it!!! I love simple cards!!! That’s my tendency so I love seeing it from you!
Hope you had a great weekend!
Its beautiful! I saw the article about using the Cuttlebug this way, too, and I’ve been dying to try it..you’ve pushed me to do this..I really love it, even if its different from your usual..I think its great!
Thanks for sharing (and inspiring)
Too simple? No Way! I love it. very classy. beautiful.
Bland is not a word I would associate with your card! Fabulous comes to mind and beautiful! Simple is wonderful, but it takes mucho talent to do simple this well. Love it!
Hi It is so beautiful card.I love it so much. My favorite color is brown. It is Swiss Dots Embossing Folder instead of Crop. Fast work.
Thanks for your wonderful sharing
Yes, it’s simple but VERY, VERY elegant. I love it.
I absolutely love this card, Beate! Stampers are doing some pretty amazing things with their Cuttlebugs lately.
Simply beautiful!
I absolutely LOVE it!!! I think the simple ones make more of a statement and have an elegance to them because of their simplicity. Now I have to buy the Swiss Dots folder!!!
This is very elegant. I don’t think it’s too simple looking at all! Have a good one!
Too Simple? This is absolutely perfect!!! I love simple cards and this one takes the cake!!!! 😀
Elegant but simple!~
Love it!
It is simply delightful and by the number of comments already, I’m guessing everyone is in agreement!! I will have to have that embossing folder soon and I’m already eyeing a Scor-Pal too!!
Love to check out what ya up to,
M
I love it–don’t think it’s too simple at all!
No, it’s not your usual style, but it’s still a great card. I think it’s very classy looking. Think “simple elegance”. Thanks so much for the tutorial on partially using the embossing folder. I hadn’t thought of that. I managed to get the Swiss Dot before my Hobby Lobby sold out, so I’ll have to try that one tonight! Thanks again.
No, not too bland at all! Just clean and streamlined, and making a simple card that’s just right is difficult, but you managed to do just that! I really how this turned out and I’m thinking I’d like to try my on version with a SU! embossing template instead of the embossing plate (which I don’t own).
Great job stepping out of your usual style!
Cindy 🙂