Simply Clean & Simple (9/2026) - Jungle Animals

 Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

 

 Jungle Animals

  

 I had fun today creating the background for my giraffe sticker.  I've used TH distress oxide ink, stamps from an old Gina K set as well as added a bit of dimension with the hanging branches using a Stampscapes stamp.

 

Challenges to share in:

 Critter Crazy Challenge #114 - ATG featuring a critter (ends 9/25) - 2nd entry
Crafty Animals #109 - ATG w/animal (ends 9/30) - 2nd entry
As You Like It Challenge - Favorite Wild Animal (and why) - ends 9/10 - 2nd entry  ✓
There is something about a giraffe that is SO intriguing!
From their extreme height to their beautiful coloring ... such a beautiful animal!
 

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

Simply Clean & Simple (8/2026) - Nature

 Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

 

 Nature

 

 

 

There are so many things in Nature that excite me and two of them are butterflies & flowers.  For today's card I have incorporated both of them.  

 

The Hearty Crafts toppers have many beautiful themes with flowers & butterflies and this is one from their 'Butterflies on Branches' set  (#HC14300).  

 

  

   

Even though I wanted to keep my card simple by using one image & a circle, oval or rectangle to anchor the image, I wanted to do something a little different with the corner and came up with this idea. 

 

While going through my binder of corners, edges & borders dies I spotted this OLD PoppyStamps 'Clara Corner' (#1411) and cut it on a scrap of cardstock to see what it looked like (talk about neglected ... probably haven't used this die in at least 10 years).  What do you think?  Like it?  
Must admit, much prettier in person! 

I have a few hooks on my pegboard that holds unused die cut ovals, circles, square & rectangles.  These come in handy when I have a design such as this in mind!    This is a Tutti Designs 'Stitched Scallop Circles' die.

  

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

Simply Clean & Simple (7/2026) - Birthday

 Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

 

 Birthday

  

 Over time, I have truly learned to enjoy creating CAS style cards.  

Believe it or not, I used to struggle with this design style as I always thought I needed 'more' to make my cards stand out ... hence, making a CAS designed card look 'incomplete' to me.  I actually applied for a CAS DT spot a few years back to force myself to work more with this style of designing.

 

Today I've used a 'cloud stencil' for my background, the Paper Studio balloon stickers and a sentiment from an Altenew stamp set called 'Birthday Greetings'. 

I hope you like it!

 

Challenges to share in:

Cards 4 Galz #279 - CAS (ends 7/8) ✓
Krafty Chicks #827 - Birthday (ends 7/7) ✓
 

Fab'n'Funky Challenge #640 - Beginning with B (Balloons) (ends 7/7) ✓
Little Red Wagon #865 - I See  (you can see through the latex balloons) (ends 7/7) TOP PICK

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

Simply Clean & Simple (6/2026) - Nautical

 Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

 

 Nautical

 

 

 

Product used:

 

Tim Holtz 'Bubbles' stencil
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink
Large sponge dauber
Just Rite 'Anchors Away' stamp set
Spellbinders 'Anchors Away' die
Gold Foil paper 

A quick & easy card for you today ... hope you like it!

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

Simply Clean & Simple (5/2026) - Things that FLY

 Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

 

 Things that FLY

  

I struggled with what to use for today's challenge then decided to go back through some dies that I haven't used is a very long time ... in fact, I'm not sure if I've EVER used this one!!  But thought it worked well for our optional theme while keeping the over all card CAS.

The die used is Impression Obsession Serendipity Dies - Hot Air Balloons Reverse (sorry ... no longer available) ... not even on Amazon.

    

 

For the background, I used one of the panels in my pack of Blue Knight Stamps 'Night Sky 2 Set'.  A sentiment panel from the TON and my card is complete.  I'll be using this die more often now that I remember I have it lol.

 

 

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog. 

Challenges to share in: 

 Alphabet Challenge - A is for Air (plane, bird, anything in the air) [ends 5/14] Spotlight Winner
Time Out Challenge #312 - Photo Inspiration [ends 5/13]  Inspired by the sky colors. ✓
 Little Red Wagon #856 - Anything related to Travel, Skylines, urban scenes, etc. [ends 5/5] ✓

 

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

Simply Clean & Simple (4/2026) - Baskets

 Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

 

 Baskets

  

 When I saw today's theme, my thoughts first went to my die collection but then I remembered I had a few toppers that had a basket of this or that and opened my topper drawer to see exactly what was available and found this adorable basket of kittens.  

 

I just love these 3D toppers.  All of them are beautiful and make a quick CAS card.  Today I've used the Hearty Crafts 'Cats' HC13890 topper.   

I had an extra frame cut & hanging on my 'extras' board so popped it up then created a sentiment via computer and die cut it.  Here are the two die sets I've used . . .

    

Paper Rose 'Stitched Rectangle Frames'  #16679

Sue Wilson 'Frames & Tags Collection - Stitched Flags'  #CED4317

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog. 

Challenges to share in:

Try it on Tuesday Challenge - Make it Cute (4/14) ✓
Unicorn Challenge #119 - Use Dies (4/30) ✓
Crafty Animals Chlg #104 - ATG Animals (4/27) ✓
 Die Cut Divas April Challenge - Birthday or Anniversary (4/30) ✓
The Dream Factory Chlg #148 - Sweet Little Things (4/22) ✓

 Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

Simply Clean & Simple (3/2026) - Baby Animals

Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

 

 Baby Animals

 

 

 Here's what I've come up with to share with you today . . .

 

 I have a lot of 'animal' images, stickers, etc but not many 'baby animals' (now that I think of it I should have looked in my BABY dies ... I know there are some little critters there ... duh!).  Anyways, while looking through images over on Pinterest, I spotted this adorable little bear and the eye to eye contact drew me in so since it didn't have a watermark I grabbed it and printed out a couple copies.

 

I spotted a couple packs of  Repeat Impressions 'Swing Card' precuts hanging on my 'what not' peg board (gosh I haven't looked at these for YEARS!) and thought one of these would make for a fun CAS card.

After printing the image twice, so I could adhere one to both sides of the swing panel, I cut & embossed 2 panels of scrap white card stock using a Sizzix tree bark embossing folder.  I hand cut my panels for either side then sponged over the embossing with TH distress oxide ink for that tree bark look.

 

 I had this cute wood block sentiment stamp in my stash that worked perfectly!

 

Challenges to share in:

Craft Rocket Challenge #134 - No Designer Paper (3/31) ✓
Little Red Wagon Challenge #848 - Include an Animal (3/10) ✓
The Paper Shelter #666 - ATG or Twist of Embossing (3/10) ✓ (Random Winner)
The Paper Funday March Challenge #85 - ATG or Fur/Feathers (3/29) ✓

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

Simply Clean & Simple (2/2026) - Greenery

 

Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

 

 Greenery

 

 Here's what I have to share with you today . . .

 

 These beautiful stamp/die sets are from Heartfelt Creations.

My N.C. friend Sandy LOVES Heartfelt and when they were going out of business, she bought a TON of stuff and was kind enough to share a few with me when she came to visit last year.  There are two different stamps used here ... one is just the greenery and the other has the hollyhock flowers on it.  I decided to put a stem of each together and pop up the one with the flowers.  Coloring was done with Tombow markers. 

 

Hollyhocks was one of my grandmothers favorite flowers.
Here's a photo of her in her flower garden  . . .

 

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

Simply Clean & Simple (1/2026) - Use Something NEW

Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

 

 Use Something New

 

Here's what I have to share with you today . . .

 

  

Late last summer, I purchased (thanks to BFF and enabling friend Diane H ... lol) several packs of the Katy Sue 3D Die Cut Collage packs (I purchased mine on Amazon) and I've finally opened & prepped a couple panels from one of the many sheets in this 'Floral Collection' pack.  There will obviously be MORE TO COME as there are THREE sheets of each of the four beautiful images shown on the bottom of the sheet below.  

 

 Today's card was created using the smaller (only a couple dimensional pieces) bird image.  The larger image with all it's beautiful popped up pieces will be showcased at another time. 

 

For my background, I embossed a white card stock panel using the Spellbinder 'Forevergreen' A2 embossing folder (SES-026).

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

Simply Clean & Simple (12/25) - Reds & Greens

 

 Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

Reds & Greens

Inside

Today I've used a pack of Stamperia Christmas Rub On images that I purchased through Scrapbook.com last year.  Easy peasy and VERY mailable.  With the cost of postage going up & up, that is definitely a plus!

After creating my rub on design, I used a green Tombow marker & a ruler to do my outside edging.  The inside decoration is another rub on from the pack and will add my actual sentiment later.

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

 

Simply Clean & Simple (11/25) - Holidays or Winter

 Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

Holidays or Winter

I went with a 'winter' scenery stamp by Stampscapes.

 

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog. 

Challenges to share in:

Fab'n'Funky Challenge #625 - Clean and Simple (ends 11/18) ✓
Craft Rocket Challenge #131 - Christmas / Winter (ends 11/30) ✓
Just Us Girls #800 - Anything Goes (winner's post 11/13)  ✓


 
Unicorn Challenge #115 - Christmas / Winter (ends 11/30) ✓
Mix It Up Challenge #80 - ATG / optional CAS (winner's post 12/1)  ✓ Top Pick

 Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

 

Simply Clean & Simple (10/25) - Pumpkins

 Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

Pumpkins

Pumpkin stickers and an old Whimsy Stamps sentiment.

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

 

Simply Clean & Simple (9/25) - Birthdays

 Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

Birthdays

Once again turned to the mountain of sticker packs I have in my stash for today's card.

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

 

Simply Clean & Simple (8/25) - Cute Animals

  Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

Cute Animals

I decided to play with some stickers that were hanging on my pegboard.  I used a large sponge dauber and TH ink to create the 'water' ... added my stickers (bubbles are stickers also) then computer generated the sentiment and die cut it.  Easy - Peasy but cute none the less!

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog. 

Challenges to share in:
CAS on Friday Challenge #314 - Animals [ends 8/6]  ✓
Tic Tac Toe Challenge - Board (Summer Theme, Free, Single Layer) [ends 8/14] ✓



the Card Concept Challenge #218 - Inspiration Board - Summer Days [ends 8/25] ✓

Well that's it for me today ... 
Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .

 

Simply Clean & Simple (7/25) - Beachy

  Hello my friends and welcome to my blog!

Today I have a card to share for our challenge blog using the CAS (clean & simple) design style. 
Our blog is called Simply Clean & Simple and today's OPTIONAL theme is:

Beachy

This card was created quickly using a pack of Stamperia Rub Ons from Scrapbook.com and a little sponged on ink in the corner.  Would be perfect for a masculine birthday card I think!!  

After inking and doing the rub ons, I mounted it onto a base of kraft card stock.

Remember, our challenge is Anything Goes CLEAN & SIMPLE but we do offer an OPTIONAL theme.  You have until the 28th to share your CAS design into our challenge blog.

Hope to see you at SIMPLY CLEAN & SIMPLE!

As always . . .