Clean and Simple Llama - Di's Digital Challenge - Clean and Simple

 Today I am thrilled to share with my latest Design Team make for Di's Digital Challenge Blog. This week the theme is "Clean and Simple." This was a nice challenge for me, it helped me focus on the "less is more" philosophy of crafting.  Sometimes I get myself convinced that every card needs to be a showstopper, and forget that my homemade cards can still be beautiful and enjoyed even when they are more simple.  

With that theme in mind, to make the card simple to make, I chose to use this sweet Llama which is one of Di's pre-colored images from her Etsy Shop. I am coming up on the start of the school year, and I know I will not have the time I want in the craft room for awhile so using a pre-colored image was a blessing and her coloring is way better than anything I can do anyway.  

Next I found some papers in my stash that paired well with the colors in the image. I decided to use the solid purple image and a flowery embossing fold to give the plain paper some texture, and then found the mint wood pattern. To separate the two papers, I used a .5 inch white ribbon as a border. I then found a sweet pre-cut sentiment to add to the bottom right corner embellished with one single pearl.  

Like I said before, this card helped remind me that simple is beautiful in its own rights, and it is ok to dial back the detail.  I absolutely loved making this card for Di's Challenge, and I hope that you will join us and make something simple and beautiful as well.  If you decide to join us, please let me know in the comments. 

Thanks for reading!