I’m just sliding in under the wire to enter my submission to the Addicted To CAS challenge which has the codeword of dots.

I’ve been contemplating this challenge for about a week but it took the deadline looming to really get me focused. I love the tangelo twist and white paper from the Confetti pack, which is a surprise because I struggle with orange. However only having 2 colours in the paper helps to keep it more simple. I pulled out the Stampin’ Up! Perfect Pennant set which arrived earlier this week and was so far unused and contemplated the tangelo twist DSP and the stamp set. And I was determined to finally use ribbon. Actually, I’ve used it a couple of times, but in a very minimalist way and never a bow. So the challenge became the DSP, ribbon and orange. Here’s where I ended up:

I used the white embossing powder for the sentiment and then cropped it with the #4 banner framelit (counting from the smallest) I initially intended to add a border in the same shape around the orange banner and cropped the DSP with the #4 and #6 banners which obviously left me with a banner the same size as my sentiment in the DSP. I decided that I preferred the 2 banners on the card to one with a border. I guess my next challenge will be to use the border! As I tied the bow in the tangelo orange the card seemed to need something else. My brother commented that it was a bit, well, too orange so I tried the blackberry bliss ribbon and really liked the effect. I usually take out my ribbon and look at it and then put it away after deciding it’s a bit too much for the card – I’m glad I got some on the card today!

I used some more of the DSP to line the envelope to really tie it all together.