Week 181: CLEAR

It's quite clear that our participants love clean & simple design!  What will you create this week?

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Let's take a look at what the design team and this week's guest designer created for inspiration!

Guest Designer:  Natalia

 design defined:
Black & white graphics with lots of white space work well on a CAS design. 


Ardyth

design defined:

 Leaving outline images uncoloured helps keep your design CAS. 


Deidre

design defined:

A clear frame can showcase the outside and inside of a CAS design.


Hannelie

design defined: 
A clear element shows a busy pattern on the inside of the card and therefore helps to keep the design CAS. 


Hazel

 design defined: 

A repeated motif in one colour can be CAS when restricted to a third of your card. 


Jacquie

design defined: 

Lots of white space & the sentiment stamped inside the card keeps the design CAS. 


Jen

design defined:

Use a coloured sentiment to balance your design. 


Joyce

design defined:

Use layers of mats to give a small focal point more weight.


Judy

design defined:

Let pops of patterned paper add interest amid lots of white space! 


Kymona

 design defined:
Using contrasting colors draws the eyes to the focal point! 


Melissa

 design defined:

Open space is an important part of CAS design! 


Sherrie

design defined:

Embossing on a portion of a clear card base preserves the open space and adds interest. 


Tracey

design defined:
Add dimension by popping up images in CAS design.

Go have fun creating your CAS design and don't forget to link up here on the challenge blog by Monday at NOON (CST)!

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