The latest special issue from Paper Crafts Magazine, Card Style, is now available. Like I said before, this issue is amazing! The concept is; each section of the magazine has cards in a particular style. Cards which are brilliantly designed and spot-on in their genre. After reading through the issue the other night, I am totally inspired and very proud to be a part of this issue (not to mention being on the cover!! eeee! :))
Because each project had to be exactly in each style, it was a challenge to create projects! A good challenge though, because it made me think about each and every element I placed on a card. I guess that made it easy to edit what I could and couldn't use. :)
Here is my project to share with you today. My style (at least for today :)) is Classy and Elegant. I definitely gravitate towards this style-classy colors with timeless design elements. Think Pottery Barn and Martha Stewart.
The card started out with wood paper for the background. LOVE that! Then I die cut a pendant shape from black cardstock and placed it along the left hand side. I trimmed the excess away. Then I proceeded to use several left-over smaller accent pieces that came from the original cut, so I could create a damask-looking image. Black pearls were added to places they just seemed to fit perfectly. To keep the classy look, the sentiment was stamped in black ink.
Wood, pearls, black, scripted font, damask. Absolutely timeless elements. Each one staying within its style.
Ready for a different style? Because here is the super duper fun part of today, the Mystery Blog Hop! I am giving you a link to another project, from an amazing designer, in another style. Consider it research for your next card! :) Click the photo below or click HERE to continue on the hop.
Click HERE---> 
And be sure to visit Moxie Fab World and Paper Crafts Connection. On each site is a photo of half of the prize, valued over $350, that you have the chance to win. Leave comments on all 18 mystery blogs in the hop plus a comment both at Moxie Fab World and at the Paper Crafts Connection blog and you have 20 chances to win. 3 winners will be chosen. All comments must be posted by Sunday, July 18. Winners will be announced on both the Moxie Fab World and Paper Crafts Connection blogs on Tuesday, July 20.
For your chance to win, answer one of these questions in my comments; What is your favorite card style to look at for inspiration? What is your card style? Do you have a style that you wish was yours? Good luck!
thanks for stopping by!
Supplies: Spellbinders-Lattice Pendant, Cardstock, Stamps-Papertrey Ink, Ink-Memento Tuxedo Black, Gems-Hero Arts, Wood Paper-Creative Imaginations (Thin Birch)
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Your card is fabulous! I think I like all styles (except perhaps shabby... well,some shabby cards are great though!). Any card style will do for inspiration! At my beginning in card making I think I was using the clean and simple style, but now that I have more stuff in my scraproom to choose from, mycards are more elaborate! Couldn't say what my style is now! Of course, I would love my cards to be classy and elegant!
I'm a clean and graphic kind of girl. I'd love to be able to do some classy & elegant from time to time.
Your card is stunning! I think I like all styles Any card style will do for inspiration! In the beginning, I did simple design too. But now I think it depends on what and who the card is for, it could be any design.
Very elegant! I love it!
Lovely card Kimberly! I just love black on kraft!
Hi Kim. Congrats on the cover! I am a fun & cute girl and I pretty much stick to this style most of the time...
Very classy card. Love the black againt the wood background. Beautiful.
Wow! This is gorgeous! I just bought some of that wood paper myself so I'm excited to see the possibilities for it! I seem to gravitate towards fun & cute, classy, and now shabby chic/vintage these days. I'm always looking to expand my techniques and freshen up my style.
Your card is stunning!! Love that pendant. Thanks for sharing.
very elegant. Would make a great wedding card too!
Fab card- soooo elegant!
Gorgeous card! I love playing with the shabby chic style but am drawn to all the other ones, as well. I wish that I had more success with the clean and graphic look.
I'm most drawn to the cute and fun and the clean and graphic. But I wish I were a star at the elegant too because that always really impresses me.
I am classy and elegant. Beautiful card.
I wish I could pull off classy & elegant.
Congrats on all your recent successes! I wish I could do clean and cute but I keep adding embellies and ink!
This card is elegant!! Love the die cut!!
I find inspiration in all styles, but I tend to use some elements of Classy & Elegant and Clean & Graphic in my own cards. I'm still figuring out my own style!
wow! this card sure packs a punch...i can take inspiration from any style, but i gravitate toward clean and simple designs when i create
My style is definitely clean and graphic, but I wish I could do Classy & Elegant ... at least in a reasonable time frame :)
Your card is absolutely gorgeous! I love the elegant design! I am always inspired by classy/elegant and shabby/vintage cards! I love all the beautiful elements that can be brought together for a really special card.
I love the elegant look of your card! I really have to say I have not one style. I just make what comes to mind! Maybe simple and plain or elegant and refined! Just pending my mood!
I love all styles, and dabble in them all, but what I secretly wish I were better at is shabby vintage, ala Melissa Phillips and Betsy Veldman!!
I wish I could do clean & graphic, love that look. When I try it, all that white space just begs me to cover it up!! Love your beautiful card! thanks for sharing
So elegant! Love the look.
Spot on the classy and elegant! Great combination of colors and elements.
This is so awesome! I like how you said 'my style for today....' that is def me too! LOL!
I love to study shabby vintage cards.....they are always so full of wonderful detail. I wish I could do it well, but I am still learning.
Thanks so much for your inspiration.
I love love love your card! It's elegant and graphic! I would say I do both fun/cute and clean/graphic!
YOUR CARD IS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL!!!!!! I'm thinking it might be my favorite from the hop---way to go! Me? I'm a clean & graphic girl. {no wonder I love your card, eh?}
I draw inspiration for all of the styles...then I find a way to make it work on a Fun & Cute card since that is the style that comes easiest for me. I do wish I could do Shabby & Vintage more easily!
Love your card...great use of the pieces from the die cut. Great result! TFS
I am more into the classy/ elegant style.
I love that card! Very classy and what I really love about it is that it is gender neutral!
My eyes are always looking for inspiration. Sometimes I can pick something from Shabby/Vintage and end up w/a Clean and Graphic card I guess it depends on my mood but its always color that inspires me. I tend to create Fun & cute or Clean and Graphic cards. TGIF to you!
Your card is fabulous. My style is cute and fun. I'd love to be shabby and vintage which also what I look towards for inspiration!
I love the look of classy & elegant cards but have a hard time making them in a way that I'm happy with at the end.
I absolutely love your card - the pearls are just the right touch. I want them in black now :)
Thanks for the chance to win!
Jessi
I love the gold and black together...so classy.
I'm a CAS girl mainly but occasionally throw something together that doesn't look like me. I enjoy many styles of cardmaking and admire those that can massively layer!
All card styles inspire me. I gravitate towards clean and simple and envy vintage/shabby.
Great card! I love the colors and details. I tend to lean toward classy/elegant with heavy touches of vintage. Many of these types inspire me.
Love Classy and Elegant and this being the summer of weddings and showers, I've used it often but my got to style is a simplier version of shabby and vintage! Your card is BEAUTIFUL!
This is so elegant Kimberly. Love it
Wow!! That rocks! I've been hoarding a sheet of wood like that. . .but haven't touch it for fear of ruining it. Love that you used it as a background, and added that killer die-cutty-thing!! Double Wow!! I'm gonna have to experiment today. -baby steps, I'm sure- :)
Lovely card. I love this simple and elegant style.
Gorgeous card!
Love that color combo!
Wow, your card is absolutely stunning.
My style is fun and whimsical but I am drawn to shabby chic these days.
I don't have a favorite card style - I go with what I feel like that day and who I am making a card for.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Sandra
I love browsing and am drawn to designers in the clean and graphic world. They always inspire me to create.
Your card is very beautiful!! Love it!
I love looking at all card styles, because even if they aren't mine...I can still find inspiration in them!! I tend to lean towards clean & graphic, or fun & cute....but I do my fair share of classy & elegant too!
♥Lea
Stunning card design! Wow!!! I wish I could pull of the vintage style, it's so lovely. But my style is more of a combination of classy, clean and fun.
This is DEFINITELY Potter Barn. Or Restoration Hardware! :) Absolutely FABULOUS card!
I love Shabby & Classic, but I am not limited to that, sometimes I create Vintage, Clean and Fun !!
Your card is perfect!!
Any card can inspire me, but I'm usually inspired by color more than anything else. :)
beautiful card.
I strive for shabby chic, sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't
I wish I were more shabby chic!
my style: fun and cute with flowery stuck in here and there--kind of eclectic.
Elegant card!
I wish that I could feel more confident with clean/graphic! I always feel like a poser when I try to make a card in that style ::blush:: But I like it so much!
beautiful card! WOW
I love fun and cute and clean and graphic cards, to make and use as inspiration
beautiful card! WOW
I love fun and cute and clean and graphic cards, to make and use as inspiration
I would say my favorite style to look at for inspiration is Clean & Graphic. I try to do the Shabby/Vintage, but can't always pull it off. Thanks for the chance to win. Alicia E
I wish I could create shabby/vintage cards.
Stunning! Bold Elegance...Love it!
Great card! I wish Shabby/Vintage was my style.
I just love this. I wish I could create elegant. I have been trying, but I just need more practice. Thanks for the inspiration and for sharing your beautiful card.
My card and scrapbook style is definitely shabby/vintage.
Love the classy and elegant style. Beautiful card!
Love your elegant card-the black and birch look so great together!!
I wish I could do classy and elegant cards.
wow - wood paper - I have never used that. The style I wish I had was vintage. That is what I struggle with. Look forward to the edition
lovely card!
I love to look at cute/fun cards for inspiration :)
I can find inspiration in any style, sometimes the color combo, a new way of using something, placement of embellishments.
My favorite style for inspiration is clean/graphic.
My style is a combo of clean/graphic, classic/elegant, and fun/cute.
I wish I could do shabby/vintage, but it never seems to work out for me.
Wow! All I can say is wow! This is simply stunning!! Love it. My style is classy and elegant, just not as elegant as yours!
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My style would have to be more clean and graphic, but I would love to make shabby/vintage cards.
Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!!!!
Beautiful card. My style is clean&graphic with some classy&elegant thrown in - and I'm happy with that! I look at all types of cards for inspiration.
My card style is fun and cute but there are usually elements of the other styles as well. I wish I could do shabby vintage better.
This is my dream card. I SOOOO LOVE this style! I'm a combination shabby/vintage/classy/elegant kinda girl. Very thankful for all the tips/inspiration this week! Can't wait to get my issue of the mag! LOVE your card, so beautiful!
I haven't really settled on a style yet, but I'm really drawn to the clean & graphic type and think I'll probably fit in that category most.
breathtakingly lovely....! I love the woodgrain, I use it all the time! My fav card style is clean and not so much graphic as it is elegant. I struggle with shabby chic!
Beautiful card!
I wish I was more shabby chic - like Betsy Veldman.
I love to try all different styles...I find simple the hardest style sometimes. It's a fine line to get a wow card versus a blah card.
Oh my -- this card is IT -- this is what I LOVE!!! Fabulous card; perfect in every way!!! Simply G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!!
I love looking at all styles! My style is a combination. And I wish I was good at shabby and vintage! thanks for sharing your card with us!
I'm a C&G, but I sure wish I could do C&E like you do. Woowww. I love this card. You nailed it. I'd love to be able to do this. Choosing just the right elements but keeping it simple. Quite a feat.
I love all of the styles, but the graphic is my favorite I believe. It's the one I think I most identify with these days. Your card is just beautiful. Anyone would love to get that card..lovely!
I'm a clean/graphic with a little bit of classy/elegant thrown in.
I wish I could pull off shabby!
I'm more of a cute and fun creator but wish I had better skill with elegant and classy!
I'm a CAS stamper, but I love the vintage/distressed look and wish I were better at that. I look for stylish layouts for inspiration-those are my favorites!
I really get inspired from all styles, it just depends on my mood and the occasion I'm creating for. I'm more fun and cute, but would like to be more shabby.
I am Fun & Cute, but I would give anything to be more Classy & Elegant. LOL
Gorgeous card Kimberly! I love both clean & graphic and classy & elegant cards. I find inspiration from both.
Wow! That card is beautiful!
I tend to do clean/graphic cards -- sometimes with a bit of fun/cute or elegant thrown in for good measure.
I am still discovering my style! I love to browse all styles of cards for inspiration!!
really enjoyed your older entries, even though i don't have the tools... ;) --your cakes are amazing! not to mention that beautiful design for today! wow! thanks!
Stunning!! Simply Stunning!!
GORGEOUS card! I'm mostly fun and cute but I dabble in other styles.
I really gain the most inspiration from shabby/vintage cards and they way amazing designers collage all those little items together. Aahh--one day I'll figure it out :)
I am clean graphic and fun. I love this card because it is elegant, yet, clean and graphic.
I like clean and simple, but love your card--simple, yet elegant. Beautiful.
Love your card! I'm a clean & graphic girl, with a little classy/elegant thrown in. Love to look at Shabby Chic but can't really pull it off.
Vintage is something I admire, but all those layers sometimes get the best of me!
Absolutely beautiful. I'm a clean and simple with some fun and cute.
I like looking at all the styles, but my cards usually turn out in the clean and graphic style.
Love all the styles. Your card is beautiful.
I would love to pull off a card like this one--but I'm not sure if I could. I'll just have to try!
I would love to pull off a card like this one--but I'm not sure if I could. I'll just have to try!
this is spectacular! so simple yet such an eyeful of beauty!
Your card is gorgeous! I am drawn to Shabby and Vintage cards, but I don't think that I have mastered that particular style quite yet.
Love your card - great combo of elements. I'm inspired mostly by clean & graphic as well as fun & cute, but love to create both of those styles as well as the classy & elegant. I adore looking at shabby chic/vintage projects, but just can't bring myself to create any. Thanks for sharing!
really like this card even tho I rarely make classy/elegant styled ones. the black pearls are a great addition to the stamped image.
WOW! Your card is beautiful! I wish I could pull off shabby chic, but since it never works I stick with clean and simple. Leslie
Very nice!! I like to look at all styles for inspiration and just to smile.
I really wish I could pull of the vintage look. Love it but never seem to be happy with my results. BUT...that doesn't stop me from trying! =)
BEAUTIFUL!!! I think I look to all of these styles for inspiration but my own style doesn't really fit exactly in the categories. My style is well, just girly!!
Simple and sleek!
It's a good life!
Terri E.
STUNNING card creation! My style is distressed vintage.
I love your card, just beautiful! I love vintage/shabby, just my cards are not coming out that way, lol.
I really do enjoy looking at he classy and elegant styles... butthe clean and graphic I am envious of...
I fall exactly in between fun and cute and shabby/vintage
Your card is, as usual, absolutely divine! I wish I could do shabby chic...I love those cards but I don't know that I could really do one well!
Beautiful Card!!
My style tends to be clean & graphic!
Gorgeous card!! Congrats on making the mag cover :)
Your card is not only classy and elegant, it is clean and simple. Very nice.
That's a beautiful and inspirational card. My favourite kind to use is clean and simple.Sometimes cards seem very overwhelming to me with so many style cues that they appear too busy or crowded - each element clamouring for attention. To me, simple is the most elegant and lets the recipient fill in "the blanks"...does that make sense?
A simply gorgeous card. Thanks for sharing.
Absolutely gorgeous card! I look to all cards for inspiration! I wish my style were more vintage/ shabby, so many fun things to add and do to those cards, yet all my cards seem to fall somewhere between fun/cute and clean/graphic!
I LOVE your card! I would like to make cards in the clean and graphic style, though I have a hard time leaving blank spaces :)
I love Shabby and Vintage and wish I could do it well, but, alas, I am a Clean and Graphic girl!
Carol B
Great card, Kimberly! I think I am more of a vintage card-maker, but I sure do love shabby chic!!
Your card today is gorgeous! And congrats for being on the cover. My favorite cards to look at for inspiration are shabby/vintage although I don't stamp in that style nearly often enough!
I definitely lean towards a classy and elegant style, and I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, that card you made!! I am so in love with it, that I just subscribed to your blog so I can get more inspiration from you :)
Sometimes I want to be more clean and simple, but I can't get away from bling and ribbon so it leans toward the shabby chic, too!
~Rachel in Sacramento ♥♥
I love Shabby and Vintage and wish I could do it well. But it does not come easily for me! I tend to create in a mix of classy & elegant and clean & simple!
Your card is amazing and I may have to try out your style. It is awesome. Thanks for sharing!
I'm a vintage card style, but would love to be classy and elegant. I've been inspired to try some new styles.
Your card is amazing. I am a vintage card style, but woud love to try cute & fun.
Classy-elegant cards are fun to admire but hard for me to accomplish. Shabby-vintage are my favorite & the style I frequently attempt. Thanks
I really enjoy shabby/vintage styles because that's something I don't really do! Great card...thanks for sharing!
oh yes...I sure wish I could be Melissa Phillips....her stuff rocks!
I admire who can do classy/elegant. I think you need to be a detail person - which I am NOT!
I'm mostly fun/cute.
Very elegant. I must give this look a try :)
Very cool card. I think my style is somewhere between shabby and elegant!
This card is total class. I am more of a pastel person, but I like the drama of black.
tonilea
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Beautiful card! I get inspriation from all of the styles, although I tend to lean toward fun & cute.
What a wonderful card! My style is simple. I wish I was better at mixing and matching mediums.
I look to all styles for inspiration. I usually aim for elegant, but wish I was better @ shabby/vintage.
Wow!!! what a gorgeous card!!! I'm a fun and cute kind of gal, but would love to be able to do more classy and elegant!
My dream style is shabby/vintage.
My style probably leans to the classy shabby style, but only with inspiration from all you wonderful, tallented bloggers out there!
Ooooo, this is beautiful. I tend to be drawn to elegant & classy.
i luv the elegance look on this card. My style? I like NOT too many layers but looks elegant & beautiful! I also luv to make Cute cards for Adults :-)
I am a shabby shabby girl and love every minute of it! I am sooooooo into vintage everything. can't do CAS to save my life, and I am quite alright with that. grins! love the bold look of your card!
I love shabby, vintage and enjoy making those kinds of card. Love your card.
Stunning card! I love the damask image and the paper you choose. So elegantly beautiful.
Your card is truly a classic...it reminds me of schrensnitte (I hope I spelled that right!)
My style is shabby vintage...just love all things soft and romantic.
For inspiration I look at all styles of cards. My style will depend on the subject of the card and my mood and Shabby/Vintage is one style that I can never seem to achieve. I guess it's just not me.
My fav style is C&S and that's what I do usually! But I love more and more the shabby style... Your elegant card is beautiful, love it!
I wish that I could design elegant cards.
Love your elegant card! I wish I could be more vintage/shabby, but it just does not work for me!
I love all styles but gravitate toward shabby/vintage types.
I'm a fun & cute girl...but I so wish I could do more shabby chic cards just because I love the look.
My favorite style is shabby/vintage!
I wish Vintage/Shabby was my style!
I like all styles. Thanks for the chance to win.
I wish vintage shabby was my go-to style that came easily. :)
Hi Kim! Your card is timeless and classic, for sure!
I would love to be able to define my style - I like to think of it as shabby chic meets funky retro. And I wish I had the knack for classic and simple - my simple cards always just look naked. :)
my favorite style to gain inspiration from is the shabby/vintage or classy style! i love both of them!
Beautiful card. Anyone would love to receive this. My style is fun & cute. Thanks for sharing.
That is a very elegant card!
Myself, I wish I could do shabby. Love the look, but I do more clean and simple.
DeniseB
I'm all about clean, simple, and timeless. However, I love looking at shabby cards to get inspired. There are so many elements that you can pick up and go with!
I wish I could do the shabby layered look better!
I love your style, I don't have a special one as I like to try different things
Oh Kimberly this is gorgeous, very dramatic!
I WISH my card style were shabby. Your classy & elegant is amazing. the pearls add just the right touch!
wow... gorgeous!
Gorgeous card, I'm a clean and graphic kind of girl, but love to try others from time to time.
lisa a.
I adore your card!!! I love everything about it.
My style tends to be a blend of clean, graphic, classic and elegant.
Oh Kimberly, this (your card today) is absolutely the style I look at for inspiration. Elegant and classy. That's my favorite style, for sure. I love your card today. It's glorious. Is that angels I hear singing?
My card style is definitely clean and graphic...although I often am inspired by the other styles as well!
Wow, gorgeous card! I wish I could do this style!
Very elegant!!!
I would like to be able to do truly elegant cards, but they come off more as shabby vintage -- which is fine!
Beautiful card! I love black/cream look.
Awesome card! I get inspiration from all styles. I enjoy seeing any style if it's done well, but the shabby/vintage style seems to be the most difficult style for people to do as I've seen it overdone a lot. But when it's done well, I love it!
I love that card! Wishing for a shabby/vintage style - still can't get it right but loving this blog hop for great inspiration =)
love the "medallion" card...very classy...and love the colour combo...cream and black...wilma
awesome card...the colours make it look very classy....
I love how elegant your card is! I'm more of a cutsie card person. I love using owls, birds, cupcakes, ect.
WOW! I absolutely love this card! The amazing materials, the elegant color scheme, the classic simplicity - all gorgeous!
Very classy card, but in such a simplified way. I love clean and simple!
Love this card,Kimberly! The elements and colors are so classy (& elegant too:)
I wish I was a master of ALL of the styles! ;) Really though, I think I wish I could do clean and graphic. I just need to practice at it. I don't think I've tried it very much.
This is just one stunning and inspiring card. I think I might be clean and graphic, but I love to do all types of cards.
Breathtaking-pure elegance indeed.
I love to look at shabby vintage and wish that I could pull it off! My style is clean and simple
I love the vintage/shabby style the most...love your card!
WOW - your card is truly awesome! LOVE the wood background and how you carried off the diecut! The style I gravitate most toward is Clean and Graphic!
This card took my breath away. It's just too pretty!! What a genius idea play pendant shape dies this way.
I love elegant cards but I seems to turn to Fun&cute cards a lot since they makes me smile. Thank you for sharing. I really love this one.
I am a clean and simple kind of girl but am stepping it up a little bit with more detail. I stick to bold colors on white though. Just love that look
Go-to style? Classy and elegant but I love to dabble in shabby and vintage, too :)
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