Clean and Simple Cardmaking - week 1, card 19

Jennifer McGuire showed us a really cool technique in class today, using distress inks, blending tool and perfect pearls.  Here's what I came up with using her technique:

Is there any way, short of wearing gloves, to use Distress inks and keep your fingers from getting all inky!  LOL!  I'm a mess!!  BTW, I used my new Festive Berries and Evergreen Bough Distress inks on this card - and I'm in love with these two colours!  Just the best!! 

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Clean and Simple Cardmaking - week 1, card 18! and 3 challenges

I used 2 tips from the Clean and Simple cardmaking class today - use a background stamp differently, and layer card to give some dimension to a card.  I used the colour scheme from Colour Q, and am also submitting this for the Moxie Fab Punches challenge and Annabelle Stamps Anything Goes.

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Map to your heart - punched squares

I really liked making a card last week using map paper, so I thought I'd try another one!
I'll be submitting this card to Moxie Fab's "Map to your Heart" Challenge,  Moxie Fab's Punches challenge, as well as to Annabelle Stamps "Anything Goes" challenge . 

Does this fit the "Clean and Simple" category?  Maybe, maybe not.  :P

Publication reject #2

Another publication sumbission that was rejected today - oh, well, onward and upward!

 BTW, this was my first use of my new Hero Arts Soft Pool shadow ink - will be getting a few more colours in this ink - love it! 

Publication reject #1

     I submitted a couple of cards to be published earlier this month - but they didn't make the cut!  I thought I'd share them in the gallery at the Clean and Simple Cardmaking class, as one of the classes was all about where to get inspiration, and I often get inspiration from online challenges, particularly ones with themes or sketches to follow. 
     This card followed a sketch as part of the call for submissions to a cardmaking magazine. And I was so pleased with this card, as yellow is certainly not my strong suit!  Oh, well, I'll just have to try again!  Having said that, it is a bit disappointing to be rejected :(
     (but now I'm thinking to myself, "suck it up, princess - it's not the end of the world!!" LOL!)

I thought I might also submit this card to Annabelle Stamps "Anything Goes" challenge , as well as Moxie Fab's Cutting and Trimming challenge ;)