I have two cards to share today.  They have a lot of similarities but they’re far from being two of a kind.

First is a card I made for this week’s Technique Lover’s challenge at Splitcoaststampers.com.  The challenge is to use the “kissing” technique, which I did by inking up two different stamps and pressing them together before stamping the image on the cardstock.  I used the colors from the Splitcoaststampers Clean and Simple challenge, but after I made the card I got to wondering if there was enough “clean” space to really qualify as being CAS.  What do you think?

I had planned to make a duplicate of the first card and had the cardstock all cut and ready for it when I decided to make something else for the CAS challenge.  I kept the layout the same but didn’t stamp as much on the second card.  I think this one better fits the bill of “clean and simple”.

So there you have it – two cards that started out from the same idea, made from a lot of the same materials, but that ended up being pretty different.  Isn’t it neat how papercrafting allows that to happen?  🙂

All supplies for both cards are from Stampin’ Up.

Stamps: Happiness card – Baroque Motifs, Canvas, Heard from the Heart; Thanks card – Trendy Trees
Cardstock: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip, Naturals White
Ink: Certainly Celery, Chocolate Chip
Other: Certainly Celery satin ribbon, Chocolate Chip twill ribbon, silver Hodgepodge Hardware