I'm Back! (and a Ten-Minute Tuesday)

We made it back safely and I will be sharing a little bit about our trip each day.  I am still exhausted and not feeling so great though, so my post for now will be short and sweet!

This is my card for the Design Team at Addicted to Stamps and More!  Thank goodness, the challenge this week is Clean and Simple.  I needed something easy, the way I am feeling today!  The challenge at CASology this week is leaf, so I decided to combine that with my card.

The Summer Starfruit square in the background is one of my favorite tricks for getting a solid image.  All I did was take Block D and pushed it directly into the ink pad without a stamp on it.  It's like a free stamp!  I love the blotchy effect it gets.  I have an idea in my head that I want to try this with with snowflakes...maybe tomorrow. :) 

For the leaf, I used the baby wipe technique.  I used Summer Starfruit, Riding Hood Red and Cajun Craze ink refills and dropped them onto a small stack of baby wipes, making sure not to leave any holes.  That became my ink pad for the leaf.  I then used the new Illuminate ink pad and stamped a leaf over it to give it some glimmer.  It looks really cool in person and adds a little oomph to the card.

Stamp Sets: Gently Falling, Lacy & Lovely
Cardstock: Summer Starfruit, Very Vanilla
Ink: Cajun Craze, Riding Hood Red, Summer Starfruit
Tools: Block D
Accessories: Illuminate Ink Pad