Hello friends. I have been attending quite a few trade shows this year and have noticed that the maximalist style is coming back You might be asking what that is. It is a style defined by many layers, textures and bold colors. When I think of the clean and simple style I see a lot of white space and one focal point. I don’t think there’s a true definition of clean and simple as I have seen a lot of interpretations, but that’s how I define it. If you have been around for a while you know that I’m a more is more kind of girl who loves layers, textures and dimension, but I am drawn to the CAS. Let’s see if I can bring the two styles together with my latest Whimsy Stamps project.
I used a lot of white space to meet the criteria of CAS, but used vibrant colors for the Dudley Art stamped image. I of course used Copics, because that’s what I love! I chose the yellow greens and reds because they complimentary colors or opposite on the color wheel to really make him pop meeting one criteria of Maximalism. I love all the layers I used on this card as well, but maintained a lot of white space. My first layer was created by popping up the largest of the Notched Rectangles onto the card base. Next I cut the Paint and Palette die from heavy cardstock and colored it with cool grey Copics. For added dimension I popped the “paint” up from the palette. In addition to Dudley I cut the Eek! Word and Shadow die for another focal area. You can find all of the details more thoroughly explained in the video below!
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