Spotlight on Team Awesome Pants

Team Awesome Pants created this card for an Idioms swap. The card is entitled "Mum's The Word".  I was immediately drawn to this card for two reasons.  First, I absolutely love stamps with a lot of negative space (meaning the part of the stamp that takes ink, or the dark part).  Even simple stamps can be very striking when they have a lot of negative space and they have the ability to make very impactful images that stick with you.

The other thing I really love about this card is the layers of paper which were very carefully picked by TAP.  She spent eons in the craft store holding up sheet after sheet of paper in all sorts of combinations before she settled on this trio.  Adding layers to frame your stamped image is truly one of the easiest yet, most striking things you can do to really make an image pop.  

The back of this card has been "finished" as well.  I'm a real sucker for cards that have a finished back.  A finished back can include anything from extra stamped images, some extra color or even an extra layer of paper.  I think it really helps to make a card extra special when the card maker takes a little bit of time to tie the back if the card in with the front.  In this case TAP added an extra layer of paper to the back using the patterned papet from the front of the card. She also hand wrote her trail name, card name, box number and date between the lines to give the card a finished look.  

I think this card is a perfect example of how to compose a great card with a simple yet striking stamp, perfectly matched paper and a well done back.  Great job Team Awesome Pants!