I made this card for Susan's One-Layer Wednesday. The challenge this week is to stamp on the edge, but don't go over.
I used a stamp by Magenta, borrowed from my friend Harriet who is spending a couple days with me after our return from Des Moines and our Group Gathering with friends. I colored the stamp with Tombow markers, using the "thumping" technique on the flowers. The sentiment is also from Harriet. She got two of them from Papertrey Ink and gave me her extra. How lucky am I!
We had such a WONDERFUL time in Des Moines. It was filled with laughing and stamping and laughing and eating and laughing. Did I mention we laughed a lot? :) Can't wait for next year.
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I made this card for three Clean and Simple challenges. (They were "current" when I made it.) They are:
Less is More Challenge to make a one-layer card with doodling.
Susan’s One Layer Wednesday challenge to make a one-layer card with no sentiment.
CAS-ual Friday challenge to use opposite colors on the color wheel.
I used a square post-it note to mask the center of the kraft card base. I brayered Pacific Point ink onto a background stamp from a Fiskars set and stamped over the entire card front. Then I rolled off most of the ink from the brayer and used the almost-empty brayer to brayer over the stamped image. I drew lines around the edge of the blank square and also doodled near the edge. The center flower is from the same Fiskars set and is stamped in Pumpkin Pie.
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OK, Annie - this one's for you:) This is the card that I wasn't going to post. I "fixed" it though, so it's much more acceptable.
I made this card for last week's One-Layer Wednesday challenge, which was to use swirls, and for the CAS-ual Friday challenge which was to have the sentiment be the focal point of the card. I stamped the frame, which is from Hero Arts, and added the sentiment, which is a dollar stamp from Michael's. Then I added the butterflies, which are from the same Hero Arts set as the frame. Then I masked off the frame and added a couple of swirls. I did a little coloring on the butterflies and frame and added some Stickles. I thought that would be good enough, but it was too unbalanced and I didn't like it. I came back to it later and added swirls over the entire background and I liked it a whole lot better!
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I made a card yesterday afternoon for Susan's One-Layer Wednesday challenge. The challenge this week was to use a swirl. Not too tough:)
My swirly stamp is from Tattered Angels. The Thinking of You stamp is from Stampin' Up!'s All Year Cheer set. Both inks I used are Versamagic. I used a Fiskars corner rounder on the bottom corners.
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I bought a "grab bag" box from someone (Susan, from the Simplicity blog) and included in it were LOTS of stamps, among other things. These stamps are from Hero Arts, and were in my box. I already had the "water" on this card done (a Fiskars texture plate), so I thought these stamps would work with it. I stamped the whale on patterned paper, cut it out, and colored the flowers. I added Stickles to the water spout. I stamped the sentiment on the same patterned paper and cut it out. I added black marker around the edges.
I thought it would be appropriate to use some of the stamps from Susan for her One-Layer Wednesday challenge. This week's challenge is to make a card with five circles or more. Those flowers all have circles in their centers! I stamped the whale directly on the card front. I used a green water color crayon to "paint" the whale, then markers for the flowers. I used the same sentiment and Stickles.
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I made this card for Susan's One-Layer Wednesday challenge. The challenge this week is to use mostly white with some gray, or mostly gray with some white, and just a teeny bit of color. You can find her challenge here.
The main image on my card is again from a set from Crafty Secrets. I stamped it (and the other two stamps) with Memento London Fog ink. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink and the little flower under the sentiment is from the same Crafty Secrets set as the main image. My teeny, tiny bit of color is the addition of two little purple gems - one in the main image center and one in the center of the little flower under the sentiment. The card base is Papertrey Ink's Stamper's Select.
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I made this one-layer card for the One-Layer Wednesday challenge on Susan's blog, Simplicity. The challenge this week was to use stamps and ink only, and layer them.
I used Stampin' Up!'s Lovely as a Tree stamp set. I inked up the oak tree stamp with markers. I used Old Olive over the leaves, then used Always Artichoke to "thump" over it. The sentiment is from Papertrey Ink's Birthday Basics set.
Then, I made another one:) I trimmed it down this time and mounted it on Dimensionals onto a white card base. I think I like this one better.
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