Less is More -- OLC with Stencil

I have a number of stencils, but rarely use them. (Actually, that is the story of my crafting life, I'm afraid.)  So the challenge is a one-layer card and the use of stencils for #367 Less is More. I actually played around with some stencils and made a card with an inlaid die cut, but it was blah.  Then I saw this "splatters" stencil by Tim Holtz and thought of the two sets of Verve stamps with a coffee theme. Voila!  I chose a tan colored piece of cardstock to stay in the coffee color theme. 

Less is More with Dry Embossing

It sounded easy when I read this Less is More challenge title, but I admit that I tried at least 3 embossing folders before going back to the one I use the most : Swiss Dots.  The stamp is from Hero Arts with a sentiment from Verve.  The petals of the stamped flower were colored with markers and then covered in Glossy Accents. 

Tuesday Card

Coffee was on my brain when I set out to make my Tuesday card this week. I was inspired by a digital sentiment about coffee, but as I worked on the card, I decided against that sentiment and went with one of my new Verve sets, "Happiness is..."  I chose two sentence endings that I think suit the busy mother of three, wife of a rancher, home visiting nurse, volunteer basketball coach for elementary girls.  Oh, she milks two cows a day, as well.  In the note inside my card, I told her we need to meet soon for coffee.  

A Tuesday Card

As I've explained earlier, I mail one of my cards every Tuesday to a young friend; this is a habit I started years ago for a dear college friend who had been diagnosed with cancer.  I mailed her a card each Tuesday until her death more than a year ago.  About a year earlier, I had started creating and mailing a second card to a new friend who lived on an isolated cattle ranch in NE Oregon.  That friend has since moved to a valley ranch only 30 miles from me, but she still gets a card.  This week's card was created with paper from an old Authentique pad, as well as new stamps and coordinating dies from Verve: Great Friend and Great Kindness.   

Mojo Monday 497

Gray and white...featuring elements from the new Verve "Butterfly Grace"  stamp set and die set, for Mojo Monday 497.