One Layer Dots

A metal stencil and Distress Oxide inks created the "dotty" one layer card for #420 Less is More.  The sentiment is from Dyan Reavely.  

That One Layer Card

I used to dread the OLC challenge of Less is More but now and then it works just fine!  This new stamp (and die) set just arrived from Technique Tuesday.  "Juniper Joy" is a good winter floral; I painted with metallic watercolors.  The sentiment is included in the set.  (I've included a close-up to show the actual color of the berries.)

Less is More with One Layer of Stencils

Time to catch up again after being gone for almost two weeks... I'll start with the dreaded One Layer Card for Less is More.  (I've found that I usually enjoy the challenge of a OLC, even though it doesn't always work for me!)   The stencil is one from The Crafter's Workshop and I used Distress Oxide inks.  (Ths faint shadows are from the screen on the window that provides the light.)

One Layer for Less is More

One layer cards for a Less is More challenge are generally not the favorite of card-makers.  It's interesting to think how one layer used to be THE way to make a card...way back when, I'm sure!   For me, it's logical to use watercolor as the background in a one-layer card; I thought about alcohol ink but couldn't find my glossy cards. 

The sentiment is a wooden stamp by Wordsworth, my favorite source of sentiment stamps.  Unfortunately, they are clear stamps now, and I simply cannot keep all clear stamps on the sheet.  I don't know where they disappear to, but for me it's rather like socks. 

Less is More --- Cute!

I always say I never do "cute" cards; it's just not what I do!  However, I found what might be one of four cute stamps in my stash:  a House Mouse.  I must admit that he is one cute creature.  I colored him with watercolor markers and an aqua pen.  The sentiment is an old Hero Arts stamp.  And the result is "Cute" for Less is More. 

A Vehicle in One Layer

The dreaded one-layer card is back for this week's Less is More.  However, it also includes a vehicle, which I just happened to have--two old pickups from Tim Holtz designs for Stampers Anonymous. The sentiment is also from SA.  I chose Kraft cardstock and just had to add some texture with an embossing folder.  I think this card would be perfect for a masculine retirement or moving card. 

Less is More with One Layer of Colored Cardstock

Many cardmakers groan when a one-layer card is the requirement.  This particular challenge requires a colored card base.  

 I chose a Gina K stamp set for this Less is More card, and added just a bit of texture with some scoring.  The butterfly has been accented with glitter glue, which photographs gold but is iridescent green IRL. 

Less is More -- the dreaded one-layer (with leaves)

I do not do well with one-layer cards, but this one worked out just fine.  Less is More #319 features leaves, so I used a stamp from Paper Inspirations with the Melon Melody Kaleidacolor inkpad  and then drew the border/frame with an ink pen. The quote is a Wordsworth stamp.  

Less is More with a One-Layer Sentiment

One layer again with Less is More, and the sentiment is in the spotlight.   I chose a Wordsworth sentiment with a background of Color Burst colors.  (They are messy to work with  and they produce unplanned results. I suggest masking very bit of cardstock that you prefer to stay white!)  

Less is More with One Layer and a Stem

The challenge for Less is More this week is for a one-layer card featuring a stem.  I chose a digi image of two poppies that I painted with Twinkling H2O's---a medium of which I have more than a hundred little pots stored away in a fishing tackle box.  The sentiment is from Impression Obsession.

Less is More -- The Eyes Have It

Less is More Week 236 features eyes on a one-layer card this week.  (Hampton Art Stamps, B Line Designs)

Less Is More -- New Beginnings

It's a New Beginning in one layer at Less is More.  "Let Your Dreams Take Flight" is a great message for a great-niece who is graduating from college in three years--at age 20, and will be interning at a financial company exactly where she wanted to be.

Stamps from HOTP

Less is More with One Layer +2

Well, three cards later..... I had this wonderful "two-thing" card made and then realized it wasn't one layer. The challenge for this week's Less is More is just that:  one layer featuring two of something.  This is one layer with a masked strip of color with Distress Inks, gold-embossed leaves from Tim Holtz set and hand-drawn gold lines.  Sentiment is Inkadinkado.   (I liked my first card better!)