Wednesday, April 27, 2011

One Layer Note

I just about never make 3 cards in 2 days, but I am on a roll.  My 11 year old boys are off from school this week, and so am I because I work there.  I have been in my craft room as much as I am able for the last 2 days.  Of course, I am totally neglecting my boys and they have not eaten since Sunday - LOL!  All kidding aside, I found another new challenge that I am going to love - One Layer Wednesday, hosted by Jennifer Styles of Styles Ink.  While doing some blog surfing earlier today, I stumbled on to the One Layer Wednesday challenge from last week OLW50 which was to use an old stamp.  As I was thinking of what to do with this week's Color Throwdown #139, my idea began to take life.  OLW50 is closed, but I made this card anyway, and used all of the colors for this week's Color Throwdown.


My stamped images are from a Hero Arts set called Circle Graphics that I have had for years.  My card base is piece of Gina K's Pure Luxury White card stock.  I masked off a 1 1/4" section toward the bottom of the card.  I randomly stamped with all 4 stamps and all 5 Color Throwdown colors inside the masked area.  The sentiment from PTI's Mat Stack 2 collection is stamped with VersaFine Onyx Black ink.  As a finishing touch, I scored one line below and two above the stamped strip.  I am so pleased with the results, and it was very quick to whip up.  Could I possibly be getting the hang of this CAS thing????? I surely am trying...

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7 comments:

Tanja said...

This is soooo nice, I find CAS difficult too but you have done well.

Susan Raihala said...

What a fabulous color combo and design! Love how you used the embossing to frame the stamped strip!

Mandy said...

This is such an AMAZING CAS card. I love everything about it!!

Broni said...

You are just too smart! Love how you used the colors!! Thanks for playing along with us at the Color Throwdown!

Kristin Eberline said...

Gorgeous! Love the simplicity...so CAS and elegant. Great use of the colors :]

Thanks for playing along with us at the Color Throwdown this week!

Shirley said...

I need to learn to stamp this way. This is just so pretty and says so much!

Arlene said...

This is really pretty! Love it. :)