Birthday Flower

Another 11th hour entry to the One Layer Card challenge over at Less is More! I know a lot of people don't look forward to the OLC challenges, but I'm finding that I'm enjoying the simplicity.

For this card I started with a simple flower from Simon Says Stamp's Beautiful Flowers set, stamped with Gina K's black amalgam ink that's alcohol ink-friendly. I then colored the flower with alcohol pens, and stamped the "Happy" sentiment (also from the Beautiful Flowers set). I wrote the birthday sentiment using my Kuritake brush pen.

Happy Birthday Balloons

 

A last-minute entry to the Less is More OLC challenge, Focus on the Sentiment. 

I began with a balloon stencil I made with my Cricut back when I was taking an online card class. With Distress Oxides I colored the balloons in Mermaid Lagoon and Squeezed Lemonade, creating a fun green shade when the two blended.

When the inks were dry, I simply stamped the sentiment, from Simon Says Stamp's Sketched Flowers set, in Gina K's black amalgam ink and heat embossed with Ranger clear embossing powder. I free-handed a little string to one balloon and that's it!

 

Friend Grid

Another grid pattern card, this one using Altenew's Grid Stencil with Distress Oxide inks in Mermaid Lagoon, Peeled Paint, and Squeezed Lemonade. I stamped over the grid with an old favorite from Stampin' Up! and added a die cut Prim Poppy from Memory Box. 

 

Grid Pattern Heart

Playing along today with Code Word "GRID" over at Addicted to CAS. I kept this simple, using a grid I'd made with my Cricut as a stencil with Distress Oxides in Worn Lipstick. The sentiment is from Honey Bee, stamped with Versafine Onyx and heat embossed with Ranger clear embossing powder. 

I die cut the layer with Lawn Fawn's Large Cross-Stitched Rectangle dies and adhered it to a card of 110-lb. Neenah solar white card stock.

 

Fintastic Friend

After a little break from cardmaking while I celebrated the holidays with family and friends, I'm excited to be entering CAS challenges again! Today I'm playing along Less Is More in a unique sketch challenge.

 

For this card I used a mermaid-fin stencil I created with my Cricut Explore Air. The colors are Distress Oxides in Wilted Violet, Seedless Preserves, and Mermaid Lagoon. I stamped the sentiment in Versafine Onyx using Sunny Studios' Magical Mermaids stamp set. The mermaid tail is from Flora and Fauna's cute Mermaid Animals set. I stamped the tail with Versamark then heat embossed it with Ranger's Enchanted Gold. I added the bubbles for a little bit of bling.

Just for fun I made another card for this challenge! It was such a creative sketch my head filled with ideas. Butterflies seemed to fit.

I made this design using Simon Says Stamp's Beautiful Day set that was in a kit last summer. For the background I used the butterfly stencil from the kit and Distress Oxides in Seedless Preserves and Fossilised Amber. I stamped the sentiment in Versafine Onyx and heat embossed with Ranger clear embossing powder. After adding a few sparkly gems and a little bit of glitter pen here and there, I was done!

Both of the designs were masked first using extra-wide purple tape.