Sketched Flowers One Layer Card

Hi Crafty Friends,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. Joanne Grzelak our challenge hostess for the month continues to issue the challenges.

Apparently November 15 is Use Less Stuff Day. In its honor Joanne has challenged us to make a true one layer CAS card. The theme is up to us ... Thanksgiving, Christmas, birthday ... any theme.

I originally made this for a similar challenge for another challenge group I belong to ... that particular challenge had said no pop ups ... but the week before that challenge I discovered a gift card holder which was made using one sheet of card which I decided to use for that particular challenge as that way ... it was still one layer, so I didn't need to feel too guilty hehe!

Anyway I knew this one would still work for this challenge, which only mentions making a true one layer card ... which is what I have done for the front of this card. 

The front of the card is a true one layer card! No cheating there! I used the Simon Says Stamps Sketched Flowers Clear Stamp set to stamp the flowers on my card. I then colored the images using Copic markers. Once I had colored the images I splattered gold paint all over the background of the card.

Ok so this is where I cheated .... I love making pop-up cards and any card I make for my challenges have something interactive in there somewhere. So I created a pop-up card to go inside my card, as most of the other Design Team members don't show the inside of the card where I do ... I am not feeling guilty .... the front is as per the challenge.

Basically this is still one layer .... the pop-up card was decorated using the same flowers I used on the front of the card. I also added the paint splatters over the background. This panel is all one layer and then I used the pop up die from the Explosion Pop-up die set to create the pop-up into the base.

The sentiment panel on the inside of the card is also one layer ... I stamped the sentiment and added a few of the single flower and leaf from the stamp set and added the gold splatters again.

Basically I have three one layer cards bundled together to make one card :)

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Amy Ottmers

Anja de Regt

Joanne Grzelak

Karen Aicken

Kathleen Adams
Maryann Einam
Raquel Mason
Rebecca Ednie

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Happy Halloween

Hi everyone,

It's challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog.  Joanne Grzelak our challenge hostess for October, continues to issue the challenges. 

This week Joanne has given us a double challenge. First, you must make a true one-layer card….nothing popped up or embellished. Second, your card must have a Halloween or Thanksgiving theme. 

I am not a fan of making one-layer cards. Don't get me wrong when I see ones that others do I admire them greatly, but I just don't like making them for me! I much prefer to be playing with my dies especially my Pop It Ups dies ... so the first challenge for me was how to make a one-layer card but still get to play with at least one of my Pop it Ups dies. 

We don't celebrate Thanksgiving down here in Australia and to be honest Halloween isn't all that big down here either. I had planned on just making a fall themed card with Thanks on it but when I started playing I didn't like anything I did ... so on to plan b! Make a Halloween card using the Spiral Circle Pull Card and the Halloween Scene die set to create a one layer easel card.

Now of course I was not allowed to added die cuts to my card, then it wouldn't be a true one-layer card. So I die cut the Spiral Circle Pull card in white card, die cut the graveyard from the Halloween Scene die set for photo copy paper. I then used the negative piece of the graveyard photo copy paper piece and air brush the graveyard using my Copic Airbrush.

I then masked the circle area of the pull card as I knew I wanted that to be the moon and airbrushed the rest of the card purple.

I then used the bat, crooked tree, spider and web from the Halloween Scene die set and created stamps using fun foam and stamped them onto my card using black ink.

I also added the stamped "31" and "Happy Halloween to the card using black ink.

This is what the card looks like when it is closed using the closure tabs which are created when you die cut the Spiral Circle Pull Card die. It also reveals another circle .... so another moon! This time I stamped the "Spooky Halloween Greetings" and bat from the Halloween Clear Stamp set.

And here is a look at my card when it is fully open ... just to proof it is truely a one-layer card haha! 

Don't forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Anne Harmon

Joanne Grzelak

Liz Williams

Lois Bak

Lynn McAuley

Maryann Einam

Vicky Gould

Stamps: Halloween Clear Stamps - designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs

Paper: White

Dies: Spiral Circle Pull Card; Halloween Scene -  - designed by Karen Burniston for Elizabeth Craft Designs

Other: Black Ink; Pumice Stone Distress Ink; Copic Air Brush; Copics

One Layer Card

Hi everyone,

It's challenge time again over on the Riley and Company blog. This time round it isVera’s turn to host the challenge.

Our challenge this week is to create a one layer card.

Normally I would be kicking and screaming while I am making a one layer card as they aren't the easiest for me to create. But I didn't for this one and I actually enjoyed the process ... go figure!

For my card today I have used Riley and Company's Give them something to talk about funny bones stamp.

To create my card, I started with a top folded card. I selected a shape I wanted for the sentiment and die cut the shape out of paper, added removable adhesive to the back and centred it on my card. I then used a stencil to create the zigzag pattern on my card, using various inks.

I then removed the mask, stamped the sentiment using black ink and used a black marker to added dashes around the edge of the shape to help define it.

Want to Play Along?

If you would like to play along with us of course we would love to have you!

To play create a card using Riley and Company images.

Once you have created your card/project, come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so we can see what you have created. If you upload your card/project to Splitcoast Stampers please include the keyword Riley1714. We can't wait to see what you create!

Don't forget to check out the Riley and Company Design Team's cards on their blogs:

• Heather Bolli
• Jackie Rakoski-Diediker
• Joy Stagg
• Kelly Santi
• Kendra DeCota
• Kerin Sylvester
• Monica Taylor
• Sandye Curry
• Stephanie Serrano
• Vera Yates

Stamps: Give Them Something To Talk About Funny Bone Saying - Riley and Company

Paper: White

Other: Black Ink; MFT Die-namics Labels 1; Simon Says Stamp Zigzag Stencil

Talk Like A Pirate

Ahoy there Me Hearties,

It’s challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. Lois Bak our challenge hostess for September continues to bring us fun challenges.

The week of September 15 – 21 is National Singles Week. To celebrate this our challenge this week is to make a one-layer card.

Today (19th September) is also Talk Like A Pirate Day so I decided to create a card using pirates as the theme … I love playing with pirate stamps. The pirate and barrel behind him are both from Magnolia.

Here is the inside of my card … this time I stamped another of my Magnolia Pirates so that it was sitting on the barrel.

Don’t forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

Charlene Merrick (on a break)	Joanne Grzelak	Shirley Quarry	Anne Harmon	Lois Bok	Vicky Gould
Sabrina Friel	Kathy Bradley	Amber Hillman

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Stamps: Captain Edwin; Pirate Edwin; Barrel, Skull & Anchor – Magnolia Stamps; Palm Tree & Sand – Darcies; Pirate Polly & Pirate Cooper – Paper Pretties (sentiments)

Paper: White

Other: Black Ink; Yellow Ink; Copics

 

One Layered Happy Birthday

Hi everyone,

It’s challenge time with the “Crazies” over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog. This week Barb Anders is back to host the challenge.

Barb has challenged us to create a One layer card, one layer period. That means your base card is IT! No base card and another layer, that counts as two layers for this challenge's purposes. It's good to go CAS sometimes :)

I am sure Barb’s ears must have been burning while I was creating my card for this challenge as I hate making one layer cards … I love seeing what other people do but for me I prefer using layers when I make my cards. Of course after I had made my card Barb posted to the group that we could use embellishments etc but it was too late as mine was done, if I had of known that before making mine I would probably have gone a different part.

My card uses a sweet image from Lili of the Valley – Maisie Two Balloons.

Don't forget to check out the rest of the “Crazies” cards over on the Crazy 4 Challenges blog and also their individual blogs for more details.

Andrea Murdock	Barb Anders	Betty Wright	Cindy Haffner	Jessie Rone	Joanne Grzelak
Joycelyn Pelkey	Kelli Hull	Silke Kittman	Silke Ledlow	Vicki Garrett

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Stamps: Maisie Two Balloons – Lili of the Valley

Paper: White

Other: Black Ink; Copics

Merry Moosemas!

Hi all!
It’s challenge time with my friends over on the CCEE Stampers challenge blog. This week our challenge hostess Tosh Leyendekker is continuing her countdown of challenges and as we are onto the last week of November we are down to the number 1!

This week Tosh has challenged us to create one layer cards. Now normally I dislike making one layer cards, I love seeing what others do with them but I have trouble creating them. So I figure I am pretty crazy to make not one but four one layer cards … but I couldn’t decide which of the cute Christmas/Winter Riley’s to use on my cards.

It is also day 5 of our Riley sneak peeks in readiness of the release of 17 new Christmas/Winter Themed Riley images & sentiment sets this coming this Thursday 24th November by Riley and Company.

For my first card I used this cute Riley and Pete Fishing … aren’t they just super cute!!!!!! I added some wide striped ribbon and three score lines to my card. I also added a tag with a Christmas sentiment, I will probably get buzzed for doing this for the challenge but I wanted to add the sentiment anyway.

For my second card I used this adorable Riley image, I just love it. The layout is the same as the first card except that the image is on the opposite side of the card.

 

 

My third card uses the cute Gingerbread Riley and Sophie stamp … I just love them!

 

 

And finally my last card of this series, for this card I stamped the square Riley image onto my card and then cut slits to the top and bottom of the image and threaded my image through. The “Hi” sentiment is part of one of the Christmas sentiments which are being released this week.

 

 

Here is the inside of my card for three of the cards I created … the ones with the black, green and blue ribbons.

 

 

And one last photo, this time using another of the sentiments. I used this for the Gingerbread card. I can imagine someone singing this sentiment before biting off the antlers if it were a real Gingerbread Moose.

 

Don’t forget to check out the CCEE Stampers blog (goes live 12 AM EST) to see the rest of the creations the CCEE Stampers created this week. You can also see more details of their creations on their individual blogs:

 

Charlene Merrick

Cindy Haffner

Joanne Grzelak

Shirley Quarry

Tosh Leyendekker

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The rest of the Riley and Company Design Team will also be sharing their cards they have created with you this week, so don’t forget to check them out too (You can find a list of the Design Team members on my side bar). We also have a Guest Designer this release who is Kelli Hull so check out her blog too!

Don’t forget the Riley & Company Blog hop which will be held on Thursday 24th November starting at 10 PM EST.

Stamps: Riley and Company

Paper: Off White

Other: Black Ink; Ribbon;