OLS18 Sparkle and Shine

Susan here with a fresh new challenge! For July, our One-Layer Simplicity Challenge is to celebrate sunlight glittering on water, fireworks sparkling in the sky, eyes shining with summer celebration. In other words,

Sparkle and Shine 

The challenge is to use some sort of sparkle or shine on your ONE-LAYER card. You may choose any theme for your card.

We are blessed with so many different products to choose from for this challenge: rhinestones, sparkly enamel glitter dots, plain glitter, glitter glue, Wink of Stella pens, shiny epoxy embellishments, Smooch, Twinkling H2Os, Sakura stardust pens, Brilliance inks, Glossy Accents, and so on, and so on, and so on!

Remember to keep it simple and use only one layer of card stock folded in half. No other card stock or patterned paper allowed!

My card for this challenge is super simple and has three rhinestones for sparkle! It uses Clearly Besotted's Scientifically Speaking set with Memento Luxe black ink.

Rules for OLS18

1. A one-layer card is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers of paper are allowed.
2. Make a card that includes sparkle or shine...or both! Remember to keep your card simple.
3. Post your card on the internet somewhere and link to it using the InLinkz button below. If you link to your blog, please link to the individual post, not to your blog's main page, so we can easily find your entry.
4. The deadline for linking up is midnight on July 24.
5. The most important rule of all is to HAVE FUN!

An InLinkz Link-up

OLS 17 - Details

We had another lovely gallery this month, with many clever ideas for incorporating two circles into your one-layer cards! Here are some of the details that stood out to us:


Ardyth's Details:


Foleysfriend's sponging creates a wonderful look of dimension and texture!


I loved Sandie's bright purple splatters - they reminded me of the 'sands of time' - a completely appropriate addition to a clock-themed card!



Leslee's  colour scheme and vintage image create a unified design!

Heather's Details:


Leslee has really nailed it this month. In this card her vibrant gold tones paired with simple black and white really packs a punch.


Anita's whole scene in a circle was a great way to meet this month's challenge.


Karen's Details:


Love Vicki's card...so bright, bold and beautiful with the shading of the circles.



Susan's card is so elegant and lovely using masks to create the illusion of layers.


Ange created this cute and fun card that caught my eye.

Be sure to stop by on Wednesday, July 1, when our next challenge will be up!

OLS 17 - Round and Round

Welcome to June! Can you believe it - where is this year going? This month, our challenge is called "Round and round": make a one layer card that has two circles on it. No more no less. Other shapes, words etc allowed.

I created my flower using two solid dot images, stamped in different shades of purple. Now it's your turn! We can't wait to see you go 'round and round'! The deadline is midnight on June 24.

OLS 17 Challenge Rules

l.  A one-layer card is defined as a single layer of cardstock folded in half.  No other layers of paper are allowed.
2.  Make a card that has two circles (other shapes and words allowed!).  Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum. 

3.  Post your card somewhere on the internet and link it to us using the Inlinkz button below.  If you link to your blog, please link to that specific post and not your blog's home page so we can find it easily. Link up before midnight on June 24.

4.  The most important rule of all is to have fun!

An InLinkz Link-up

OLS16- Blossom Details

It's time to highlight some of the details that caught the eyes of our design team members during May. Thanks to you our readers we had over fifty delightful entries to peruse and enjoy.

Make sure you come back on June 1st for a wonderful new one layer challenge.

Heather's Details



Carina used a large stamp to cover most of the card front; by keeping the colour scheme limited she created a simple and elegant card.



Cornelia's shiny red highlights are gorgeous in the delicate lines of the monochrome lanterns.



I had to feature this clever card because Leslee shows that one layer does not have to mean flat. Not only does the fold catch the eye, so does the lovely pop of yellow amidst the black and white.

Susan's Details



Check out Janet's soft stamping that looks like watercolor, and those perfectly placed pearls!



Joan combined a loose, random layout with sketchy stylized flowers and leaves, and three words in a handwritten font of different sizes...a whimsical and very unified design!



Ren used white embossing on white card stock for lovely effect on her card!

Ardyth's Details



Sue's colourful blossoms feel joyful - the white space keeps the card feeling beautifully clean



This CAS card gives us the feeling of looking through the windows to a colourful spring day!




Gerrina's use of silhouettes and sponged panels is warm and sunny!



Karen's Details


 Cornelia's card took my breath away.  So simple but so elegant and done in a monochromatic style.

 
EunjoA's card was so pretty with the cascading roses.  I like the white detail she added to the centers.


Shery's card caught my eye with it's bright blooms and I love the way the sponging fades away at the top.

OLS16 Blossom

In honour of both the trees blossoming and our One Layer Simplicity Challenge founder Lateblossom (aka Susan Raihala) the theme for the May One Layer Simplicity challenge is 

BLOSSOM 

You need to make a one layer card featuring blossom of some sort. If perhaps you live far south of me and you aren't feeling the whole blossom vibe any more you might like to approach this challenge differently. The other inspiration for the BLOSSOM challenge is Lateblossom's blog, Simplicity. If you are inspired by one of Susan's cards (and how could you not be?) please link to it on your blog so we can all check it out.

I chose to stamp some blossoms and feature a 'blossom' sentiment on my one layer card. I can't wait to see what you come up with.

OLS Challenge Rules

l.  A one-layer card is defined as a single layer of cardstock folded in half.  No other layers of paper are allowed.
2.  Make a card inspired by BLOSSOM, either the kind on the trees or Lateblossom's blog. Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum. 

3.  Post your card somewhere on the internet and link it to us using the Inlinkz button below.  If you link to your blog, please link to that specific post and not your blog's home page so we can find it easily.

4.  The most important rule of all is to have fun!

An InLinkz Link-up

OLS15- Blowin' in the Wind Details

Just another great month of wonderfully done one-layer wonders.  You really filled the gallery with lots of amazing cards featuring our Blowin' in the Wind theme.  I just love all the creativity of this challenge.

The members of the design team have called out a few cards with great details that especially relate to our theme.  It is always a difficult to chose just a few but we hope by doing so, we will inspire or help those who are new to stamping about making minimalist cards special.

We hope you will come back and join us on May 1st for a brand new awesome challenge from our talented Design team member Heather.

Karen's Details


EunjoA's card is just stunning...love the feel of the petals blowing and of course the look of watercolour.

 

Vicki's card got my attention right away with the rich colours and the unique look she created.


Pam's card featured the perfect silhouette image to highlight the wind challenge on her sweet card.

Heather's Details


Shirley captured the feeling of wind blown clothes with the angle of her images and the lovely little splatters.

Ashwini's brightly coloured kite stands out beautifully on her soft watercoloured background.

Lindsey's tiny petals falling are all that is needed to show movement on this lovely clean and simple card.

Ardyth's Details



Loli's  autumn colours and swirls create a card full of wistful movement!



Cornelia's card is full of dramatic colour and atmosphere!




Dora's really got the wind in her sails! I love how the white sail pops from the sponged background!

OLS15- Blowin' in the Wind

Welcome to the April OLS challenge.  Karen here, with this month's challenge.

The arrival of Spring has me thinking about warm, sunny, and windy days so that's your challenge this month:

Blowin' in the Wind

This month I challenge you to use show us wind on your card.  Use a straw to blow paint dropped onto your paper.  Stamp an image that shows something blowing in the wind.  How about splatters that go in a direction?  Have fun....play.  

For my card, I dropped some Bisters onto my paper (Bisters are a paint medium), sprayed with a generous amount of water and then used a straw to blow the ink around on my card.  
 Don't forget to keep it ONE LAYER!

OLS15 RULES

1.  Your card must be a single piece of cardstock folded in half.  No other layers allowed.

2.  Use the theme Blowin' in the Wind to create your card.  Keep embellishments to a minimum.  

3.  Post your card somewhere online and link to it using the InLinkz button below.  If you link to your blog, please link to the individual post and not the blog homepage.

4.  Most important...have fun.

An InLinkz Link-up