OLS28- STENCIL

Welcome to the OLS Challenge for June.

Karen here as hostess this month.

This month, I am challenging you to make a one-layer card using a 

STENCIL

It is very easy to add a stenciled background or just a hint of a stenciled area on your card.  

I opted to add just an area around my stamped image using drywall tape as my stencil.  Super easy to do.

If you don't own any stencils, then try die cutting some shapes and use the negative cut as your stencil.  If you cut it using a piece of the packaging that your stamps come with, you will be able to use it again and again.  Or try paper punches or fussy cut a shape.  There are many possibilities.  

Hope you can play along!

OLS28 Rules:

1.  A one-layer card is defined as a single layer of cardstock folded in half.  No other layers of

     paper allowed. 

2.  Make a card using a stencil somewhere on it.  Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum.  

3.  Post your card somewhere on the internet and link to it using the Inlinkz button below.

     If you link to your blog, please be sure to link to your OLS28 post and not to your blog's main page.

     That way, we will be sure to see your beautiful creation!

4.  The deadline is midnight EST on June 24th.

5.   The most important rule of all:  HAVE FUN!

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OLS27 Details

Thank you everyone who joined in having a fruit smoothie with us this month. We had a mix of fruit themed cards and fruity-named inks which gave us a delicious blend of fruity talent and inspiration.

Make sure you come back on June 1st to see our next challenge but before you go check out the details that stood out for the us this month.

Heather's details


The contrast of bright pink on clean white is eye catching and Julie divided the flowers with a clever masked strip.


Sherrie M lined up her apples perfectly and added interest with a contrasting mix of colours. The white space at the bottom draws the eye to her sentiment.


Julie B stuck to a classic black and white colour scheme with some beautiful soft highlights


Karen's Details 

 
 Maura's card got my attention with the wonderful sponging and the warmth of the colours she used.

 
 Buffy's card is so yummy with it's clean and simple look.


 
Laura Jane created this lovely card with great colour depth and interest with the colours she used.


Ardyth's Details




Greta's graphic, masculine card is full of energy!



Ashwini's use of colour makes a stunning, elegant mother's day card!



Elizabeth's peaches are fresh and vibrant!


Susan's Details



Cornelia used these awesomely individual eggplants combined with the perfect sentiment, but the spatters really are simply perfect here.




Susan's coloring and shading on these strawberries makes me want to pick them and eat them! The way the rounded bottom corners mimic the strawberries' shapes works beautifully.

OLS27 Fruit Smoothie

This month at One Layer Simplicity we are asking you to make a fruity card. There are two ways to go about this challenge.

You can pull out your fruit stamps and stamp a fruity design or you can pull out your inks with fruity names and use them. You have to admit there are a great many inks named after fruits. Memento has the pear tart, the cantaloupe and the tangelo. If distress is more your style there is the picked raspberry or the festive berries. Maybe you have the chameleon Seville orange and purple grape to add to your smoothie. 

My fruit smoothie card features picked raspberry and seedless preserves distress markers on an emboss resist design.

OLS27 Rules

1.  A one-layer card is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers of paper allowed! For this challenge, you may make tags or any other paper craft...as long as it's one layer of card stock.
2. Make whatever you wish! Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum. 
3. Post your card somewhere on the internet and link to it using the InLinkz button below. If you link to your blog, please be sure to link to your OLS27 post, not to your blog's main page. That way, we will be sure to see your beautiful entry!
4. The deadline is midnight EST on May 24th. 
5. The most important rule of all: HAVE FUN and eat more fruit!

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OLS26 Details

As You Wish was a huge success. Seventy entries, and all amazing! 

"Inconceivable!" 

Thanks so much to everyone who made the April One-Layer Simplicity Challenge so fun. The members of the DT have selected their favorite little details from the entries that caught their eye to spotlight in this post. After all, it's the little details that make clean-and-simple, one-layer cards special! 

If yours is one of our highlighted cards, grab this badge to display proudly on your blog!

Susan's Details



Sandie used a high-impact complementary color scheme and a perfectly-placed visual triangle to generate energy perfect for her theme.




Darnell spritzed her way to watercolor softness and then contrasted that with a crisp, clean sentiment and straight-line scoring. The effect is so pretty!



Karen's monochrome beauty has a sweet glittery heart that adds just the perfect subtle detail.




Kim's white embossing on the aqua cardstock is delightfully enhanced by monochromatic shading and shimmer from Wink of Stella.



Karen's Details



Poojo created such a pretty card using a stencil monoprint technique.


Maria F created this fun and happy card....love the variation of colour in each circle.



Rahmat's card is so pretty...love the layering and the fresh colours of Spring.


Melissa's card is gorgeous...love the way she stenciled the flower and the strong, bright colours she achieved.


Heather's Details


I love the way Flo has used an intricate stamp but kept the design clean and vibrant with a wide white border.



Ksenija has masked her floral card to draw us in and suggest possibly a whole wreath of flowers. So clever.


Buffy's collage on a one layer card is so effective. She has left oodles of white space but her primary colour scheme is bold and eye catching

Ardyth's Details


Shirley's colourful feathers have a light and airy and definitely whimsical feeling!



Carol's use of black and white with small pops of colour makes this card crisp and beautiful!



Greta used sponging and heat embossing to add depth and dimension to her festively frosty one-layer card!

OLS26: As You Wish April

In the classic movie The Princess Bride, the hero Wesley responds to every request from his love interest Buttercup with the phrase, "As you wish."

We at the OLS challenge are Wesley to your Buttercup this month. Whatever you wish to make--as long as it's one layer of card stock--will work for April! You might make a one-layer card of any theme, any color scheme, any technique, any layout. OR you might make a one-layer tag, one-layer banner, one-layer wrapping paper, one-layer framed piece for your entry-hall wall....

Seriously. It's one layer of card stock: AS YOU WISH!

And if you could tie it into a theme or line from The Princess Bride, well, we'll be impressed! But that's not necessary.

Remember..."Aaaaassss youuuuuu wiiiiiiisssshhhh!"

I made a COUS...a Card of Unusual Size. It's 6.25" x 3.5" and fits into a ready-made envelope from Marco's Paper. The stamps are all from Papertrey, and the ink is Hero Arts orange soda, butter bar, and raspberry.  There's also a touch of yellow Stickles on the flames.

OLS26 Rules

1.  A one-layer card is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers of paper allowed! For this challenge, you may make tags or any other paper craft...as long as it's one layer of card stock.
2. Make whatever you wish! Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum. 
3. Post your card somewhere on the internet and link to it using the InLinkz button below. If you link to your blog, please be sure to link to your OLS26 post, not to your blog's main page. That way, we will be sure to see your beautiful entry!
4. The deadline is midnight EST on April 24th. 
5. The most important rule of all: HAVE FUN STORMING THE CASTLE! (I crack myself up!)

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OLS25- Details

Such a beautiful gallery filled with 'green' goodness!

All your one-layer cards were so beautiful and well done and really showed how making a monochromatic card has such a great visual impact.

Thanks so very much to all our friends and followers that took on this challenge to make it such a success and for sharing you creativity here with us at OLS.

We've chosen a few cards to highlight that really caught our attention - we love the little details that make each card special and we so appreciate that everyone played along!

Remember our blog badge for those of you whose cards have been featured here.

 

Hope you can join us on April 1st for our next challenge.

Karen's Details:

 

 Ashwini's card was so super cute with all the shades of green she used and the doodled lines.   

 

Karen's card caught my eye, love the symmetry and balance of it and the great strong visual look. 

 

 Mac Mable's card looks so wonderful with the white space peeking out from behind the greens and the way she stamped the sentiments on the stems.




Ardyth's Details:


Cornelia's use of this graphic stencil really makes this card look dimensional!


Carol's monochrome garden is fresh and fun!


Bev created amazing dimension with her masking and sponging!

 

Heather's Details:


Style's ink use a pretty ombre effect to add interest to an all over pattern


Mary painted a pretty watercolour panel as a background to her stamping-a great one layer trick.


Gail's perfect masking created a clean and classy decorative strip.


Susan's Details:



Karen pulled together a tight focal point with delightful enamel dots...one of which is black!




Loli created a beautiful vertical-designed watercolor background for her horizontal Irish sentiment, which made a lovely, balanced design.




Janet used one of my favorite sets in such a clever way...the uneven line of leaves, connected by watercolor wash, is simply fabulous!

OLS25 - Let Green 'March' In

Welcome to the OLS challenge for March.
Karen here as your OLS hostess this month.

We wanted to let you know that we are now linking all of our posts to our new OLS Facebook page. Be sure to pop over and follow us for another way for you to stay in touch with OLS and see what's going on.

When I think of March, I think of winter's end approaching, the garden starting to come alive, St. Patrick's Day and of course the colour green.  So, this month's theme for your one layer card will be:

 Let Green 'March' In
 Create a card using shades of green and one other neutral on your white card.

For my card, I masked a panel across the front of my cardstock, inked up my stamp by Fred B. Mullett using 2 shades of green Brushos diluted with water and stamped.  When that was dry, I rubbed green Distress ink along the edges to define the panel.  I removed the masks, added scored lines on either side and stamped my sentiment from Daisy Bucket.

OLS#25 RULES:

1.  A one-layer card is defined as a single layer of card stock folded in half. No other layers of paper allowed! 
2. Make a monochromatic card using just shades of green and one other neutral. Remember to keep embellishments to a minimum. 
3. Post your card somewhere on the internet and link to it using the InLinkz button below. If you link to your blog, please be sure to link to your OLS25 post, not to your blog's main page. That way, we will be sure to see your beautiful entry!
4. The deadline is midnight EST on March 24th. 
5. The most important rule of all: HAVE FUN!

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