Monday, June 20, 2011

One Card... Three Ways!!

I've been itching to make a card that is one layer, but I couldn't stop there :-)  I decided to make a one layer invitation for the Wee Memories party challenge, but make it three ways - improving it each time.  Here are my three cards:

First, I created the one layer card I've been wanting to create:

I used the sketch at CPS this week for the layout of the card.  I grabbed a piece of kraft colored card stock and masked all but the border.  I inked the border with Stampin' Up! Early Espresso Ink.  Then I masked pieces of the card to achieve the look I was going for.  All of it being stamped in the Early Espresso.  After all was stamped, I thought it was missing a little definition, so I added the white dash lines which added just a dash of color.  

After seeing the white color pop on the kraft card stock, I decided to try coloring in the images.  So I repeated the process and instead of adding the white dash lines, I pulled out the Copics and went to town coloring in the images:



This was also for the challenge over at iCopic this week - color on non-white.  I love how the colors look on the kraft background. I opted to outline it in black this time to not draw too much away from the coloring.  Seeing the lovely colors on this version of the one layer, I decided to go one step farther... 

I re-masked everything and re-stamped it all, as well as stamping on scraps of colored papers so I could paper piece some of the images.  And since it technically was no longer a one layer card, I went ahead and popped up the main image and let some of the paper piecing hang off of the edge.  I also decided to Stickle the dragonfly for just a little bit of shimmer.


In the end it was fun to challenge myself with the one layer card, but seeing the third card makes me remember why I rarely do it - It's much more fun with the different layers!

SUPPLIES - 
Hero Arts Stamps - Clouds, Blooming Heart
Stampin' Up! - Woodgrain Background Stamp, Early Espresso Ink
Lavender Stickles and Liquid Pearls in Pewter (for the Dragonfly in version 3)
Copics (for version 2) - R32, R37, R59, B02, V06, V12, YR68, E29, E35, E37, 100

11 comments:

  1. Wow, what fun cards and love the variety! Great job on the sketch and thanks for playing along with CPS this week :)

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  2. Great job!! Thanks for joining us at CPS!

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  3. I like them all! How cool that the same image can be so very different, depending.

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  4. I like them all but I think the second is my favorite! Great job!

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  5. I love them all~ What a great way to do the same images but still get an even more wow factor just by changing it up~ Thank you so much for sharing! I am a new follower and can't wait to see what else you have to share!

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  6. Very cool concept...love how different they look from each other, even though you used the same exact images!! Great job! Thanks for joining us at CPS this week!!

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  7. Isn't it fun to experiment?? I love it and I love how you showed all three. Thanks so much for joining us this week in our challenge at icopic :)
    Hugs~
    Dana

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  8. These are awesome!!! Great job!

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  9. All three are super cute cards!!!

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  10. How cute! Love your steps :) Thank you for joining the Wee Memories challenge!

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  11. Adorable! Thank you for playing with us at Wee Memories! :)

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