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Thursday, January 8, 2015

One Layer Cards



Hi there and happy Thursday.  I've got 4 one layer cards to share today.



First up is a card inspired by the pink flowers at The Card Concept's One Year Anniversary celebration and uses the technique at this week's Make it Monday #196:  Colorful Card Corners.  I am putting my card into the Clean and Simple category.



I am also linking this card up at Simon Says Wednesday Something New because my Garden Grace stamps are new to me, and at Simon Says Monday new and old--my old are the SU inks I used (Pretty in Pink and Strawberry Slush).



I started playing around yesterday with my very newest stamp set, Tumbleweed Houses by Unity, trying to create something for this month's One-Layer Simplicity Challenge of Attractive Opposites.

I think this one is my favorite--the opposite is colored and not colored.




This one features black and white as well as colored and not colored.



My last card is black and white as well as hearts and no hearts.


I'd like to come back to this challenge sometime before it ends with some better opposites.  This session kind of morphed into an excuse to play around with my little houses.  I really like these stamps, but getting them lined up was kind of a bear, as they are cling, not clear.

Well, that's it for me today.  I am heading up to Orange County to meet Cathy Weber (Empty Nest Crafter) for coffee and a bit of stamping chat.  I'll post a picture tomorrow.


Thanks for Visiting

35 comments :

  1. I can understand why you want to play around with those little houses, Joyce, they are fun!

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  2. Gorgeous creations with one layer! Each one of them is a gem, Joy! So glad that you join the fun over Simon Says Stamp Wednesday “Something New” Challenge!

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  3. Your first card is gorgeous -- I love it! And your house cards are all so sweet!

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  4. Love these sweet one layers cards :)

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  5. Such sweet little houses, Joyce ... and so fun! Your floral corner card is stunning ... I just sat and admired it for a while ... it's just so beautiful! Anita :)

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  6. I love it when you use your houses,and these one layers are wonderful! Love your gorgeous pink flowers , hard to belive its only one layer. Sorry I had to cancel.:(

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  7. Great card. The MIM card is so beautiful. Love this week's challenge. Your houses looked lined up to me. I think we get spoiled with Clear stamps.

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  8. Love your cards and those houses are gorgeous, enjoy your day I love to spend time with Crafting friends <3

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  9. Playing around is fun, especially when the results are as great as your little collection of houses. Love your MIM card, too. That's the one I've been playing around with but only got one usable card.

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  10. Pretty pretty floral card Joyce and I LOVE it when you use those little houses!!

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  11. Very pretty Garden Grace card and sweet house cards.

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  12. And you have big and little houses too - love the fun feeling of the images! So glad you joined us at OLS, Joyce! (Love the beautiful flowers, too!)

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  13. Joyce...so many wonderful cards and it is hard to believe they are all just one layer! Your Mother's Day card is about as sweet as they come. I love all the pretty pink posies! But those houses...oh my, they are just too darn cute. And I am a major tea party girl, would take that over a cup of coffee any day. Need to find some new tea stamps....

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  14. Wow, fabulous designs! I struggle with one layer cards (why I'm in the clean & layered group lol), and you've done an amazing job of packing a lot of punch in one layer! Thanks so much for joining us this week at The Card Concept :)

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  15. Love your Make It Monday card, it's bright and clean and happy!
    Danielle

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  16. Such a pretty Mother's Day card. My favourite house card is the last one - love the way the hearts stand out. Enjoy coffee with Cathy.

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  17. What a great selection of cards Joyce and the variations on the houses are really good. My favourite is the first though- so pretty and could be used for lots of occasions!
    Hugs
    Carol x

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  18. Such a cute set of cards! Love the stamped blossoms on the first! Thanks for joining along with the Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge!

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  19. Lovely Joyce!!!!!!! Lovely PTI and FUN house cards too!!!

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  20. Great cards. Really love your cascade of flowers, Joyce.

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  21. Love that garden grace card joyce :)

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  22. Such pretty cards!! I love the pink flowers in the corner like that-beautiful design!! I also like how you emphasized the house by coloring it in on the second card. You did a fabulous job on the challenges!!

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  23. Great cards, Joyce! That first flowery one is so, so beautiful!

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  24. Love all of these one layer creations Joyce! Those houses are so whimsical and your Card Concept flowers are beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing with us at the Card Concept!

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  25. Love these single layer cards!!! I can totally see why you redid the pink card in purple. It looks beautiful both ways! I think you should do a whole rainbow card set.

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  26. Beautiful Joyce! Love the way you used the spray of pretty pink flowers.

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  27. Thanks for joining us at The Card Concept!
    Lovely stamping!

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  28. All Hail the Queen of One Layer Cards - you are a marvel and these are all just such delightful cards!! My favorite is the Mothers Day one - the flowers are gorgeous and the card composition is excellent!! The ones with the rows of houses made me smile, love how you colored in just one of the houses - that made it look so special!! This post is a resounding success!! Way to go!!

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  29. Beautiful floral design and I LOVE your creations with all the variations using the funky houses! Those are all so adorable!

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  30. I apologize for being so late with my post...Such beautiful cads, Joyce! Your flower card is really gorgeous and I love how you played with your houses...Really fun one layer cards!

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  31. Gorgeous designs, love the image.
    Thanks for playing along with us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
    Hugs,
    Caryn xxx

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  32. We had a good time, didn't we? Once again...we forced some poor stranger to take a good picture of us too! Your floral card is really pretty...the colors are so bright. I can see why you love floral stamps so much, but those cute little houses are sweet too. Love that you did several versions with different colors.

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  33. Lookie! More fun house stamps. They all make my heart happy. Great cards.

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  34. You seriously inspire me to play with houses, stamps that is! Love the beautiful roses card, can't believe I missed it in the lineup!

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