Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Hugs and Kisses and Circles



My Background Basics Circles set arrived in the mail today--it is the set I chose when I was the randomly chosen winner in the December PTI Blog hop--and I immediately broke it open and started to play.  Now, I know I should have chosen one of the many beautiful color schemes given to us this morning as part of Papertrey's 5th Anniversary celebration and made another card to enter that challenge.   

But a card popped into my head for this week's One Layer Wednesday, OLW#78, Circles, Circles Everywhere, and so I had to go with that.  I used Aqua as my main (and only color) for this week's Less is More Week #53 challenge "Aqua".

After many botched attempts, generating lots of scrap paper, I was finally able to get my stamping and die cutting all to work together for this card.  It's really true that these one layer cards leave no room for error and no place to hide mistakes.  Good thing I was able to remind myself that "it's only paper".




Here is what it looks like opened up:

Supplies Used (PTI):
Stamps:  Background Basics:  Circles, Heart Prints
Paper:  White
Other:  Heart die


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24 comments :

  1. It looks amazing Joyce... worth all that scrap paper!
    Thanks so much for joining us and we hope to see you again next time.
    Chrissie
    "Less is More"

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  2. your hard work paid off - it's gorgeous! I love the design and your stamping/die-cutting is perfect.

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  3. FABULOUS, the end result totally justifies the journey to get to it

    Kathyk

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  4. Oh Joyce, this is SO lovely! I love the layout and the white space really lets the rest of the design shine! LOVE the cut-out heart! I'm going to have to try something like this!

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  5. Fabulous! Perfect for both challenges!

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  6. Mmm this set is on my wish list too, love how you've used it on your card Joyce.
    Jenny x

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  7. Beautiful! I love your OLW cards! Great use of your circles!

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  8. Yay your Circles came!!! Isn't it an awesome set? Your first card is gorgeous and you nailed it. You should include your Clean & Simple class badge on this post. Day 8 Lisa Spangler covered this technique and you did an amazing job!

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  9. Joyce, this is absolutely wonderful. It's perfect for the challenges, and it is beautifully done. Perfect CAS!

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  10. Great card! The background circles look fantastic! And your cutout is just perfect:)

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  11. Oh, how fun! I'm so glad you got your stamp set in the mail! I love how you used the circles stamp and made the little heart window! And, yes. You totally busted me on calling out sick to play with PTI! First I called out Tuesday, and there were no card contests! UGH! So, I made a MIM, but had to call out again yesterday so I could play along! :) Back to work today though. Maybe I can squeeze in a quick one when I get home, but I cannot take a nice pic at night, indoors to save my life!

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  12. Your cards are fabulous Joyce and this one is no exception! I love the circles 'ribbon' and aperture works beautifully with it.

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  13. LOVE IT!!
    Absolutely fabulous!
    The circle "ribbon"...
    that heart...
    it's perfect!
    All of that hard work paid off because it's gorgeous! :)

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  14. Simply superb card
    Love it

    Thank you very much
    mandi
    "Less is More"

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  15. Beautiful work, Joyce! I love the cutout and sentiment.

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  16. Gorgeous card. Love the layout! The strip of circles is darling with the heart cutout. Love your color choice.

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  17. Very pretty CAS card! Good choice for a free set. Love the way it opens to the stamped heart!

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  18. Oh, this card is wonderful, Joyce! You've been super busy this week, too! We both deserve to win.... :)

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  19. Such a pretty card, and I love how it works with both challenges! Great design too.

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  20. My background basics arrived after I finished my card! LOL! LOVE what you've done here...and how cool to be able to make it for 2 challenges!

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  21. This is really pretty--love the blue for a Valentine and your strip of circle is fabulous! :)

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  22. Great card. Loved the blue for Valentine's Day. The heart punched out was a neat idea.
    TFS
    Pauline H.

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