Saturday, June 4, 2011

OLW 56 and LIM 18

The One Layer Wednesday Challenge at Simplicity is to make a one-layer Father's Day card and the Less is More challenge18 is to make a monochromatic card. For this card I decided to use one of my new Hero Arts sets, delicate leaf clusters, in shades of green.


I masked a rectangle with post-its and sponged gently with Memento pear tart and Versamagic sage. Then I peeled off the post-its and stamped the largest branch from delicate leaf clusters. Finally, I stamped a little Father's Day sentiment from a PTI tag-its set.

It's a gorgeous day here in Washington. We're off to catch a ferry to the city to take in a baseball game. I'll come back later to admire all the beautiful cards submitted to my two favorite challenges.

Supplies:
Paper: PTI rustic white
Stamps: Hero Arts delicate leaf clusters, PTI tag-its 4
Ink: Memento pear tart, VersaMagic sage and Niagara mist

39 comments:

  1. Lovely card - it is a very restful colour scheme

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  2. Beautiful!!!!!!! I love that stamp!!

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  3. Gorgeous card, love the back ground and that fab stamp :)

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  4. This is simply beautiful!
    Perfect!
    Thanks so much for joining us again.
    Chrissie
    Lady LIM
    "Less is More"

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  5. Lovely card, that's a wonderful stamp
    Love the background
    Thank you very much
    Diva LIM mandi
    "Less is More"

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  6. Stunning! Love the shades of green you've used - so calming and restful. xx

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  7. Beautiful and serene, a stunning image.

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  8. my favourite technique for simple cards, beautifully done.

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  9. This is just beautiful Anne, such a graceful card. Love the colours and the leaves look great stamped outside the shaded box:0
    Jenny x

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  10. Wow! Just stunning!
    Hugs, Victoria ~x~

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  11. Fabulous card. Hugs Rita xx

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  12. I love this :D The sponging is fab, and I love the fact that the leaves protrude from your sponged area :)

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  13. Hello Kingstonmama, thank you for to visit my blog.
    Fantastic card!!!so elegant, beutiful monochrome colours.
    a hug from Palma de Mallorca

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  14. Beautiful - very effective

    Kathyk

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  15. A beautiful card, very restful colours. Hazel x

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  16. Hi
    Love your card ...fab....colour is gorgeous......
    Hugs
    sylvie
    xxxxx

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  17. I love this stamp and the way you presented it on your card! Simply beautiful!

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  18. Beautiful card, very calming colours.
    Lynne xxx

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  19. I am such a fan of your cards Ann! This is another absolute beauty - I love the way you stamped the plant image off the background block and in those gorgeous colours too. Vx

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  20. I love this! What a great HA stamp. I might "need" to get one for myself! A perfect masculine card!
    my card is HERE

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  21. Really soft and gentle. Very effective. x

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  22. Charming card perfectly lovely. XOXO Zoe

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  23. Love this card! The colours are beautiful andthe stamp so effective!
    Val x

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  24. Really simple and just gorgeous

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  25. Simply gorgeous - I love the shades of green and that leaf stamp is beautiful :-D

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  26. Beautiful colours, and a great design, Judith xx

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  27. It's perfect and I love it, well done :O) Viv xx

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  28. Such a beautiful, serene card.
    Caroline xxx

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  29. Lovely card. Love the soft green shades and gorgeous stamp :o) Lisa x

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  30. Just beautiful!! What a lovely image and color...very nice:)!!

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  31. Hi there, what a beautiful card! Just gorgeous. Sarah

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