Welcome to this week's Less is More Challenge; this week is the dreaded one-layer week and our theme is 'Include an animal'. My first card to show you uses a Unity Stamp image and sentiment. I've used Distress Ink (Frayed Burlap and Gathered Twigs I think) on hammered card and kept it monochrome. It reminds me of the illustrations in the pony books I loved to read as a child.
The second card uses the alternate sentiment that is provided with the horse image. I've heat embossed it, along with a Card-Io cat silhouette, onto a background created with a Barbara Gray stencil and more Distress Ink, Squeezed Lemonade and Mustard Seed this time.
I think this Stampin' Up set is really fun! I have coloured it with Copics to get the shades I wanted, but don't feel they are ideal for a one-layer card because of the show-through to the wrong side. I've doodled a barbed wire order to keep my stock in and added some googly eyes.
Last Saturday I met the lovely
Kathy K at Stamp Attic in Wantage, my local craft shop which is sadly closing down. I bought a brilliant Andy Skinner stencil and used a portion of it here. I used Stampin' Up daubers and Distress Inks(Squeezed Lemonade, Salty Ocean and Picked Raspberry) on my stencil and added a computer generated sentiment. I outlined the evolution figures with a Pigma Micron pen.
Fantastic cards Anne. Can't chose between them but the animals with googly eyes really make me smile.... Such fun and surprised expressions. Have a good week. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteGreat selection of cards Anne - love the soft look with the horse.
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Such a diverse range of cards, Anne from the cool stencilled ape card through to the nostalgic sepia horse design! Love them all. The cat silhouette looks great with the stencilled background and those farmyard characters really made me smile :)
ReplyDeleteIt was great to meet you too, Anne, and may I say what a splendid job you've done with the stencil I saw you place in your basket! Love all of your cards
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Great bunch of cards this week Anne, I can see how the first one made you feel a little nostalgic, it's such a great image and that bunch of animals is hilarious!
ReplyDeleteI must get some goggly eyes!
Chrissie xx
Haha, the last one made me burst into a laughter! Love your cards sweetie.
ReplyDeleteA great set of cards - love the girl with her horse!
ReplyDeleteLove the farm animals! So cute and funny...
ReplyDeleteWonderful one layer cards again from you Anne :D I love your multicoloured evolving man, :D x
ReplyDeleteA fabulous selection of one layer cards Anne. Carol x
ReplyDeleteGreat selection Anne xx Jan
ReplyDeleteGreat selection Anne xx Jan
ReplyDeleteSuch a great selection of cards here Anne, love them all. The first one reminds me of our daughter with her first horse, she still has two 34 years later too ;) Viv xx
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