I can’t help but keep trying one-layer cards. Kelly Latevola and Sandy Allnock make it look SO EASY. I don’t find them quite so easy to do. But they are a tremendous amount of fun! This is my newest attempt. When I saw this lady at MayMayMadeIt, I just had to have her. She just screams elegant to me. I put her in front of a background stamp from The Ton. The colors are inspired by the color throw down challenge #555. . Like all one layer cards, there was some masking involved. Then the fun with the background began; I used life changing brushes and distressed oxides. Microbrushes were used with the oxides for the flowers and pebbles. The dresses, awning, dog, and lady were then colored with distressed oxide and a small paint brush. The sentiment is from The Ton and embossed in black. Hope you enjoy!

I live in Texas and love seeing the bluebonnets in the spring, especially in the hill country. It is just stunning! The asyoulikeitchallenge for August is your favorite flower. I could not find any bluebonnet dies, so I improvised. This is a Simon Says Stamp die cut. I cut it twice. The top layer has all of the pieces removed leaving a white frame. I left the bottom layer intact and used some distressed oxide inks for coloring. The background paper is made with acrylics, MFT ray stencil, and a gell press. Happy crafting y’all!

Inspired by the Back to School spirit. I love horses, and this would of course include unicorns. 😁 I adore this stamp and couldn’t resist coloring Rosie in a Catholic school plaid dress. Yes, the same plaid I wore many a day ago. My Rosie is almost always blond and Bernie is usually white. The school girl wouldn’t be complete without being in front of a little red school house.

I simply cannot get enough of Rosie and Bernie from Stamping Bella. These two are entirely too cute. Who doesn’t love a little girl and a pony?? Or their unicorn. This card was inspired by my daughter, her horse , and her trainer.The horse community often calls finding the perfect horse as finding the unicorn. And this is how my daughter feels about her horse. This card is a thank you to her trainer for all the time and hard work it took in finding him and helping the two of them grow together. Oh yeah, back to crafting. <grin>. The card was fairly simple. A single stamp in the middle. Masking and lots of copic coloring. The silver is a silver metallic watercolor for the unicorn. Happy crafting, and riding, y’all!

My first Christmas card of the year! Yeah!!! This is a clean and simple card inspired by the AAA Clean and Simple Card Challenge #144. The challenge was a maximal white space with a Christmas theme. White embossing of some simple Christmas trees is the base for this card. Then a little sentiment and a few snowflakes to complete it. If you are looking for an easy and fast card to make for the masses for Christmas this year, this is a great option!

Materials used:

• Lawn fawn stitched rectangles
• Lawn fawn stamp set Frosty Fairy friends (snowflakes & sentiment)
• Lawn fawn stamp set Snow Day (christmas trees)
• Versamark ink pad
• WOW embossing powder in white
• Nuvo Jewel drops – grey mist

I love following artists on youTube! They are so creative and generous with their skills!! One of my favorites is Antonia Florence and Taffelberry Lane. Her ability inspired this card. Antonia will stamp a few images and then use Copic markers to create the remainder of the scene. Many of her cards are a single stamped image. She is extremely creative and imaginative. So, when I saw this stamp of Rosie and Bernie at the beach, I knew exactly how I wanted to use it. THANK YOU ANTONIA! If you are unfamiliar with Rosie and Bernie, they are a stamp series by Stamping Bella. My Rosie is usually colored with bond hair as a nod to one of my daughters who loves unicorns. 😊 The materials used were a the single stamp I’ve already linked, Copic markers and Prismacolor pencils. Honestly, the best tutorial for this card is to go watch Antonia work. Most of the coloring is with Copic markers; however, for some of the smaller items, I used some Prismacolor pencils. The pencils were used for Rosie’s shoes, Bernie’s drink, the straws and the black on Rosie’s sun glasses. The white highlights were drawn with a white Uniball gel pen. Enjoy her channel! Cheers!

I love the way embossing looks! The slightly raised texture and the sparkle. What’s not to like? Right? The teal rose background is a large stamp from Stampabilities. Some good Versamark embossing Ink and WOW embossing powder created the background. Art Impressions stamp and some prismacolor pencils for the cute doggie. And, voilà  a simple card. Too much color to say: clean and simple. But simple nontheless. I could not find the Stampabilities background stamp I used. However, I did find a comparable stamp at Simon Says Stamp by Impression Obsession that is comparable.

Materials used:

• Versamark Ink
• Art Impressions Doggie Kisses
• Rose Bacground Stamp
• Prismacolor pencils
• WOW embossing powder
• Scan and cut
• Art Glitter Glue

A one layer card inspired by a sketch challenge, MFT #140. My one layer cards are still a work in progress. The seals playing ball on the beach just made me laugh. The three circles are the sun, beach ball, and a circle made by the dolphin and the wave. The waves were drawn in by tracing around the Lawn Fawn Stitched Wave Borders.

Materials used:

• Memento Black Ink
• Lawn Fawn Stitched Wave Borders
• BB Penguins in Paradise – beach ball, palm trees
• BB Magical Unicorns – sun
• Hero Arts June 2018 – Dolphin

I love all things Disney! When I saw the two challenges by MFT and AAA clean and simple, I had to combine the two and this card is the result. The challenges combined were MFT sketch challenge #441 and AAA clean and simple challenge #141. The photo frame and the background “paper” were simply drawn with pencil and a ruler and then an gone over with a black liner. I used Gina K black ink for Minne and Mickey. It was difficult to get good coverage with this ink and this stamp. I don’t know why. So the castle and the Mickey heads were stamped with Versafine onyx black ink. The castle in the background is a second stamping of the black ink to give a more faded appearance.

Materials used:

• EK success – Disney Mickey Mouse Stamps
• EchoPark – Smiles from Ear to Ear
• EK success – fine writing pen
• Versafine onyx black ink
• Gina K black amalgam ink