Friday, September 13, 2013

one layer wednesday: it's all about the sentiment.

I can't resist a good one layer challenge. This week the theme at OLW is "it's all about the sentiment"
I immediatly knew that I would use this sentiment from PaperArtsy, it's a great sentiment but it's also a nice big stamp which makes it a great focal stamp.

I am also entering this card for Daring Cardmaker's theme of "signature style". This is most definitely my signature style, right down to using the splatter stamp, which I seem to use all of the time!


I have overstamped with fresco Hey Pesto paint, which is a transparent paint meaning that you can stamp it over the sentiment and it won't obscure any detail. The stamps I used are the splatter (my favourite stamp) from this set and the flourish from this set.

I decided that the card needed a little more detail, I thought about adding some embellishments but decided that I wanted to keep it truly one-layer so decided to add some pink splatters.

*first problem: no pink paint! so I mixed some London bus(transparent) and nougat (opaque) to make a gorgeous pink.

*second problem: this paint was opaque(which I wanted it to be so it would sit above the green) which meant I couldn't stamp it as it would obscure some of the lettering. So I applied it with the end of a paintbrush, just dotting it wherever I felt it needed it.


I really like how it came out, and the best thing was the whole thing took less than 5 minutes!

 (you may note that I've been using a lot of PaperArsty recently, it's kind of taken centre stage on my craft table for a good reason which will be revealed very soon!)

8 comments:

  1. So this is what you have been up to since I have been away.

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  2. Joanne, Super card. I love the spatter detail and beautiful sentiment. So glad you joined the OLW challenge this week!

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  3. Great arty details and so simple !

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  4. Just stumbled across your blog - I do like what I see!! You have some great CAS & one la

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  5. That's beautiful! Very elegant, yet simple.

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  6. Fabulous splatter and swirls ... and what a brilliant sentiment! Anita :)

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  7. I really love the colours, and the design is just fabulous. Thanks for joining in with the Daring Cardmakers this week x

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