I had some time to just stamp last week and I wanted to join in the April Challenge from Where Creativity Meets C9. Their theme this month is One Layer. Sounded right up my alley! With a one layer card the whole focus falls to the image so I choose the beautiful Hello Lovely stamp by Concord & 9th. I really do love it!
Once I had the stamp chosen, the fun was in the colors. I used a light gray card stock and this gorgeous purple pigment ink. It happens to be a sneak peek of a new release coming soon from Clear Snap. Pretty, isn’t it?! The nice part about pigment ink is the strength of color and how it embosses. I just heat embossed with Clear embossing powder. All the work here is done by the great image and the ink!
The sentiment for this comes from a holiday set (also C9), O Christmas Tree. I love when sets have purposes beyond the holiday! After cutting the panel with a stitched rectangles die, I thought the card needed just a little more. I recently won some beautiful sequins from 28 Lilac Lane (designed by May Flaum) and the Mixed Berry set went perfectly with the ink. I added a few just to give an extra something to the card.
Supplies (affiliate links included):
Stamp: Hello Lovely (Concord & 9th), O Christmas Tree (Concord & 9th) ; Ink: Clearsnap Petal Point Pigment; Paper: Smoky Slate (SU); Accessories: Big Shot, Stitched Rectangles (Simon Says Stamp), Mixed Berry Sequins (28 Lilac Lane)
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This is such a pretty card, Jen! Lovely colors and wonderful design
This is gorgeous…love that purple pigment on the Smoky Slate!
Absolutely lovely!! The colors are gorgeous – how perfect on gray!! And I love the sprinklings of sequins.
Really beautiful! The color combination is so pretty. Simplicity is perfection in some cases, and it definitely is here. Thank you for joining us at Where Creativity Meets C9!
absolutely gorgeous!!
This is so beautiful! Perfection in all your choices…color, stamps, layout. Love this! Thanks so much for joining us for our One Layer Challenge at Where Creativity Meets C9!