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)