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Saturday 13 August 2011

Less is More - One Layer Card

Good Evening, my card to share today is for this week's Less is More Challenge - A One Layer Card and Use Inks.  I decided to make a frame with an ink pad this week, never tried this before.  I placed the largest and next sized octagonal nestie together onto a piece of scrap card, held in place with some tape and and cut them out.  I placed the piece of card with the octagonal hole onto my card and then placed the cutout of the smaller one inside the hole.  Then I used a bit of old household sponge to ink in between the two pieces to create the frame.  I  stamped this horse image with Momento Tuxedo Black, used the same for the frame, I am not competely certain but I think it is a Crafter's Companion stamp, but I may be wrong as it is an unmounted one that I have had for ages.  I printed the sentiments directly onto the card before trimming and decorating.

Thank you Mandy and Chrissie for this challenge because I have been tearing my hair out trying to come up with a card for my neighbour to give to her husband for their anniversary.  He doesn't like anything too fussy and when I found the horse stamp I new this would be the right card for him, as he loves horse racing and is a keen watercolourist, he has painted a lot of horse pictures.

I hope you like my card and many thanks for visiting.
Beryl x

54 comments:

  1. Love your card Beryl. Thanks for your lovely comments on my blog.
    AMD stands for Anna Marie Designs http://www.annamariedesigns.com/
    She has quite a few template cd's outand goes on C&C with them. She sells gorgeous quality card at a reasonable price.
    xx Jan

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  2. Looks like you came up with the goods Beryl!
    Fabulous card!
    Thanks so much.
    Chrissie
    Lady LIM
    "Less is More"

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  3. WOW Beryl, this is stunning, a fabulous card, I am very impressed with your nesties border :)

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  4. Wonderful! You got a great result using the household sponge!

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  5. what a neat idea, beryl! your card is fantastic!

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  6. Wow, this is beautiful! Gorgeous horse image. ;)

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  7. What a great job you've made of this - love the frame - if I'd have tried this my 'frame' would have been nowehere near as neat and tidy!

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  8. I love the soft effect of the sponged frame, a fab card for a horse lover :)
    Jenny x

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  9. Fabulous card and a brilliant frame.
    Lynne xxx

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  10. Very creative use of "ink" -- your neighbor will love this~

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  11. Neat idea using nesties for a border, thanks for the tip. Lovely card.

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  12. Fabulous card!! Beautiful frame and horse image.

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  13. What a great way to frame a simple image and not detract from it. Must give that a go too. You've made a brilliant cas card.
    Linbyx

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  14. A smashing and inventive creation you've done this week - hope your neighbours have a great anniversary

    Kathyk

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  15. This is fab. Great image and your framing is perfect. xx

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  16. Hello Beryl

    Your card is brilliant - I love the idea to sponge within the templates, and your horse image is fabulous.

    luv
    irene
    xxxx

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  17. How very inventive and creative ! Lovely design and I'm sure your neighbour will be most impressed !
    hugs
    wynneth
    x

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  18. Love the image on this Beryl.xxx

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  19. HI sweetie this is stunning i LOVE these colours,always look so elegnat gorgeous work hugs pops x xx

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  20. WOW Beryl this is super what a great male card, Love Hazelxo

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  21. Beautiful card Beryl, lovely image and great way to create a frame, I'm sure your neighblours hubby will love it.

    Pat xx

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  22. Great card Beryl, simple and effective design
    So glad we could be of assistance
    Thanks so much
    Mandi
    Diva LIM
    "Less is More"

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  23. What a beauty!

    Janet xx

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  24. A lovely design Beryl & nice idea.
    Sally x

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  25. oo that a bit of a clever technique Beryl!

    Mags

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  26. What a great idea ~ it's amazing what you can come up with when you need to keep it one layer!
    pretty horse too

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  27. What a great idea ~ it's amazing what you can come up with when you need to keep it one layer! pretty horse too.

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  28. A beautiful image - great card

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  29. What a great idea for a frame, brilliant card,

    liz x

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  30. Super card. A lovely image - simple and very effective!

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  31. This is really wonderful! I love your stamp and the octagonal frame is perfect. Thank you so much for visiting my blog and commenting....please stop by again!

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  32. Hi Beryl, What a really neat( cool!!) card, love the stamp and your frame's perfect. I'm sure your neighbour will love it too, Gay xxx

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  33. How very creative you were with this card! I truly LOVE that horse stamp!! The great frame just sets it off perfectly!

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  34. This is a beautiful card - the image is gorgeous and it looks great in the frame! Maria x

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  35. Hi Beryl
    Love this card ...thanks for the tip with the nesties....
    hugs sylvie
    xxxx

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  36. beautiful card and I love your horse image

    Anne

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  37. The black and white is so clean and classic.

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  38. Very stylish, love the horse.

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  39. Superb frame it's so neat! Sounds like the perfect card for your neighbour! x

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  40. I live your card, looks very classy, I'm sure your neighbour will be thrilled. Thanks for calling in by. Carolxx

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  41. Super card, love that frame & my daughter would love that horsie pic too she is mad about her horse:O) Viv xx

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  42. I like the way you inked the frame with your nesties. Isn't it great when you make a card that's just right for the recipient?!

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  43. Great card Beryl. Love the frame you've made and lovely horse image :o) Lisa x

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  44. Absolutely pure perfection Beryl.
    Hugs
    Lorraine x

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  45. Fab card - love the stamp. Lynn x

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  46. Sounds like your neighbor will love this card....I know I do...great image, too!!

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  47. Brilliant idea and card Beryl, love the stamp too. Carol x

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  48. This is such a cool technique! I really love the way you executed it! Thanks you too for your lovely comment on my blog.

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  49. What a great way to make a frame! It looks great with your horse image. Beautiful.

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  50. Your frame is a really clever idea! Wish I could track down that stamp, as a horse owner and racing fan I can never find decent horse stamps rather than cute, this is lovely and perfect for the card you needed
    Anne
    x

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  51. This is gorgeous and what a wonderful new way to use nesties. Thank you for the idea Beryl lol Karen x

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  52. Love your card Beryl, such a great idea to create a frame:)
    Val x

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  53. WOW Beryl such a wonderful card, beautiful image and love the monochrome theme:-)

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Thank you for visiting my blog,I appreciate all comments, thank you very much indeed. Beryl x