Less is More Challenge #389

Good morning

After a few busy posts this week I'm back this morning with my regular introduction to the new Less is More challenge. 

Of course it's still our birthday month...

and we're continuing with our regular sequence of challenge themes, which brings us to the one for the next fortnight which is the 'dreaded by many' One Layer Challenge!  Here's the cue card...

Please remember to check out our guidelines, here, if you're unsure of our One Layer rules.

And joining us as our generous birthday month sponsor is...

And for the duration of this challenge CAS-ual Fridays are offering our participants 15% discount with the code FEBLESSISMORE.

CAS-ual Fridays have a fantastic selection of stamps, many of which are sentiments so they're perfect for this challenge, and I've used the awesome WTF 2 set for my DT card...

For this one layer card I stamped the two parts of the sentiment on the card base in black ink and left the stamps positioned in my MISTI to come back to later.  I stamped the 'WTF' again on a post-it note and carefully cut the letters out to create masks, I wanted to keep the lettering white with the colour in the background.  I placed the floral circle stencil over the top and blended through it with three shades of Distress Oxide inks.  I then removed the stencil and the masks then placed the card back into my MISTI and re-stamped the sentiments to sharpen and brighten up the images.  To finish, I added some shimmer to the white space within the letters with a sparkle pen.

Materials used:

• Stamps: CAS-ual Fridays - WTF 2
• Ink: Versafine - Onyx Black; Distress Oxide - Picked Raspberry, Shaded Lilac, Peacock Feathers
• Stencil: Funky Fossil - Round in Flowers
• Accents: Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - Clear

Challenge entries:

Inkspirational - Challenge #180 - Word Prompt: Text

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Typography

Apologies for only having one sample card for you again this week, I was so busy with my Honey Doo samples and sharing that I completely ran out of time.  However, please do pop over to the main Less is More Challenge post as my teamies are sharing their wonderful makes, and they may have more to share over on their individual blogs.

And, we also have even more talent once again for this challenge in the form of some of our 'gone but not forgotten' former LIM teamies, who have joined us as awesome Guesties!  If you have time, please do pop over and say hi.

Thanks so much for stopping by, and I hope you can join us.