One Layer Card

OLC – Ombre Faux Torn Edge

Have you ever created an Ombre faux torn edge on a card before? This is a technique that I pull out of my toolbox over an over. Seriously…I have been teaching this technique for over 12 years! As a matter of fact – this project specifically. Do you ever have a project that just sticks with you? I’d love to know – tell me in the comments.

I love this project so much, that I finally broke down and created a video to share with you – just like I promised last week. There is a ton going on in this simple looking card – stippling, faux tearing, ombre, masking and embossing. Here – see for yourself!

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So what did you think? Did you make it to the end with all the great close up photos? I love how when it all comes together it’s such a striking look. It’s funny, I remember the very first time I taught this technique live – it was at one of my class hostess’ home – Stephanie and we had about 16 people there. It was such a fun class. We actually made stationary, not a card with this technique – Edge on a 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 sheet with a matching envelope. So try it any way that you can think of.

Creative Tips –

When I tear paper, I always tear towards me. Usually the piece I’m adding an edge to is on the left and I’m tearing around it with my right. That way I have all those amazing layers of paper on the piece I’m looking for. This project, however, you want to use the throw away piece – the right side as is. You do not want those great layers showing.
When stippling, be sure to keep your brush moving in different spots. The key to a smooth transition – and one that is important for the Ombre look, is to not stay in the same general area. That way it flows.
Work with colors that have the same tone – warm, cool, etc… That way they blend together.
My first combination that I tried 12 years ago was a gorgeous one – Stampin’ Up! retired – Summer Sun, Really Rust, and the current Old Olive. That was a gorgeous combination.
The WPlus9 stamp set Hand lettered Thanks is a great one to pair with this project. I love the scripty bold look.

Here is a deepened version of this card – it has a little Peeled Paint at the bottom and the Penny Black stencil – Oscillations in Orange as an added layer.

I’m entering this project into a few challenges this week – be sure to stop by their sites and check out the amazing talent at each!

Just us Girls – Color Week #289
Happy Little Stampers – April Stenciling Challenge
Case this Sketch – Sketch #119
CASology – Cue Card #143 – Ombre

I would love to know if you have a project that you duplicate over and over through the years – let me know in the comments below. I hope you enjoyed this project as much as I have. I can’t wait to see your Ombre Faux Torn Edge creations!

See you next time –

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Blending Distress Inks and Creative uses for Word Stamps – One Layer Card

Written by Ingrid Blackburn 31 Comments

Blending Distress inks works best when you do it in layers. I remember the first time I blended Distress Inks – I thought…I don’t get it – why do people love these? They didn’t stamp well, and I got funky lines when I sponged the inks. But, once I viewed a tutorial on the amazing properties of Distress inks, I decided to give them another shot and started to not just sponge them onto my project, but blend them together and it was one of those ah ha moments. Really a wow for me – just like when you embossed for the first time!

Today I have two versions of this card for you – a true one layer card and a kicked up version that is matted and uses the flicked distress technique. I also thought it would be fun to see exactly how to use your word stamps along with a step by step video tutorial on how to effortlessly blend your distress inks for an amazing background.

The concept for today’s project evolved from two challenges – CASe this Sketch #112 and One Layer Simplicity Words Challenge. This project uses your word stamps as a focal point and builds a card around that by blending distress inks.

Here’s are the keys to blending Distress inks:

You need multiple layers – one, two or three are not enough. Your first one is the undercoating, then you’ll build your color as you layer. Along with building your distress ink layers, you’ll also blend out any funky marks left by your sponge tool applicator. That’s the best part about these inks – the blending quality.

For instance, when you start to blend colors together, sometimes the darker color starts to overtake your project and it just doesn’t blend well. Come back in with your lighter shade and it will create an effortlessly blending between the two shades. That’s where Distress Inks really differ from other dye based inks. The inks have movable properties – especially when they come into contact with water.

On that note, you can also use your distress inks as watercolors. Yes, add water to them, and you can paint them onto your project. Or add water to your sponged inks and it’ll react to it. Their movable nature makes them reactive – and not so great for stamping. You will not get a good result like crisp edges. When I use them to stamp with, it’s with an image that doesn’t need to be so precise.

Another thing to remember is that Distress Inks are translucent, so they blend great with other colors to create new hues. That’s probably my favorite part!

Have fun with it! Here are the Creative Tips behind these two projects:

Mask off 1 3/4” from the top of a 4 1/4 x 5 1/5” card. Blend your inks as in the video starting with Peacock Feathers, Broken China, Faded Jeans and Seedless Preserves.
Be sure to go back over the Seedless Preserves with the Faded Jeans to get the deep blue you are looking for.
Dry the blended background at the top where you will be stamping or set to the side until dry enough that embossing powder won’t stick to it.
Stamp and emboss your word stamps to create a fun sentiment across the end of the blended area. Be sure to have your words go off the sides for a continual flow. Stamp the remaining greeting above or below to the right or left side. Emboss.
The Matted card pops the black matte up using stamping dimensionals or foam tape.

Dimensions for the Matted Card –

Blended Piece – 3 3/4 x 5”
Black Matte – 3 15/16 x 5 3/16”
White card Base – 5 1/2 x 8 1/2”

I also entered this project in a few other challenges – Virginia’s View Embossing Challenge, and the Less is More Makes me Happy Challenge.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial on blending Distress inks. To see an exclusive video tutorial series with more great project – get our Creative Tips E-letter – see you next time!

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One Layer Flicked Distress Technique

Written by Ingrid Blackburn 9 Comments

Have you ever just loved a card or technique and wanted to duplicate it, but in a different way? This project shows you just how to do that! A few months back, I made a great card using the Flicked Distress Technique. Well, after seeing the challenge for blending on the challenge blog One Layer Simplicity Challenge, I decided to re-create this card, but this time – I’d do it completely in one layer!

This card re-created in one layer would not be an easy task, or so I thought – it turned out to be quite simple, and what a cool impact card this is – all for the price of half a sheet of white cardstock! I even filmed a step by step tutorial for you, so grab a beverage, sit back and enjoy!

Watch this video on You Tube

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Here’s a link to the original project in case you wanted to see the layered version! Thanks for stopping by today, see you next time!

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Buds and Blooms–Scribble Flower

Written by Ingrid Blackburn 5 Comments

It’s the beginning of a new year, which is always exciting. This week on Less is More Challenge Blog, the theme is New Beginnings – which is very fitting for a new year. To keep it simple, I have a Clean and Simple card that’s just perfect for a quick go to simple one layer card.

I’m also adding this to the Clean Slate challenge at Virginia’s View Challenge.

I did end up popping up one of the flowers for emphasis, but it would also look just perfect stamped directly onto the main layer.

Here you see Scribble Flowers by Simon Says Stamp in some fun bright colors – Picked Raspberries, Mustard Seed and Mowed Lawn Distress Inks by Ranger. For the black, I used Memento Jet Black Ink.

I masked off the buds (the beginning) and stamped the leaves. For the popped up flower I glued on the middle and leaves, but they would also work perfectly masked as well if stamping on a single layer. Okay – I know I deviated from the true One Layer Rule, but I just felt like it on this one – forgive me! Smile

I always make a ton of birthday cards at the beginning of each year – how about you? This one is great as a quick and easy go to simple card that will brighten anyone’s day. I hope you loved it as much as I did!

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I’m spending the week in Tuscany this week. We’re off to explore the countryside a bit – here are a few photos from our day yesterday in Chianti and Loro Ciufenna. Be sure to stop back to see more soon!

Enjoy your day!

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One Layer American Flag

Written by Ingrid Blackburn 9 Comments

One Layer Cards not only save time, but can really make a statement. I’m going to keep going with the patriotic theme this week for Independence Day and give you a fun, quick and easy but real impact statement card.

This month at the One Layer Simplicity Challenge, the challenge was to create a card based off elements of the flag of your country. Well, I have two that I call home. Today I’m going to show you the one I made for the United States. I took mine literal with the national holiday this Friday, but think you’ll appreciate it.

I was thinking of our troops stationed around the world and thought the saying a thousand thanks seemed appropriate! I’m sending this to my friend’s husband – he’s been back and forth to the Middle East serving our country I don’t even know how many times – too many to count. It’s the perfect card just to say thank you.

Enjoy! VIP Community members have access to a step by step video of this project. To find out more about our VIP membership – click here.

Have a happy 4th this week!

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One Layer Wetlands Card

Written by Ingrid Blackburn 21 Comments

Clean and Simple cards is a look that resonates with many people. Today, learn how to make the simplest of cards with this how-to video and tutorial. This project was made for the CAS this Sketch Challenge #82 using the Wetlands stamp set by Stampin’ Up!.

The sketch is quite simple, so I kept the card simple:

A simple mask and easy sponging will yield a scene that blends seamlessly into your one layer card. Enjoy this video:

I think you’ll agree that it’s an easy card to make. You can do a ton of these and quickly have a unique little stack to send out anytime!

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1+2=3 Stamp Series #001: part 3

Written by Ingrid Blackburn 6 Comments

So what did you think so far? We’ve had some great feedback from this series! I hope you’ve enjoyed the simplicity of it. And if you were on the Creative Tips list, then you saw the bonus 4th project too! Don’t fret – get on the list by tomorrow (6/21/14) and I’ll send it out to you. For the bonus project I broke from the rules a bit set forth from the challenge, but figured since it was a bonus it was okay! Smile

So, just to review, here are the rules for this challenge:

1 Stamp – For this series I thought I’d choose a stamp set that has been available for over 20 years and is still on the market…the ever popular Stampin’ Up! set Lovely as A Tree. This works with any large tree stamp. Since there aren’t any greeting stamps in this set, I used one from the retired set Perfect Words.

+ 2 Colors – Two colors were used in all three projects: Sahara Sand and Soft Suede by Stampin Up. For the cardstock in later projects, I only used Soft Suede along with Whisper White. =

= 3 Projects – while a few are a bit similar, they are vastly different. Enjoy!

If you remember from yesterday’s post, I messed up my first and second try at this project. Rather than let that get me down, I turned them into two totally different looks! And a series was born. Okay, corny enough for you – Michael is rolling his eyes…lol! Here is my messed up version of this project – it was intended as a one layer card, but instead I turned it into the beauty you see further below. Here is my original card – miss-masked (note the lower right corner).

And here is the final result:

To make this card – I used the exact one layer card as a base, and added a popped up frame. Here are a few tricks to make this seem flawless and intended.

The cut out frame is just slightly smaller than the original masked off window. The original window was 3/4”, my cut out frame measures 1/16” larger – that’s the width of the frame (13/16ths) , producing a smaller visible area. This will help to hide the white area that was masked off originally.

Add some interest to the frame. Here you see random spritzed dots in Soft Suede using a color spritzer and a marker. To keep with the outdoor theme, sponge both the interior and exterior of your frame.
Add some criss-crossed thread to one side.

Sponge the complete exterior of your one layer card first before adding the frame. Use the same color of your frame. This way, should your frame be slightly off, if the white shows, it blends flawlessly with your frame. Can you see the entire top of my card? It shows as my frame was slightly smaller.

Finally, pop the entire frame up using foam tape or dimensionals. Keep your tape and dimensionals closer to the inside of the frame giving it more of a shadowbox look.

To learn how I sponged, masked and created this card, check out the first and second cards in this series here:

Project One Project Two

I hope you enjoyed this series! Thanks for joining me and be sure to stop by tomorrow for another project with this stamp set… why, just because!! It’s completely different and used a totally different color combination, but turned out fabulous! Just thought I’d keep the theme going this week.

Have a creative day and see you around the grove!

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1+2=3 Stamp Series #001

Written by Ingrid Blackburn 12 Comments

Do you remember what it’s like to just start a hobby out? You didn’t have a lot of stamps or colors did you? I thought it might be fun to think like a first day stamper. Back when I had a REALLY limited number of supplies – two stamp sets, a few ink pads, one package of matching colors and only my creativity to guide me. Which let’s be honest – my creativity back then was bare minimal!

So I thought it would be fun to an ongoing series called 1+2=3 or, One stamp set + two ink pads = three looks.

Now the official rules are going to be the following:

Primarily use the images from one stamp set. Use a greeting from another set if not supplied in the set.
You can use a background stamp in your cards – but only one amongst the three projects. (I gave myself this leeway, since that’s what I started with!)
You may only use two colors of ink plus a neutral or versamark.
Your card stock colors must include either of your the two colors plus white, vanilla or black.
You can use basic accessories such as paper piercing, sponges, embossing, pearls, rhinestones, dimensionals and ribbon to accessorize your cards.

Sounds pretty easy, right? We’ll see about that! Here goes – I kept project one pretty simple – a one layer card. Today I’m going to post the first project and reveal the next two over the next few days. And of course if you’re subscribed to the Creative Tips list – you’ll be sent an extra project tomorrow (June 19th) – so be sure to sign up today! Hope you enjoy them!

1 – Stamp – For this series I thought I’d choose a stamp set that has been available for over 20 years and is still on the market…the ever popular Stampin’ Up! set Lovely as A Tree. This works with any large tree stamp. Since there aren’t any greeting stamps in this set, I used one from the retired set Perfect Words.

2 – Colors – Two colors were used in all three projects: Sahara Sand and Soft Suede by Stampin Up. For the cardstock in later projects, I only used Soft Suede along with Whisper White.

3 – Projects – while a few are a bit similar, they are vastly different. Enjoy!

Series #001 – Project 1: One Sheet Mystical Forest:

Fold a piece of 4 1/2” x 11” piece of Whisper White card stock in half.
Mask off 3/4” around the border. To see a great step by step video tutorial on how to do this, join the Creative Tips List for free – your first video will show this exact technique. To see it – sign up to the right!

Sponge Sahara Sand around the perimeter and then a smaller soft suede.
Mask off mountains to the left and right, sponging in Sahara Sand.
Mask off a Moon.

Stamp several images of the main Pine Tree image in multi-generational Sahara Sand. Stamp three images of alternating heights in Soft Suede in the front.
Add your greeting and remove your mask!

It’s a rather simple project – has a few steps, and I won’t lie – if you don’t mask it off properly, you can really mess it up…check out how you can turn two glaring mistakes that I made and learn how to avoid them! Check out the second project here!

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OLC – Ombre Faux Torn Edge

Blending Distress Inks and Creative uses for Word Stamps – One Layer Card

Here’s are the keys to blending Distress inks:

One Layer Flicked Distress Technique

Buds and Blooms–Scribble Flower

One Layer American Flag

One Layer Wetlands Card

1+2=3 Stamp Series #001: part 3

1+2=3 Stamp Series #001

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