11.03.2020

One Plus Twelve ~ November!



Hi friends!

Happy November :)





Today's card is for my One Plus Twelve card challenge ~

which I started last year and it's really quite fun!

The idea:  Take one stamp - and ONLY one stamp -

and try to use it all year long (twelve months) to stretch the use of your supplies.

This year, my Word of the Year is:  BLOOM

so I've been using Beautiful Bloom by My Favorite Things.





My card is a little one the crazy side - 

It came together quite the opposite of how I was hoping!

But, it's kinda groovy!

I started with a black and white base and stamped the flower

on a yupo'd background piece made with ranger inks and alcohol.

This took several tries - NONE of the black inks I tried would really stamp boldly.

Even with the MISTI, I stamped and stamped!

Finally, this result was achieved with Ranger's Archival black.

I cut it out with the matching die and then - GULP - cut it in half!

The reason? 

So the card could have a little drama :)

Since sentiments are allowed, I used a die cut for the bold greeting

and a sentiment from another stamp set

(which has been fun - since the stamp I chose didn't have one.)


My two friends Barb and Jeanette are joining me in this challenge

this year and you can see their cards on their blogs.




I have TWO cards to catch up on ~ I think?!

I'm behind on life .... so naturally cards have taken a bit of a hiatus!


Thanks for stopping by!

Big hugs, bigger blessings :)

~Kelly

11 comments:

  1. Your card is absolutely stunning! Great design, no matter how it came together!

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  2. Bold and beautiful! I love this gorgeous card, Kelly!! Awesome work!

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  3. oh my goodness... MY GOODNESS! This is an absolutely stunning card, Kelly! The vibrant colors, the great design, the perfect sentiment. WOW!

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  4. Definitely a show-stopper!! Love it Kelly! Such a clever way to use that stamp - would love to know which ink finally worked on the Yupo paper?

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  5. Groovy it is, so colourful and eye catching and I love it Kelly x.

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  6. Gorgeous card Kelly, beautiful flowers and colours and I love the black stripes for contrast, lovely bright colours, Kate x

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  7. Amazing card with those flowers so vibrant and the lovely sentiment, Kelly!!! Great combo with the black stripes!

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  8. A beautiful card Kelly and love the colours and design. The sentiment is lovely too. Big hugs and blessings, Carol S,xxxx

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  9. This is really lovely! Really like the colors that you used!

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  10. Absolutely stunning Kelly - love the dramatic contrast between the background and the vibrant colours in the flower(s).
    Stay safe
    Blessings
    Maxine

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