The Dreaded One Layer Card. . . ACK!

Welcome back, everyone!

I have said it before and I'm going to say it again ~ I LOVE LAYERS!  Lotsandlotsandlots of yummy layers and lotsandlotsandlots of embellishments on my cards.  So, this week's challenge over at Totally Stampalicious to make a one layer card with minimal embellishments was like a stake through my crafty heart.  Luckily I had a wonderful Picture Perfect Creations Color Combo from Megan to help me through the moments of self-doubt:

When I think of CAS or one layer cards, I immediately click over to the clean&simple stamping challenge blog for one of their fabulous sketches so that's the first place I clicked over to when I was getting started - I found this:

Hmmmm... not an easy sketch to use with the Totally Stampalicious stamps I have.  I finally decided that Cafe Scarlette would definitely work if I could figure out how to get her into those little circles. . .  After much thought and experimenting, I decided to make a template/mask that I could stamp through to get the specific {parts} of Scarlette into the circles.  So I cut out a scrap piece of cardstock, figured out where the circles should go, used my 1-3/8" circle punch to punch them out and ended up with something like this:

I placed it over my card base and started by tracing some doodles around the outside/inside edge of each circle.  I stamped Scarlette's shoes, purse and Scarlette enjoying a {sippie} in the circles and then stamped the sentiment below.  I added some buttons and ribbon and called it done.  To me, it still looks unfinished ~ I really wanted to add {something} else but decided not to at risk of ruining it all.  That's the nice thing about a multi-layer card...you have lots of chances to correct your screw-ups!

Stamps: Cafe Scarlette (Totally Stampalicious)  Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black  Paper: Whisper White  Accessories: Copics, fine-tipped black marker, purple satin ribbon, buttons

If you 'd like to see more of these colors, hop over to see what the rest of the PPC Creators did:

Lori Turner

Nicole Anderson

Sandy Tran

Trish Radacs

Jackie Weeks

Tamie Camp

Debbie Marcinkiewicz

Paula McClane

All of us at the PPC Color Challenge are so excited to be celebrating our 25th week of challenges at PPC, that we just had to give away some super-de-duper Blog Candy!  How about... an assortment of Stampin' Up! NEW In Colors Cardstock!!  Includes: 4 each of 5 NEW In Colors (8-1/2 x 11): Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz, Peach Parfait, Poppy Parade and Concord Grape.  These NEW In Colors are abosolutely fabulous! The cardstock will definitely come in handy, as they will be included in our upcoming challenges! :)

HOW TO WIN:

• Become a follower over at PPC, if you're not already one.
• Leave a comment at the bottom of this week's PPC color challenge post.
• And if you would be so kind and crafty, please participate in our PPC-CC 25 Color Combo Challenge this week!

That's it...sooo simple and easy! Contest ends next Monday, August 16th at 10am.  Good Luck!

And if you decide to play along with us over at Totally Stampalicious, don't forget to stop back and link us up so we can come and see what you did. 

Enjoy your week!