Monday, September 10, 2012

OLW104--2012 Gratitude Campaign

I'm proud to share that I've joined Susan's 2012 Gratitude Campaign. One Layer Wednesday #104 is to create (and eventually send out) one layer thank you cards. It's Susan's annual event leading up to Thanksgiving. I have so many people to thank and so much to be thankful for that joining the challenge was a no brainer.

Here's my Asian themed thank you card. I "discovered" an old Hero Arts stamp set while I was organizing my stamps. The set was (gasp!) never inked so I decided to initiate it for the challenge.


I stamped and colored the image with Copics and found the perfect sentiment (which, you may know, means "thank you" in Japanese) to go with it. I added some gemstones to the center of the flowers and a few score lines for visual interest. The corners were rounded off to complement the circular design.

One layer cards are so relaxing to create and can be easily mass produced. And thanking people, even unexpectedly, is always a good thing.

As always, thanks for stopping by and for your sweet comments as well.

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21 comments:

  1. Just beautiful Donna. The one layer CAS is perfect with the embossed lines.

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  2. Gorgeous - love the tie in between the cherry blossoms and the Japanese sentiment! Beautiful OLW card!

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  3. Beautiful, Donna! The gems are the perfect touch!

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  4. Very pretty card, Donna. Isn't it great when you unearth a forgotten stamp?

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  5. Gorgeous, Donna! You do one-layer CAS cards so well...this is a beauty!

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  6. What a beautiful CAS card, Donna! Love the colors!

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  7. Love the debossed lines and the soft colouring!

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  8. I have that set and loved it from day one ... and then set it aside as so often happens!! Love this CAS card .. just perfect for a thank you!!

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  9. i think i have that set somewhere in my stash, too. =) love your coloring on the image and such a clean and beautiful card, Donna! love it! hope you have a fabulous week, my friend! love ya! =)

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  10. For sure, it's a beautiful OLW. Love the image, rounded corners, and scoring. It all came together to make a gorgeous creation.
    Thanks for stopping by to congratulate me on my honorable mention at CASology. I appreciate it. Looks as if you have had several wins there, too. Congrats!

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  11. Beautiful card Donna! I love the score lines and your gorgeous coloring!

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  12. Beautiful CAS card with such lovely colors and sentiment:)

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  13. I love your CAS design! Beautiful image and the score lines look perfect with it.

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  14. Oh Donna this is a real BEAUTY! Love those scored line!

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