Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge #18: One Layer Cards

Hello Everyone!  I hope everyone in cold corners if the world is warm & safe today.  Time for a new Newton's Nook Designs Inky Paws Challenge!  This time Jen has chosen: 'One Layer Cards'!

Easy peasy right?  So you have no excuse not to play along!  I decided to use the cute koala bear from 'Hanging Around' for a support card for a recovering friend:

I added flock to the koala bear (and his tail and the leaves) to make him extra soft, see?

To create the illusion of another layer I punched an oval shape from a piece of scrap paper and sponged some Pool Party ink in the cut-out center and then stamped the sentiment in the middle of it - pretty cool huh?  

Additional Challenges:

• Since the flock made him soft & fuzzy I am entering this card in Simon Says Stamp's Wednesday Challenge to 'Add a Little Texture' (did you know that Simon Says Stamps carries Newton's Nook Designs stamps too?  They do!!), and
• Sparkle 'n Sprinkle February 2015 - Anything Goes with loose glitter, embossing powder or flocking  (obviously, I used flocking on this card).

Check out the Newton's Nook Designs Blog for the details of you how can play along with our challenge, how you can WIN a gift certificate to NND, and for more inspiration from my talented NND teamies.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Have a great weekend!
~ Crafty Math Chick 

Not Skipping Skipping Stones Design's Sketch Challenge

Hello friends & followers!  I hope you are well.  I have not participated in a Skipping Stones Design Sketch Challenge in several weeks, and I have missed them.  When I first saw this week's sketch SSD120:

nothing came to mind at all... until today of course... the last day of the challenge.  Then, once I was playing with the sketch, a flood of ideas came to mind!  Does that ever happen to any of you?  Here is the first card I came up with:

Simple no?  The only difficult part of this card was finding buttons in the right colors & size.  I thought the SSD 'Healing Wings' "Friends give color to our lives" sentiment was perfect for this card, no?  This card also fulfills the following additional challenges:

• Shopping Our Stash Challenge 44 - Buttons +/or Bows (I obviously chose buttons, LOL),
• Stamp-n-Doodle - Let's See Some Circles or Ovals (well, the buttons are circles), and
• One Stop Craft Challenge - CAS.

Once I made this card I had another idea to use the music notes and the pretty bird from 'Heartsong' to make this card:

Figured it was a pretty one layer card, very postage friendly right?  And that bird is so pretty it really doesn't need a tons of embellishing...  This card also fulfills the requirements of the following additional challenges:

• Paper Creations Ink Challenge 21 - Things with Wings,  
• Craft Your Passion Challenge 103 - Monochromatic cards, and
• One Stop Craft Challenge 175 - CAS cards.

     Thanks for taking the time to stop by and see my cards.  Have a great night!
~Crafty Math Chick