It's Sunday, the start of a new week and a new Paper Players Challenge. This one's a Clean and Simple One Layer Card.

I was thinking about what to create and realized I don't often make one layer cards. This was a real challenge for me. Well, thank you, Ann Schach…it's good to get a little push now and again!

Masking works well for me on one layer cards. The technique gives some dimension without a second layer or stampin' dimensionals, and it's easy and fun.

Here's a quick "Masking" tutorial:

• In this project, I masked the "Trick or Treat" sentiment stamp.
• Stamp the image onto a sticky note as close to the sticky top as possible.
• Then fussy cut the image keeping your cutting line just inside the outside of the image. (Hope this makes sense to you)….just inside the outside.
• Now stamp the same image onto your card.
• Place your sticky note image over your stamped image as precisely as you can (the sticky area should be enough to hold your image in place.
• Stamp the Gorgeous Grunge banner image over the sticky note stamped image directly onto your card.
• Lift the sticky note image and you have your masked image.
• In this card, the black and white banner looks like it's behind the sentiment stamp.
• I repeated this for the Old Olive Gorgeous Grunge banner.

After I masked in a few Gorgeous Grunge banners, I added some buttons tied with Whisper White Baker's Twine. My one layer card was complete! Clean, Simple and Quick!

The buttons are from last year's SU catalog. They were the perfect size for my Gorgeous Grunge banners. Love those Halloween colors, too!

Stampin' Up! Supplies Used: Card Stock – Whisper White. Ink – Crushed Curry, Calypso Coral, Old Olive, Jet Black Staz On. Stamp Sets – Tags 4 You and Gorgeous Grunge.

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