Two Great One-Layer Challenges: LIM Week 76; and OLW96

Good Monday Morning:

I had so much fun doing today's card.  First, one-layer cards are a favorite of mine and always a challenge.  Good for keeping the brain tuned up.  This week there are two one-layer card challenges, from two wonderful websites.

In no particular order, there are three hostesses, all well-respected and well-loved.  We have the One Layer Wednesday Genius, Susan over at Simplicity, and the Champions of Challenges, Chrissie and Mandi over at Less is More.

Susan's OLW96 challenge is make a one-layer birthday card with LOTS of bling!

The challenge from C&M in Week 76 is also a one-layer card and it must contain three of anything:  three colours, three images, three stamps, three words, the number three.

I had to take a minute to amuse myself with that cartoon hand.  When you want to indicate the number three with your fingers, do you hold up three index fingers, or two index fingers and your thumb?  I do three index fingers, so to me, it looks like someone is having fun with us, holding up two fingers for the number three.  Never mind.

Second, as you know, I have a "thing" for frogs.  As you don't know, I have a new Penny Black stamp set of froggies to use.

Frogs and bling and one layer, oh my!

This was made up of two different images from the frog set.  Then I took the cake image only from an SU stamp that has the cake and next to it the words "May your layers be many and your frosting be thick."  I don't know what set it comes from, but it seemed to fit perfectly in the little guy's empty "hands" (?).

This is what I would imagine having triplets would be like if they were made up of two boys and one girl.  I think she would grow up to be tough and resilient, with a great sense of humor.  And a third eye, always on the lookout!

When the twins were first born, it took a household of Mommy, Daddy, Papa, and Bama to attend to all their little itty-bitty premie needs.  Mommy and Bama on the home front (Mommy doing 99% of the work), Daddy and Papa in the weeds making the bacon.  Every time (most of the time) we felt truly overwhelmed, one of us would say, "It could be worse.  It could be triplets."  We couldn't even imagine what that must be like.  The brain shuts down completely when you try to imagine more than three at one time.  God bless.

So we'll stick to three funny froggies, a surprise birthday party, and LOTS of bling!  You end up with a goofy card, the best kind.

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I'm off to revitalize my patio pots.  I'll take before and after pictures.  Here are the new plants ready to be potted for our garden delight.  I hope they like it here.

Enjoy!   As always, thank you for stopping by to visit.  Special thanks to you if you take the time to join as a follower or leave a comment!

Paper:  PTI white

Stamps:  Penny Black, "Toadily";

  cake SU unknown set; dots and

  asterisk Stamps by Judith

Ink:  PTI black; Marvy violet;

  Prismacolor pencils; Gelly Roll

  pens; bling, unknown