Monochrome Bouquet

Hello!    I have another card for the  Creative Confetti challenge to Be Inspired by one of the cards posted on the recent sneak peeks of their new stamp release.   I was also inspired by cards created by Kelly  shown on the right and linked here.  I liked her beautiful designs in monochrome tones and the simple layouts.  I inked several stamps from Power Poppy Countryside Bouquet Deluxe set with Distress Oxide ink Wilted Violet on White Card Stock.   Since I forgot to mask a strip for the sentiment before stamping like Kelly did, I simply stamped the sentiment on a strip of white cardstock and attached over the image. 

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Monochrome with Style

Hello! I have a very simple thank you card stamped with an old pumpkin stamp that I have had many years.  I think it is a PSX but it has no markings on the stamp.  I have always colored this image and this is the first time I stamped it and just let the stamp details show through in a monochromatic design.   I used SU Bravo Burgundy ink on Ivory CS for both the image and Gina K sentiment.  I placed on a card base in the same color tones.  Simple but elegant.

Challenges:

C.R.A.F.T. Challenges: # 488 Monochrome-2nd entry for monochrome card

Modsquad Challenge: Make a fall thank you card.  Kept this one very clean and simple.  

CAS on Friday: Challenge #144 Make a Fall or Halloween card 

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The Color of Pearl Inspires

Hello! Some times the simplest things are the most beautiful. That is what I think of this card. Yes, it is certainly CAS....no layers, no embellishments, no coloring. Just stamping and heat embossing with Versamark and Gold EP. I did not start out to make a clean and simple card...just turned out that way.

 I was trying to think of a card to make for the new Creative Confetti Challenge Power Poppy which is to let the color of your birthstone inspire you to make a creation. My Birthstone is Pearl or Alexandrite or Moonstone. There are 3 choices. I prefer Pearl so my card is inspired by the color of Pearl.  Actually Pearls come in a wide range of natural shades and colors but are generally known to have lustrous creamy white hue. So pearl does not inspire much color. I used some Oyster Pearl CS that has a luminous and lustrous shine-hope you can detect the luster in my photo. I really like this paper and I have been using it sparingly since I do not want to use it up.
Challenges:
Power Poppy Creative Confetti Challenge: Use birthstone as Inspiration to your Creation.
Addicted To Stamps and More: Challenge #306 Anything Goes

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Purple Roses and Ribbons

Hello!  This card was made for Stamp TV Mix It Up Monday Challenge Just The Month from Cat. We are to make a card using the color  that corresponds to our month of birth on the list posted.  The color that I am to use is purple, not my most favorite color.  I used GKD Old Country Roses and stamped a trio of roses with  3 step stamping and various shades of purple.  The sentiment was stamped with Memento Grape Jelly ink.  Finished with 2 shades of purple grosgrain ribbons,  purple sequins, and purple card base. (Sequins are all purple but appear differently in photo.)

Other Challenges:

Simon Monday Challenge: Simon says Monochrome

Crafty Sentiments Designs: Anything Goes Challenge

Really Reasonable Ribbon: Challenge 174 anything goes with ribbon. 

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One Layer Ombre

Hello!  Taking a break from Holiday cards.  Today I am sharing this One Layer Card made with a large  Repeat Impressions floral stamp that I heat embossed with White EP on White CS.  I then inked this with Distress Oxide ink Faded Jean creating an Ombre effect dark to light.  Finished with a single score line and a sentiment.  This may become apart of several I will create for a box set of note cards.
Challenges:
Happy Little Stamps: October CAS Challenge One Layer
Always Fun Challenges: #28 Monochrome
Addicted to Stamps Challenge: #155 Anything Goes with Flowers

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Monochromatic Sympathy Card

Hello!  I have another quick card for today.  This is a Sympathy card that I made for the challenge at The House That Stamps Built DCC96. I am trying to complete all their challenges for the month of September.  I used a sketch from Sketch Saturday to design the card. I used Repeat Impressions Lily of the Valley stamp with Memento Bamboo Leaves ink on white CS and colored with markers.  I placed this on a mat of Graphic 45 Pattern Paper from Secret Garden Pad and used the green paper from the same pad to complete my card.  The sentiment was from GKD.  Used white gell pen on the flowers.

Challenges:

Sketch Saturday: #482 Shown below

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Paint Chip #2

Hello!  I have another card made with a paint chip from a local paint store.    I created this with GKD  stamps from Birds and Blossoms that I stamped with Memento Tuxedo Black.  Added some color to the flowers with Copics. I embossed the top panel of the chip with a Cuttlebug EF border.  Attached to a white card base.

Challenges:

City Crafter Challenge: Week 374/375 Paint Chip Inspired

Paint Chip Inspiration

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Summer Fun

Summer finally arrived last week!  With that in mind, I created this summer theme card using the Sketch below from Retro Rubber Challenge #65.  It turned out being monochromatic since I only used Memento Toffee Crunch ink for stamping the Repeat Impressions Stamps (Sand Castle and Sentiment) and also for sponging the raised areas that I embossed with Spellbinders Impressabilities Sea Scape.  I used Kraft and Ivory Card stocks. I have had the Repeat Impressions stamps since August 2015 ...I know because I used them on a card posted on my blog then.

Challenges:

Retro Rubber: Challenge #65 Feeling Sketchy. RI Stamps are from 2015.
Addicted to Stamps: Challenge 151 Summer/Beaches

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Amazing Technique

 

Hello!  This is a card that I made after watching a  video by Jennifer McGuire on making monochromatic cards and layering stamps.  I loved her cards and just had to give this technique a try.  This is one of the results from my trials.

Supplies used:  Verve stamps from Nature Walk and Fabulous You, Yellow and White Cardstocks, Memento Tangelo Ink, White Gel Pen, Vellum, Versamark, White EP, Die Cut.

I thought this would fit the challenge at Mod Squad Challenge Blog this week-Pattern Your Paper.

Other Challenges:

Addicted to Stamps and More: Challenge #171 Anything Goes

Cupcake Inspirations: Challenge 336 Colors Ballet, Butter, Coral-inspired by colors and also acorns and other shapes from nature as in photo.

 

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Splash of Color for Power Poppy

Power Poppy is having a series of challenges for World Card Making Day. The first challenge is “WOOT WOOT” FOR TUTS! 
This challenge involves scrolling back through any of the Inspire Me Monday Tutorials on Power Poppy Blog and giving them a whirl.   I chose  Julie Koerber's  Tutorial Splash of Color posted August 11, 2014.
I used Power Poppy stamps Azalea (same as Julie) and Geraniums Take 2 sentiments that I stamped with Memento Lady Bug ink on watercolor paper and colored shadows with Copics R00 and R0000.  I followed Julie's directions on coloring and splattering with dots. I love how this came out. I finished using a GKD White CS card base and a layer of SU Pattern Paper with a red satin ribbon.  I also stamped an individual Azalea and fussy cut it and popped up on the ribbon.
Thanks to Julie for her great tutorial. 
Link:
Power Poppy: Challenge 1 for World Card Making Day. Check the rules here.

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Bear Hug with Love

Hello!  I have a hard time making a black and white card but I like the results of this one that I made for the challenge at The House That Stamps Built to create with Black, White and Gray. All stamps used are from Repeat Impressions.  I wanted to use the Embossing Folder Leafy Tree by Darice  with the Bear Hug couple sitting underneath but the bear stamp faces the wrong way.  I decided to change their direction by doing reverse stamping or sometimes called mirror stamping.   This I had never done before so it took some trial and error before I had the image in reverse that I was happy with.  I colored the bears with Copics N 0, 2, 4 and then created a furry texture using a piece of terry cloth and Copic colorless blender.  I added some polka dots to the hair bow with White Gelly Roll. I fussy cut the bears and set aside.  I used a Black CS Card base and added a mat of White CS. For the next layer I embossed a Gray CS with the Leafy Tree EF and inked the raised area with Memento Tuxedo Black and added some grass with a Repeat Impression stamp and Memento Gray Flannel ink. I stamped the Repeat Impression  Sentiment with Tuxedo Black.  I assembled the layers and added the Bear Couple with foam tape for more dimension.  I really like this card and trying some new techniques.

Challenges:
Designer's Challenge Choice: Cheri's DCC910 use Black, White and Gray
The Crafting Café Challenge: Shades of one.  I think this card qualifies unless white is not allowed.

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Mellow Yellow

Welcome today!  I have a yellow card to share ...totally yellow!  Can't get more mellow that this.  My CAS card is made with 2 colors of Yellow CS from stash, a Memory Box  butterfly Pippi,  a Cuttlebug EF Stylized Flowers, a Winnie and Walter Stamp from The Big, The Bold, and The Happy and Memento  Dandelion ink.  Mix these all together with the sketch from Seize the Sketch to create a birthday card and this is what I get for the following challenges:
CAS on Sunday: Challenge #39 is Butterfly
Seize The Sketch: Sketch challenge shown on the right
Tuesday Throwdown: Challenge is Mellow Yellow
Seize the Birthday: Toppings option is monochromatic yellow for a birthday card.  I am all yellow on my card.
613 Avenue Create: Challenge #84 Anything Goes w/optional SIGHTS, SOUNDS, SMELLS OR TASTES OF SUMMER. I have the sights of a butterfly, flowers and the color of  yellow for summer.

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Thanks for dropping by today. Hope you are having a great summer.
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Bluebird of Happiness

Digi Sketch

Sometimes a card comes to me quickly and out of nowhere.  I combined several inspirations and ideas in this card.  First, I have several digis from A Day For Daisies that I have not used and wanted to play with one of them .  I played around on Photoshop with the digi Free Hand Bird with Musical Notes to color the image using shades of blue and then cut it out using an oval die letting the bird's  tail extend out a bit. Using copics B0000 and B21, I added some shading to the image. Inspired by the musical notes on the bird, I decided to stay with a musical theme. I embossed a mat of blue CS with Cuttlebug Allegro EF and colored the edges and raised design with Memento Summer Sky ink. I placed this on a card base of the same blue CS and added the image following the sketch to the right.  I stamped a sentiment from Flourishes Kid's Play set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink that kept with musical theme.  Remember the song Don't Worry, Be Happy?
How about the Bluebird of Happiness?

Challenges:
A Day For Daisies Blog: Make a monochrome card. Guess their new release called Blue Birdie got me thinking of Blue Birds and thus the subject of my card.
Digi Sketch Challenge: Sketch challenge on upper right with a theme shades of blue. Tied in with my thoughts of a blue bird.
Party Time Tuesday: Anything Goes

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Bottom: Bluebird of Happiness

Summer Time Drive

Hello!  The  Designer’s Choice Challenge 521 at the House that Stamps Built hosted by Deonna is   to create cards with a monochromatic color scheme.  For my blackish card, I have chosen the Repeat Impression stamp of a Corvette that I stamped with Versafine Onyx Black ink on white cardstock and trimmed with Nesties Oval die and placed on a Black Scallop Oval mat cut with Nesties Die. This was attached to Black and White Pattern Paper from Fancy Pants which I embossed with Cuttlebug EF Tiny Bubbles. Added a Black and White Stitched Ribbon and rub-on stickers from stash before placing on black card base.
Challenge:
The House That Stamps Built: DCC521 Monochromatic
Crafty Ribbons Challenge: Drive Time
Clear It Out Challenge: Color challenge-Theme is Black. Stash is Stickers

 This stamp reminds me of  a '77 Corvette that we had years ago...was such a fun car!
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Shades of Gray

Today I am covering 2 challenges with this card....the Designer's Choice DCC73 at The House That Stamps Built to create a monochrome card and the Less Is More Challenge to create a CAS card in Shades of Gray.  I am hoping the card has enough "Gray" space to qualify as  CAS!

I stamped Repeat Impressions Great Blue Heron with Memento Gray Flannel ink on a mottled gray cardstock and added some shading with Copics N 0, 2, 4,7 and some highlights with a White Gel pen. I trimmed the corners with EK Success corner punch. I assembled the card base of dark gray, a mat of lighter gray and another mat of the darker gray under the image.  All papers from stash.  The sentiment used is from Flourishes. This was an easy peasy card...clean lines, minimal elements, areas of grey space and no embellishments.

Challenges:
Designer's Choice DCC73: Monochrome
Less Is More: Shades of Grey

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Some Days Flutter By

Today , I am showing a card that I made for the What IF? Wednesday Sketch challenge at The House That Stamps Built .  I used a Butterfly and Sentiment stamps from Repeat Impresssions....the card turned out to be a monochrome just by accident.  I took my inspiration from the DP nad color.

Challenge:
What If? Wenesday Sketch Challenge


Supplies:
Stamps: Repeat Impressions  as mentioned above
Ink: Memento Rhubarb Stalk Ink and Marker
Papers: My Mind Eye's Check & Floral from Lost and Found Two Paper Pad,  GKD Cranberry Tart CS
Ribbon : Cranberry Satin
Nesties Dies Labels One and Square
Cuttlebug Wickerweave EF


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You Make Me Feel Like Dancing

This card makes me want to sing...."You make me feel like dancing....dancin, dancing...".  Love these little bears dancing from LOTV Teddy Bear Fun Die Cut Designs.  Simple to use since they are already colored.  I picked up colors from her dress to make a monochromatic card in lavendars. I used the sketch from One Stop Craft Challenge. Added some rhinestones reclaimed from trim on an old dress and some pearls on the punched out flowers.

Challenges:
One Stop Craft Challenge: Sketch shown above
Secret Crafters Saturday Challenge:  Theme is to be  inspired by a Film Title. Inspired by "You Make Me Feel Like Dancing"
Stamp, Scrap, & Doodle Saturday: Recycle...Used rhinestones on black strip from an old dress.
Paper Sundaes Challenge: Let's Get Cute
Papercraft Star:  Polka Dots...pattern paper has polka dots and is embossed with dots.
Tuesday Throwdown: Challenge is "use some sparkle." Used sparkling "Diamonds".
Paperplay Challenge:  Theme is Monochrome and ribbon.
CRAFT Challenge:  Animals
Cute Card Thursday: Animal Magic

Supplies:
LOTV Bear Image from Die Cut "Teddy Bear Fun"
Papers: Bazzill Textured CS, Pattern from Scraps
Organza and Satin Ribbon, Pearls, Rhinestones from Stash
Sizzix Lilac Die
Nesties Rectangle Dies
Cuttlebug EF Swiss Dots

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Hello from the Forest

I  hope everyone had a lovely Valentine's Day. My project today was made using a sketch from the What If ? Wednesday challenge at The House That Stamps Built.  I  used one of their stamps Large Pine Forest for this almost monochromatic color card.  The base card is Kraft CS with strips of pattern paper from DCWV paper pad. The trees were stamped on ivory CS with Memento Rich Cocoa and cut with Nesties circle die and placed on a circle mat using another pattern paper from the same pad. I finished by stamping a sentiment from Flourishes "Taglines" that I curved a bit to fit on the circle.

This was a simple and easy card ...love this sketch for its simplicity.  Also would look good with a touch of twine.....maybe the next time.
Challenge:
What If? Wednesday: Repeat Impressions  Sketch 1812 shown on left

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A Study in Greens

 One of the most difficult cards for me to make is a monochromatic card...I don't know why, but it is.
When I saw this sketch at Lily Pads, it inspired me to make a monochromatic card maybe because it was designed in monochrome gray. Any who, I dug out some Bazzill textured CS in green tones and combined with a Stampin Up pattern paper to create this project. Used a Leaf Stamp and Sentiment from GKD's "A Year of Leaves"  that I stamped with Memento Bamboo Leaves to keep everything green.
This a very simple design but pleased with the monochrome color combo.

Challenges to enter:
Lily Pad Sketch Challenge: See sketch below. Fairly simple compared to most of the entries.
Sentimental Sunday: Monochromatic plus a Sentiment.
Truly Scrumptious Challenge: Clean and Simple.
Fab 'n' Funky Challenges: Hard to make theme. As I said above, monochromatic is hard for me.


Our green leaves are beginning to show some fall colors.
This would me an easy card and layout to make in fall colors as well.

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Thank you. Theresa

Monochromatic Challenges and More

There have been several monochromatic challenges this week and I chose to do this card for the ones at  Speedy the Cat and Annabelles as well as some other challenges.
Challenges:
Speedy the Cat's Friends Challenge:  The  challenge  is from Joanne who challenges us to use monochromatic blues.
Annabelle Stamps Challenge: Say it in monochromatic. Added some bling for good measure.
Shelly's Images:  Bling it up a little or a lot.
Fussy and Fancy: Use sketch shown lower left. Rotated the sketch for my design. This is a great sketch...had done an earlier entry but was messed up in the Blogger mix up.
Really Reasonable Ribbon: Anything Goes...used 2 ribbons layered on card.
There's Magic in the Air: Molly would like to see us use some kind of embossing on our cards/projects this week. I did embossing with Victoria EF. I usually do this challenge with a Paper Cupcakes Image but mixing it up this week. I still plan to do another entry with their freebie digi image this week. Check it out...great image with peonies.
Stamp TV: Mix it up Monday challenge-focus on flowers.
Truly Scrumptious: Anything goes! Too easy to pass up.

Supplies:
Stamps: MFP's "Happy Pansies"
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, SU Ballet Blue
Copics: B21,24,93, G21, Y06
Papers: Bazzill Blue CS's, Nikki Sivils PP
Cuttlebug: Victoria EF
Nesties Oval and Scallop Oval
Ribbon: Satin and Organza with silver thread from stash
Blue Rhinstones for Bling

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