Stamping Sunday Blog Hop - Manly or Mainly Monochrome

 

Hello and welcome,

My name is Vicki Boucher and I'm from Melbourne, Australia. Today is Stamping Sunday blog hop for the month of January and for this month's them is "Manly or Mainly Monochrome" for our projects. It's the 3rd Sunday of the month and it's great to back for the start of a new year. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone's projects and you'll be able to see them by clicking on their names at the end of my blog.

I went with a manly monochrome card for my project using the Nature's Sweetness Suite Collection (162645) and shades of neutral colours such as Crumb Cake and Pecan Pie. I used both bundles from the collection, which include the Lovely & Sweet and Notes of Nature Stamp Set and Dies. This suite is amazing, I just love how it all coordinates so you can mix and match different images together. 

I used the emboss resist technique for the cocoa bean by stamping the image in VersaMark onto Basic White Cardstock, add White Stampin' Emboss Powder tap off any lose powder and then heat set with the Heat Tool. Once it has cooled down, I then started with Crumb Cake ink and applied lightly to the embossed bean with the Blending Brush, next I went onto Pecan Pie and then finished off blending in Pebbled Path ink for a darker brown.

My other main focal point is the destressed notebook which I used the card front from the Kraft Note Cards & Envelopes (159247) it measures at 9 x 12.8cm. I wanted to create a tone-on-tone effect by using the stamp images from the Notes of Nature stamp set, stamped in Versamark then I used clear Stampin' Emboss Powder and heat set with the Heat Tool.

To create the notebook look I used the long journal die to die-cut along the top of the Kraft paper, I just love this look and the details this die gives you. Using paper snips, I ran the blade along the edges of the Kraft paper and added Pecan Pie ink with the Blending Brush to create a destressed look. Then I tore a corn to show the Basic White panel embossed underneath.

Other elements added to the card is the Paper Butterfly Accents (162612) I used a smaller butterfly with Pecan Pie ink added to the center of the butterfly. The adhesive backed Cork Rounds (162643), Pecan Pie Bordered Ribbon and threads from the Silver Threaded Twine.

Thank you for visiting my blog today, I would so love to hear your thoughts on my projects by leaving a comment below.

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Happy Stamping

Vicki Boucher

To see all of the amazing projects by the Stamping Sunday Design Team please click on their names below.