Art With Heart March Creative Showcase - Monochromatic Cards

Hello and welcome,

This month the Art With Heart Team are featuring Monochromatic cards, that is cards that only use different shades of the same colour. This is a great opportunity for us to demonstrate the wonderful range of Stampin’ Up! colours across our inks, papers and embellishments that can be combined to produce the amazing monochromatic samples we have to share with you.

The colour I have chosen is Sahara Sand, it’s such a beautiful soft neutral colour and blends well with Shimmery White Cardstock. I’ve used a variety of techniques, textures and medium to achieve this look for my card.

I’ve started off with the card base in Sahara Sand Cardstock and I’ve lightly sponged the edges with Ink. The next layer I’ve created my own DSP using a strip of Shimmery White Cardstock, Aqua Painter, Sahara Sand Ink and ruled lines on the strip of Cardstock. The other panel is a piece of Sahara Sand Cardstock, stamped Ink using the larger splatter stamp from the Painted Poppies Stamp Set and I’ve created a background for my card. I wanted a vintage look so I ran the panel through my die cutting machine with the Subtle Embossing Folder and roughed up the edges with my paper snips.

To create the Poppies, I’ve used Shimmery White Cardstock, stamped in Sahara Sand Ink and lightly water coloured the Poppies. Before I attached the Poppies to the Cardstock, I added the die cut of the stitched circle swirl and sponged Sahara Sand Ink with the Sponge Dauber onto the swirl.

I really love the Scalloped Lace Trim combined with the Linen Thread and Bird Ballad Trinkets together. This gives the card a vintage look and to finish off I’ve added a few Pearls. The sentiment is from the Forever Blossoms Stamp Set, which is just stunning and I love the font.

The next demonstrator to share her monochromatic project is the amazingly talented Catherine Proctor

If you have a broken link or have come to this blog hop midway, you can view all the participants below:

Rebecca Jacovou

Tina Gillespie

Kate Morgan

Sharon Davern

Vicki Boucher

Catherine Proctor

Rachel Woollard

Andrea Sargent

Caroline Manwaring

Claire Daly

Michele Taylor

Reminder about Sale-a-bration finishing 31^st of March. Contact any of the team members for more information.

I’ve added the product list of all of the items that I’ve used and the are available in my online store.

Thank you for stopping by today.

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

Product List

Ink: Sahara Sand

Cardstock: Sahara Sand and Shimmery White

Stamps: Painted Poppies and Forever Blossoms

Dies: Painted Labels

Embossing Folder: Subtle

Other Stampin’ Up! Products: Sponge Dauber, Aqua Painter, Scalloped Lace Trim, Linen Thread, Pearl Basic Jewels, Bird Ballad Trinkets and Paper Snips

Kylie's International Blog Highlights August 2019

Today I am participating in Kylie’s International Blog Highlights. This is my first time in taking part, so I’m supper excited about sharing my card with you.

The theme we are doing for this hop is Encouragement and I would love it if you could vote for my card by clicking on the link below. 

http://bit.ly/kyliesinternationalhighlightsAugust2019Votefo…

For my card I wanted the vintage look with lots of layers, sponging and stamping. I’ve used Whisper White Cardstock and Sahara Sand Ink. 

I started off by using the Heirloom Frames Dies and 3D Embossing Folder the detail of the embossing is amazing. I've used a piece of Whisper White Cardstock to die cut and embossed.  Then with Sponge Dauber I've lightly sponged the Ink on the embossed Cardstock. The Woven Threads Trim is so beautiful and it's been layered with just scalloped edging peaking under the embossed Frame. 

To give the piece of Subtle Cardstock an old look I’ve used my Paper Snips, ran the edges with the blade and then sponged it with ink. 

The card features two Stamp Sets which have been used a lot by me in my cards over the last couple of weeks. They are in current 2019-2020 Annual Stampin' Up! Catalogue - Fanciful Fragrance and Very Versailles which has the most beautiful leaf stamp. I love it so much that I’ve created my own Designer Series Paper by randomly stamping the leaf stamp on a piece of Cardstock.

To finish off the card I’ve used the Linen Thread which was made into a bow. Have you seen the Bird Ballad Trinkets? They are so very vintage and cute! I’ve used the key, but they also come in a bow, leaf and flower.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog today.

Voting for my card is easy, just by clicking on the link and chose my card.

http://bit.ly/kyliesinternationalhighlightsAugust2019Votefo…

Happy Crafting

Vicki Boucher

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Product list:

Stamps: Fanciful Fragrance and Very Versailles

Ink: Sahara Sand

Cardstock: Whisper White

Embossing Folder: Subtle, Scripty and Heirlooms Frames Embossing 3D Folder

Dies: Heirloom Frames Dies

Trim: Woven Threads Trim and Linen Thread

Stampin’ Up! Supplies: Bird Ballad Trinkets, Sponge Dauber, Mutipurpose Glue, Tear & Tape, Paper Snips and Stampin’ Dimensionals

#CI50 Colour INKspiration Challenge

Welcome to my challenge for the #CI50 Colour INKspiration Challenge. When I saw the photo they had chosen for this challenge I wanted to create a card. 

The colours are Blueberry Bushel, Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand, Mango Melody and Coastal Cabana.

I used the same layout design as the card I made a week ago. I used the Incredible Like you Stamp Set for the background. I gradually changed the colours from light to dark. It gives you that water look effect with the stripes.

I decided to use the Painted Seasons stamp set and it's such an amazing set. The succulents are a favourite of mine.

I used the Corrugated Dynamic TIEF in Blueberry Bushel, I just love the texture from this Embossing Folder. The Happy Birthday greeting is from Amazing Life Stamp Set which fits nicely in the Rectangle Stitched Framelits.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you liked my card.

Supplies Used

Stamps: Painted Seasons, Incredible Like You, Amazing Life

Inks: Blueberry Bushel, Bermuda Bay, Sahara Sand, Mango Melody and Coastal Cabana

Papers: Blueberry Bushel and Whisper White

Tools/Accessories: Big Shot, Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies, Corrugated Dynamic TIEF and Blueberry Bushel Grosgrain Ribbon.