Hello Crafty Pals! This is Karen and I am back with a monochromatic card that aligns with this month’s challnege at A Blog Named Hero.
If you have been following me, it seems that lately I have a special place in my heart for blue! I thought I should change things up a bit, so I decided for a green pallet for this card.
Starting with a piece of 110lb Neenah Solar White Cardstock, I prepped my panel with an antistatic tool and inked up the Figure 8 Bold Background with Versamark ink. The entire surface was covered in white embossing powder and heat set. Using Evergreen Bough Distress Oxide ink, I ink blended on the top of the pattern ensuring I inked heaviest at the top of the panel and allowed it to fade to white at the bottom.
On a scrap piece of white cardstock, I ink blended and then die cut my Smile sentiment using the die from the Smile Stamp & Die Cut set – I cut an additional 3 sentiments out of white card stock so they all could be stacked for dimension. The sentiment strip is a white peice of cardstock stamped in Evergreen Bough Oxide ink. From a piece of vellum, I die cut a heart from the Nesting Heart Inifinity die set. I cut the stamped and inked panel down to 5.5×4 and adhered it to a top folding notecard. The die cut sentiment was added to the top of the vellum heart and added to the upper portion of the card and I then used glossy accents over the sentiment for added dimension and shine. For the smaller sentiment strip, I used foam tape to add it under the larger sentiment. To finish the card off, I added some sequins for sparkle and shine.
Okay! That is it. I hope this card inspires you to enter our challenge this month – I look forward to seeing all of your beautiful entries!
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Love this card, Karen. When I think of monochromatic I usually think ‘eh gah! boring!’ BUT your card is anything but. Love the ombre background. You always put such amazing details in every card. The vellum die cut heart with the sentiment highlighted with glossy accents! Eek! LOVE IT!
That is so kind of you! So glad you enjoyed it and I hope to see an entry by you for this month’s challenge!
beautifully done!