Category: monochromatic

Vintage card – Just for U :)

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Its my second time try at Vintage style. Earlier card can be seen here. Love this style for the dark tones of brown, beige, tans, black hues and still creating magic.

This is the last card for this year 2014 and also DT inspiration card for the Cardabilities challenge.

Felt like IBS Vintage floral PP is so apt for this theme and so matted this against the black CS. To achieve the look, pp is roughed,rolled at edges using scissors, distressed with vintage photo DI and to give a bit more darker shade, distressed pp at various places and stamped randomly with IBS script stamp from Friends forever stamp set using same DI. Am in love with the effect it has created on bg.

Used Doily die and cut the doilies of various sizes in brown CS. And on it, arranged the floral using Joycrafts die. This time, tried a different flower other than my usual flower style. Hope you like it!

Closer shot of flowers

For stamens, used CLD embellishment dies and cut in black CS. The rose strips are diecut in white and distressed with Vintage photo DI and the florishes of black and white to balance the flowers.
Sentiment is stamped in oval scallop diecut and distressed with DI.

Thats all from me 🙂

Wishing all my readers, blogger-pals, a very very Happy and Wonderful New Year 2015. May your days ahead be more joyous and lovely 🙂

Thanks so much for the support and lovely comments, which is the only source of driving force for me.

Supplies:

Vintage floral PP – IBS
CS- Brown,Black
Dies – Joycrafts florishes die, MFT scrolled florishes, CLD embellishments die, CLD rose leaf strip, Nellie Snellen doily die,Couture Scalloped oval die

Stamps- Script from IBS forever friends set
              Sentiment from Small label stamp set
Inks – vintage photo DI

Challenge:

IBS customer gallery – vintage floral pp and forever friends stampset.

Just for You :)

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Hi Friends,

Yet another month end reveal for the cardabilities Sketch #112 and my take for DT inspiration is

Sketch #112

Karen Gerber, known for the awesome sketches at Cardabilities and each one of it, is my favorite.
Visit the blog to see my fellow DTs awesome inspirations for the challenge.

And about my card..

Patterned paper is matted on to the base CS and distressed the edges. Wanted to go for muted tones and so this attempt of creating a flower cluster which is much similar to the pp tone.

Gessoed down the central portion of the pp to tone down the pp a bit and on that the flower cluster are placed.  Tessatina border , Medical gauze, Raffia, pollens, along with the Floral spray and the diecut leaves which are distressed with weathered wood.

Few pearls to finish off the card with the sentiment on a banner near the cluster and random splashes of inks.

Hope you like the card.

Supplies:

CS – Fabriano brusto
PP – Hand made memories 12/1 2paperstack
Dies – Joycrafts floral florishes, CLD ivy leaves, Memory box Tessatina border
Sentiment – All occasion from Stampendous
Ink – Ranger Balck Archival ink, Weathered Wood DI
Pearls, Raffia, Medical gauze from stash

Challenges Entered:

Beyond grey challenges: Monochromatic
Crafty sentiments designs – Use diecuts  (Used Joycrafts die for flowers, Cheerylnn die for ivy leaves, Memory box tessatina border die)
Virginia’s View Challenge – Distressing

Just for You :)

~ Sathya ~ Leave a comment
Hi Friends,

Yet another month end reveal for the cardabilities Sketch #112 and my take for DT inspiration is

Sketch #112

Karen Gerber, known for the awesome sketches at Cardabilities and each one of it, is my favorite.
Visit the blog to see my fellow DTs awesome inspirations for the challenge.

And about my card..

Patterned paper is matted on to the base CS and distressed the edges. Wanted to go for muted tones and so this attempt of creating a flower cluster which is much similar to the pp tone.

Gessoed down the central portion of the pp to tone down the pp a bit and on that the flower cluster are placed.  Tessatina border , Medical gauze, Raffia, pollens, along with the Floral spray and the diecut leaves which are distressed with weathered wood.

Few pearls to finish off the card with the sentiment on a banner near the cluster and random splashes of inks.

Hope you like the card.

Supplies:

CS – Fabriano brusto
PP – Hand made memories 12/1 2paperstack
Dies – Joycrafts floral florishes, CLD ivy leaves, Memory box Tessatina border
Sentiment – All occasion from Stampendous
Ink – Ranger Balck Archival ink, Weathered Wood DI
Pearls, Raffia, Medical gauze from stash

Challenges Entered:

Beyond grey challenges: Monochromatic
Crafty sentiments designs – Use diecuts  (Used Joycrafts die for flowers, Cheerylnn die for ivy leaves, Memory box tessatina border die)
Virginia’s View Challenge – Distressing

Vintage-y Love :)

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Another Valentine card for today, a shadow box card with a vintage color scheme. This card technique and vintage style is my first time try. Hope you like it.

White, cream, black, brown, light mint green,kraft are the shades i have played with.
Made a shadow box with cream CS and mint green pp whose edges are distressed with momento rich cocoa are added on the outer frame. A square frame is cut from pattern paper which has music notes, is added as inner panel and to it added a heart diecut from same pp, is with stamped florishes and its edges too sponged with rich cocoa.

All the flowers are handmade. Florishes, roses, mum, are diecut from various dies  and distressed and dry embossed to make these. To add bit interest to the CLD tropical flourish, added a single petal flower with stryofoam ball centres. Big roses are made from Gardenia strips and small roses bunch are made from Memory box fancy blossoms and of course, single petal flowers too. Big bloom is from CLD sunflower die. Leaves are from olive branches.

Sentiment too is stamped on music note pp diecut, which i hope goes well with the sentiment saying 🙂
A small CLD butterfly and few pearls, rhinestones are added as final touch.

Hope you all like it…Your comments and visits are much appreciated.

Supplies:

PP – Handmade memories 12/12 stack, Papermania Christmas tidings
Dies – CLD sunflower die, CLD gardenia die, CLD tropical florish, CLD small exotic butterfly, CLD olive branches, Memory box fancy blossoms, Itsy Bitsy Heart Thinlits and Venetian Label frame.
Sentiment – Fiskars
Dye – Momento rich cocoa, Archival black ink

Challenges entered:

Cheerylynn Designs – Diecut flowers ( used CLD sunflower die (big bloom), CLD gardenia die (big roses), Memory box fancy blossoms (small roses and single petal flowers)
(CLD tropical florish, CLD small exotic butterfly, CLD olive branches, )   (W I N N E R)

PPS- All about Love

IBS blog hop – flowers

Lulupu –Try something new (Vintage Style and Shadow box card technique is new to me )

BGC – Love is in air

Vintage-y Love :)

~ Sathya ~ Leave a comment
Another Valentine card for today, a shadow box card with a vintage color scheme. This card technique and vintage style is my first time try. Hope you like it.

White, cream, black, brown, light mint green,kraft are the shades i have played with.
Made a shadow box with cream CS and mint green pp whose edges are distressed with momento rich cocoa are added on the outer frame. A square frame is cut from pattern paper which has music notes, is added as inner panel and to it added a heart diecut from same pp, is with stamped florishes and its edges too sponged with rich cocoa.

All the flowers are handmade. Florishes, roses, mum, are diecut from various dies  and distressed and dry embossed to make these. To add bit interest to the CLD tropical flourish, added a single petal flower with stryofoam ball centres. Big roses are made from Gardenia strips and small roses bunch are made from Memory box fancy blossoms and of course, single petal flowers too. Big bloom is from CLD sunflower die. Leaves are from olive branches.

Sentiment too is stamped on music note pp diecut, which i hope goes well with the sentiment saying 🙂
A small CLD butterfly and few pearls, rhinestones are added as final touch.

Hope you all like it…Your comments and visits are much appreciated.

Supplies:

PP – Handmade memories 12/12 stack, Papermania Christmas tidings
Dies – CLD sunflower die, CLD gardenia die, CLD tropical florish, CLD small exotic butterfly, CLD olive branches, Memory box fancy blossoms, Itsy Bitsy Heart Thinlits and Venetian Label frame.
Sentiment – Fiskars
Dye – Momento rich cocoa, Archival black ink

Challenges entered:

Cheerylynn Designs – Diecut flowers ( used CLD sunflower die (big bloom), CLD gardenia die (big roses), Memory box fancy blossoms (small roses and single petal flowers)
(CLD tropical florish, CLD small exotic butterfly, CLD olive branches, )   (W I N N E R)

PPS- All about Love

IBS blog hop – flowers

Lulupu –Try something new (Vintage Style and Shadow box card technique is new to me )

BGC – Love is in air

Valentine Card

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A valentine card for the valentine month. Just 4 days away for my Wedding Anniversary and so this quick card with roses again 🙂

Made an easel card with roses and fluorishes. The card front has a pale pink pp whose edges are distressed and on it matted another red digi freebie. The lattice is made from tessatina border die and its added to the circle die and made as a focal point.

Cheery lynn gardenia strip die is used to make roses and tropical florishes diecuts are added in different tones. Red florish diecut and paper pieced butterfly are from DCWV Mariposa collection.

MS double arches border punch is used to create a lace with the same pink pp from Zephyr paper pad and added just below the focal lattice.

Sentiment is stamped on the venetian label diecut and placed on a pp from Simple stories paperpad and this acts as a stopper showcasing the roses on card front 🙂 Few pearls for final touch.

Hope you like it !!

Supplies :

Patterned papers  – Zephyr, Simple stories
Gardenia strip die, Florish die – Cherrylynn Desings
Stamp – IBS Trendy circles
Lattice – Tessatina border die
MS doucble arches loop punch, pearls, White CS,Red bug momento ink

Challenges entered

Cheerylynn Desings – Add a fluorish (Used Gardenia strip die, Tropical florish die)
Color conceptions –  Trendy chevrons, Triangles (inspired by colors and symmetrical patterns)
Kraftzone – Valentine connection (Easel card with pink, red, white)
Lulupu  – Oh so lovely (used red digi pp (card front), pink pp from Zephyr paper pad, red pp from Simple stories (pp below sentiment), for red florish and paper pieced butterfly are from DCWV mariposa matsack)
IBS feb customer gallery (used trendy circles stamp set)
Crafty boots – Bingo (“Pink -stamp- diecut” “Embossing-Heart-Diecut )
Divas by designs – Diecuts
ABC challenge – E for embellish ( diecuts, punches, flowers, butterfly, florishes)

Valentine Card

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A valentine card for the valentine month. Just 4 days away for my Wedding Anniversary and so this quick card with roses again 🙂

Made an easel card with roses and fluorishes. The card front has a pale pink pp whose edges are distressed and on it matted another red digi freebie. The lattice is made from tessatina border die and its added to the circle die and made as a focal point.

Cheery lynn gardenia strip die is used to make roses and tropical florishes diecuts are added in different tones. Red florish diecut and paper pieced butterfly are from DCWV Mariposa collection.

MS double arches border punch is used to create a lace with the same pink pp from Zephyr paper pad and added just below the focal lattice.

Sentiment is stamped on the venetian label diecut and placed on a pp from Simple stories paperpad and this acts as a stopper showcasing the roses on card front 🙂 Few pearls for final touch.

Hope you like it !!

Supplies :

Patterned papers  – Zephyr, Simple stories
Gardenia strip die, Florish die – Cherrylynn Desings
Stamp – IBS Trendy circles
Lattice – Tessatina border die
MS doucble arches loop punch, pearls, White CS,Red bug momento ink

Challenges entered

Cheerylynn Desings – Add a fluorish (Used Gardenia strip die, Tropical florish die)
Color conceptions –  Trendy chevrons, Triangles (inspired by colors and symmetrical patterns)
Kraftzone – Valentine connection (Easel card with pink, red, white)
Lulupu  – Oh so lovely (used red digi pp (card front), pink pp from Zephyr paper pad, red pp from Simple stories (pp below sentiment), for red florish and paper pieced butterfly are from DCWV mariposa matsack)
IBS feb customer gallery (used trendy circles stamp set)
Crafty boots – Bingo (“Pink -stamp- diecut” “Embossing-Heart-Diecut )
Divas by designs – Diecuts
ABC challenge – E for embellish ( diecuts, punches, flowers, butterfly, florishes)

Wintry WOW !

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My first post in this new year 2014…

Have done 3 White on white cards earlier and this one is so apt for the season 🙂
Done this card with just Cherry Lynn Designs Dies only 🙂

As the day is so gloomy today, unable to capture a proper pic 🙁

The White CS is used as card front on which snowflakes are heat embossed with White Ep. And the central focal point is a strip of White Thai natural fiber paper is added to give a wintry feel and to both ends added a strips of punched MS deco shell laces.

The central foliage is made from Cherrylynn Tropical florish, Cherry lynn Olive branches to it added five petal mini flowers from Cherry  lynn Embellishments B256. The two white flaky flowers are made using stamens of various sizes from the same CL Embellishment B256 dies.

Just love the Sunflower die and have used in many of my earlier projects here, here, here and here . Its one die which i very often attempt to give variation to the flowers. Hope you all like it!!!
Here the big flower is filled with pearls and few pearls of various sizes are used to create a bit interest.

And for the centre, sentiment is heat embossed using Zing Silver Embossing powder on a vellum. Its my first attempt using Vellum, Thai natural fiber paper and few other dies. Just loved using the fibre paper and for its lovely texture, going to use it often. And the butterfly is added and its a diecut from Cherry Lynn small exotic butterfly die.

Hope you like it!

Supplies used :

Base card – White CS
Dies : CherryLynn Desings Tropical florish die, CLD sunflower die, CLD small exotic butterfly die, CLD Embellishments B256 die, CLD olive branches die
Punch- MS Deco shell punch
EP – Zing Silver Ep for sentiment and Zing white for Snowflakes
Heat Tool -Ranger Heat it
Stamps-Sentiment and Snowflakes from Inspired be stamping- Winter wonderland
Pearls

Challenges entered:

Cherry Lynn Designs – Winter whites (WINNER)
(Used CLD tropical florish die, CLD sunflower die, CLD small exotic butterfly die, CLD Embellishments B256 die, CLD olive branches die)
613 Avenue create – Anything goes with twist(sounds, colors, sights of winter)
MIM – Embossing (dry embossed the flowers, heat embossed sentiment and snowflakes on background)
Shopping our stash – Use something new (Zing Silver Embossing powder,Thai natural fiber paper, Sentiment stamp, vellum, CLD embellishment die are new)
Challenges4everbody – Anything goes
Come and get it challenge – Something new (Zing Silver Embossing powder,Thai natural fiber paper, Sentiment stamp, vellum, CLD embellishment die are new)
IBS Jan Customer gallery – Used Winter wonderland stamp set
Miriam Crafting blog – Flowers
Simon says stamp – Ice inspiration

Wintry WOW !

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My first post in this new year 2014…

Have done 3 White on white cards earlier and this one is so apt for the season 🙂
Done this card with just Cherry Lynn Designs Dies only 🙂

As the day is so gloomy today, unable to capture a proper pic 🙁

The White CS is used as card front on which snowflakes are heat embossed with White Ep. And the central focal point is a strip of White Thai natural fiber paper is added to give a wintry feel and to both ends added a strips of punched MS deco shell laces.

The central foliage is made from Cherrylynn Tropical florish, Cherry lynn Olive branches to it added five petal mini flowers from Cherry  lynn Embellishments B256. The two white flaky flowers are made using stamens of various sizes from the same CL Embellishment B256 dies.

Just love the Sunflower die and have used in many of my earlier projects here, here, here and here . Its one die which i very often attempt to give variation to the flowers. Hope you all like it!!!
Here the big flower is filled with pearls and few pearls of various sizes are used to create a bit interest.

And for the centre, sentiment is heat embossed using Zing Silver Embossing powder on a vellum. Its my first attempt using Vellum, Thai natural fiber paper and few other dies. Just loved using the fibre paper and for its lovely texture, going to use it often. And the butterfly is added and its a diecut from Cherry Lynn small exotic butterfly die.

Hope you like it!

Supplies used :

Base card – White CS
Dies : CherryLynn Desings Tropical florish die, CLD sunflower die, CLD small exotic butterfly die, CLD Embellishments B256 die, CLD olive branches die
Punch- MS Deco shell punch
EP – Zing Silver Ep for sentiment and Zing white for Snowflakes
Heat Tool -Ranger Heat it
Stamps-Sentiment and Snowflakes from Inspired be stamping- Winter wonderland
Pearls

Challenges entered:

Cherry Lynn Designs – Winter whites (WINNER)
(Used CLD tropical florish die, CLD sunflower die, CLD small exotic butterfly die, CLD Embellishments B256 die, CLD olive branches die)
613 Avenue create – Anything goes with twist(sounds, colors, sights of winter)
MIM – Embossing (dry embossed the flowers, heat embossed sentiment and snowflakes on background)
Shopping our stash – Use something new (Zing Silver Embossing powder,Thai natural fiber paper, Sentiment stamp, vellum, CLD embellishment die are new)
Challenges4everbody – Anything goes
Come and get it challenge – Something new (Zing Silver Embossing powder,Thai natural fiber paper, Sentiment stamp, vellum, CLD embellishment die are new)
IBS Jan Customer gallery – Used Winter wonderland stamp set
Miriam Crafting blog – Flowers
Simon says stamp – Ice inspiration

White on White card :)

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This time its a monochromatic card…and its a WOW card again..Earlier cards you can see here and here.
This card is a combination of dies, border punch and embossing.
Diwali sweets and savories preparation is well started yesterday at my home and just squeezed my time to do this card as a bit relief from my hand ache…Ya crafting is a therapy too 🙂

Thinking of my Sweet granny at this moment as she used to do so many varieties of sweets and savories for Diwali and she used to start 4-5 days before Diwali and inbetween there will be lot of neighbour friends asking for recipes, trial versions of those recipes will be going on at my home…She never complained of handache at all…She was an expert cook 🙂 Really miss u dear ma…

Coming to my card

White CS is embossed using spots embossing folder and on it used a negative of 2nd large Timeless rectangle Spellbinder die as frame. To it added the tessatina border as trellis. White doily is added and mounted this on top of the base white CS whose one end is punched using MS double arches.

A white satin ribbon is pleated and a bow is added on the middle of pleats and its hanging over the edge with the punched border. Frame Venetian panel taken whose edges are embossed using Zing clear EP using heat gun and on to it added the sentiment.

Tropical flourish, mum bloom and few small flowers are added with a butterfly at a corner. Rhinestone, few pearls are as final touch.

Hope you like it.

Wishing all my visitors, readers and fellow blogger pals, a very happy and wonderful Diwali. Have a fantastic festival of lights 🙂

Challenges entered:

Cherrylynn designs – Edgers, borders (used CLD dies- sunflower die, small exotic butterfly, tropical florish)
Beyond grey challenges : Layers + over the edge ( On base cs – white doily, spots embossed layer, negative of timeless rectangle die, frame venetian panel , MS bordered punch and ribbon are over the edge) (Honorable mention)
IBS – WHW #121 – Embossed edges (sentiment panel edges are embossed with clear ep)
Oct Customer gallery (sentiment is used from ur store-  frame labels )
Sweet stamps challenge – Frame
Corrosive challenges #186 (chosen flowers, layers,sentiment)
Sentimental sundays – Monochromatic + happy birthday (Top 3)
Tammy scrapincorner – Anything goes
Pile it on – Embellishment crazy (used rhinestone, pearls,ribbon, flourish, flowers, butterfly)
Challenges4everybody – anything goes
Itsy bitsy – Anything goes with IB (used spots IB embossing folder, Thin cut frame Venetian panel die from ur store) (W I N N E R)
Simons says stamp challenge – Anything goes