Monochromatic cards

I love the monochromatic look, just pick a colour and go to town. So recently when I had a crafty session with the True Beauty bundle, I decided to create with Highland Heather and Gorgeous Grape. These two pair perfectly together and they aren't colours I use often. I'm always in need of Birthday Cards on hand because in the last 6 months I've been sending way more cards and I love doing it. This simple design and layout took no time at all and it's super simple to make. The shadow behind…

Hello Friends! Today I have a short post sharing a quick and easy monochome card created using cardstock, an embossing folder and ink blending. Using the Seasonal Blooms 3-D Embossing folder from Altenew, which was part of the Craft Your Life Kit for July , I embossed a 6" square panel of black card and trimmed it slightly to fit on a 6" cardbase. I blended Hero Arts Unicorn Pigment Ink over top to enhance the raised areas as well as create a ethereal background. To finish, I stamped and…

I love how easy it is to make monochromatic cards. Check out my blog post where I share a step by step tutorial for these..https://thecardmakingacademy.co.uk/blog/monochromaticcards

I decided to make a monochromatic card today with this lovely stamp from Penny Black Illustrious Product #40-735 Words of Encouragement Product #30-712 Thanks!

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Learn to make a handmade card using only one color! Monochromatic cards is an easy card making technique for anyone who struggles matching different colors together. Or, it's an easy technique for making quick and beautiful cards! Learn easy tips for building a monochromatic card and be inspired to create using your favorite stamp set.

I wasn't sure which stamp set to feature this week.My hand is still stitched up so it had to be something simple - nothing that required coloring or lots of machine use. I was between two stamps and went to social media to help make the decision.In the end, the Forever Fern Stamp won by a landslide. Forever Fern

Hello friends! I have an exclusive video over on the MFT Youtube channel featuring the Perfect Poppies and creating a monochromatic card. You can check out the video HERE on …

Welcome to my Corner of the World Today’s card features one of the new in-colors – Petunia Pop. I used the Stack, Cut & Shuffle technique earlier this year and I thought it would ma…

Make a bunch of beautiful monochromatic cards with the Penned Flowers Dies and the new 2021-2023 Stampin' Up! In Colors!

Barely getting these out in time for the class! August, second Saturday, is the next Monochromatic card class, and due to holidays and such, our order at the store was delayed much longer than anticipated. So the samples for the class are only now just completed once our order arrived. Thank you faithful Monochromatic Card class followers that signed up even without knowing what we are making! So, without further ado, here are the cards. I'll refer to the cards by the name of the Bazzill…

Sometimes it is very difficult to think of creating something using a unique color, but monochromatic is fun and easy to make if you have the magic inspiration and a few elements to combine. I made this card using the magic of Teal Zeal Memento Ink. Let me show you how you can do the […]

Good Monday morning stamping friends welcome to the new week. What did you do for Mother’s Day? Were you able to relax or craft a bit? Maybe spend some time outside gardening? I hope you had …

The theme for February's Blog Hop is projects for our friends! There's a lot of talent in the Control Freaks group; be sure to click on each icon at the end of each post to see it all. If you just stopped in from Bree's blog I'm sure you enjoyed her projects. She is uber creative! My first card features the Floating Technique. It gives the illusion that your paper is floating on the card. I adhered random sizes of...

Welcome to Make It Monday. Today I am going to show how to create two different cards using one layout and the Stampin’ Up! Spotlight On Nature stamp set. The cards I created are both monochromatic meaning, in a single color or in varying tones of a single color. Purple and teal were the chosen ... Read More about Spotlight On Nature 3-Panel Cards

With Autumn not far off, I think of the deep blue skies, the changing greens, oranges, and browns. So those are the colours I chose for the four Monochromatic Card colours of September's class. Beautiful colours, are they not! Let's talk about the the blue card first. Here it is. To emboss the background on this beautiful Bazzill Bermuda Blue, I used Spellbinder's Nestabilities Splendid Circles (S4-354), every one of the circles to create the circle pattern. Then I off-set it with Hero Arts…