Hello and welcome to the Crafty Collaborations Monochromatic Challenge this week where we are featuring an old favourite – Old Olive. As it was July and with this green, I went on a Christmas in July theme, creating some baubles for my card today.
I die cut 3 circles from the Latte Love dies and blended Old Olive ink on each of them. Wanting to create a rustic look,I added some White heat embossed images, changing the images on each of the baubles. For the top of the bauble, I used the paper trimmer die from the Crafting with You dies. Cutting off just the little edge of trimmer was the perfect size to top the baubles off.
A piece of Country Woods Designer Series Paper adds to the natural look I wanted on this card.
As it was Christmas, this card needed some glimmer so I added a large leaf die cut from Old Olive Glimmer Paper. Using the Thoughtful Wishes dies again, I cut out some smaller leaves, blending White Cardstock with Crumb Cake ink for a soft colouring that blended well with the wood DSP.
For an added visual contrast, I added leaves from the Painted Lavender dies, cut out from White Cardstock. These white accents create a sense of snow and I just love how these colours came ogether for this monochromatic Christmas card.
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Welcome to the New at SU blog for May. This month our projects will feature the 2024-2026 In-Colors. These 5 colours of Pretty in Pink, Peach Pie, Shy Shamrock, Summer Splash and Petunia Pop are a lovely addition to our colour range.
For my card I’m using the Citrus Blooms bundle and featuring Peach Pie and Shy Shamrock from the new In-Colors. I stamped the image in Stazon Black ink on Fluid 100 Cardstock. Using a Water Painter, I coloured the image in.
For the oranges I used Peach Pie and Pumpkin Pie and the leaves were coloured with Soft Sea Foam and Shy Shamrock. I also added some shading with Early Espresso. Around the image I created a light wash with Lemon Lolly. On the flowers I also added some extra details using the Crushed Curry Watercolour Pencil.
Once I die cut the main image, I used the outer area which I had watercoloured with Lemon Lolly to die cut the smaller flowers.
On the White matte, I stamped the sentiment ‘dear friend’ several times in Soft Sea Foam ink. Then I heat embossed the leaves from the Spotlight on Nature stamp set in Basic White. Over this I blended Shy Shamrock ink for an Emboss Resist effect bringing out those leaves.
A label die cut from the Countryside Corners dies was blended with Soft Sea Foam ink. I cut this label and added a small portion of it under the white label. I stamped the sentiment in Early Espresso ink on the remainder of the ink-blended label which created a cohesive look tying in the elements under the oranges.
Thank you for taking the time to visit and check out my project. Please make sure you follow our hop for lots of great ideas for putting those new colours to use.
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