A monochromatic Card

     It’s still very mild for January here in Ontario - and it could get up to 48F tomorrow. Its so mild that I have a few spring bulbs that are sprouting - a little too early for them to be popping up so I hope they survive.

    Late last year I happened to pop into a local thrift store which I rarely do now. It’s something I quit doing during the pandemic and have never got back into the habit of doing so afterwards. So, I stopped in and found a few stamps that were very different than the ones I own and they were so reasonably priced I picked them up. Here is one card I made from one of the stamps.

 

I didn’t get a chance to try them out until this month. I wasn’t even sure what to make with them but finally decided to just go for it. For some reason I decided to go for the monochromatic look for this card...and as this turquoise colour is one of the my favourites, I went with it.

For the background I laid down a few colours of Distress Inks on the mat and sprayed them with water and dipped in the white cardstock. I would dry it a bit - a Tim Holtz rule, once you turn it over to see it, you must dry it - and kept dipping and drying until I liked the background. Then I splattered on some turquoise and black ink for more interest. 

Once I liked it and it was completely dried, the bottle an image were stamped - its all one stamp. Then I put some of the same turquoise ink on an acrylic block, dipped a small paint brush into water, picked up some of the Distress ink and painted in the bottle and the flower to make them stand out a bit from the background.

    The card base was made from turquoise cardstock and an extra strip was cut and glued across the card front. A black peel-off was added for the sentiment. Then it was mounted on black cardstock and then onto the card base.

    Whew! Long post but I wanted you to know how I did this so you can try to do it as well. I love making these backgrounds with Distress Inks and Distress Oxide Inks.

That’s all for a mild, but wet, Wednesday, January 18, 2023.1.18

  Cheers

Violet

Ps: To save a card to your Pinterest account, simply over over the image until the “Pin It” symbol appears and then click …. be patient, it sometimes takes a few seconds.This will take you to your own Pinterest account to save the card.