The Flower Challenge #22 Monochrome

Hi there friends, I hope your July is going well so far! Ours in the UK has been very hot so far as was June. What a time to give our large swimming pool away lol !

Today I am back to share another DT card with you again, this month over at 'The Flower Challenge' our theme is 'Monochrome'.

So an easy one I think this time, you can use either black,white,grey or one colour or shades of one colour. If in doubt see our blog for more inspiration, some gorgeous cards made by our amazing team again there.

I went with black and white, a combination I love as it always looks so clean and classy to me. Anyway come and have a quick look and see what you think. I made two cards and was going to share the second one as a reminder card but now I have made yet another...happy days!, so showing you two cards today.

I used the new Hero Arts flower stamps and I can honestly say I just love them .....you will be seeing these again very soon ;).....yes I know...must stop buying new stamps....it's just not gonna happen though is it let's face it lol !!

Enjoy your week whatever you have planned ;)...ours will involve beaches and ice lollies I think ;)

Thinking of You card

Smooth White card 

Hero Arts Floral Mums stamp, die & sentiment

Kaiser craft Woodgrain stamp

Clear Embossing ink

Wow Opaque Bright White E/P

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Sequins from stash

I stamped my woodgrain background in black ink , then I stamped & die cut my flower.

I attached my flower using 3d pads to raise it up a little. Then I stamped and embossed 

my sentiment, and attached it to my card also. A few sequins and was card was complete.

  Hello Beautiful card  

Smooth White card

Black card 

Hero Arts Florals stamp, die cut and sentiment stamp

Versafine Onyx Black ink

Black sequins from stash

     

I made this card very similar to my first card. Just adding some black card around the sentiment this time and stamping and not embossing the sentiment.

     

      Please add our cue card below when entering our challenge ;) .....you have until the 25th July to enter and we are back on  the 15th with reminder cards too.  

Black and white thankyou card

Hi everyone, I hope you all had a fabulous Christmas. I had a lovely one as you can see in my last post where I am cuddling  my two young grandsons. It won't be often you see a photo of  me lol. I cannot believe how old I look now argghhh! Anyway I wish all my fellow bloggers/followers a very Happy New Year. ..............Esp. all my lovely LIMette friends who have inspired me all throughout last year, I cannot thank you all enough. Right onto  my very first card of 2013........it was a  real struggle,details below.  It's week 101 over at 'Less is More' and it's a colour challenge this week which is.............   BLACK and WHITE 

with a touch or a splash, a hint or suggestion, a dab or a  patch of 

a colour of your choice!

The idea being that the black and white are predominant

 and the added colour is subtle.

 

Card Recipe Card    Linen white 'Papermill shop' Black card from stash Leaf die   Marianne creatables ( I used the negative and placed black card behind it) Butterfly die   Memory box 'Butterfly delights' Sentiment   computer generated Challenges 'Less is More' #101 'Black & white with a touch of colour' CAS-ual Fridays #CFC84 'Thankyou card'

ps. Sorry for the long post.  I think I have lost my mojo! Such a hectic Christmas, then  my OH decided to hit the ground running the day after Boxing day  and start decorating and sorting a spare bedroom.....with my help of  course.So much  'stuff ' in there arghhh! I am exhausted , but the room  is quite empty  now, (several trips to charity shop) . OH is staining  the wooden floors,we ripped all the carpet  out and the beautiful  wooden  floor is the last one to be reinstated  now.I  just couldn't get back into  card making for some reason, but I did  make a start on some  new jewellery which I am loving now.More pics soon. xx

Poinsettia Ornament card

Good afternoon bloggers, I hope you are all well and happy today. I have another DT card to show you , made with another lovely Christmas digi from 'Beccy's Place'. This one is called 'Poinsettia Ornament', I made a black and white card again. I also added a touch of red for a bit of colour interest also. ps. A big welcome to all my latest followers too, thankyou for  choosing little old me to follow.

Card Recipe Image   'Beccy's Place' digi 'Poinsettia Ornament' Card  Linen white and black card from stash Die   Memory Box ' Honeysuckle vine' Promarkers & Copics Sentiment   Computer generated 3d pads  Gems from stash Glamour dust Quickie glue pen Challenges CWLC    #11 Christmas TSG 175 No patterned paper

Pink and black keys card

Good afternoon fellow crafters/bloggers/friends . I hope all is well  in your world today . I have a pink , black and white card to  show you today. I love that colour combo, I hope you like it too. Quick tip below!!! I wanted some bakers twine for this card and don't have any so.... here is quick tip for anyone who doesn't know. I cut a length of white twine, then I wrapped it around a ruler ( cover it with tape first maybe).  I used a pink Promarker I  had used on the card image and drew stripes  along the string horizontally. I dried that with my heat gun then I was  able to add it to my card....job done ! ps. Thankyou to all who asked, our family party went  very well on  Sunday . A great time had by all :)...now I am trying  to rest a bit more lol.Poor  Alex and Charlie both have colds though now....poor babies !

Close-up of bling in flowers, bit blurry as I just couldn't get a good pic today!!

Card Recipe Image   Clear art Stamps 'Keys to life' Sentiment  ( from same set as above ) Ink   Momento Tuxedo black Card   Pink card from stash & Linen white Embossing folder   Cuttlebug tiny hearts White twine TH Idea-ology Flowers made using Spellbinders bitty blossoms Swirly leaf   Die-namics leafy flourish Leaves   MS punch Promarkers Diamond dust & Glamour dust for sparkle  ( both used on flowers) Quickie glue pen Challenges Less is More   Week # 86 recipe ( see below) Take three challenges Week 1 Colour Pink,black & white Week 15 Embossing Week 28 Use ink In the Pink # 4 Embossing (dry or heat) Thestampingboutique challenge #52 Embossing CMC #4 Handmade flowers

With love monochrome card

Good morning everyone, yet another beautiful sunny day here again, hope you have the sun wherever you are too. I have a monochrome card to show you today, I just fancied making a black and white card. As luck would have it the card also fitted the bill for this week's 'Less is More' challenge also  which was a THEME  this time and we have to use an  OVAL As so often happens I had already made this card before I saw the  challenge.........spooky or what ?? Anyway here it is, hope you like it. ps. So happy I have finished all the scrubbing of tiled floors, washing wooden ones, bleaching everything in site.Have to do that before my RA starts  again for the winter as I am limited what I  can do then. The house looks sooooo clean, and we have got rid of so  much 'stuff' now too. My next job is to replant all the tubs for winter  outside, then finish sorting my craft room over winter. No rush  for the craft room now though, at least it's tidy and clean . We  are having our new woodburning stove fitted on Thurs too..... so excited about that ! Our gas boiler is nicknamed Billy so we  are calling the new woodburner Woody.......ahem...yes we are mad.  

Card Recipe Card   Linen card Black card from stash Nesties  Spellbinders Floral  Ovals Memory box   Tiffany frame Embossing folder   Tied together Couture creations Flowers  Die-namics Mini rolled roses Gems from stash Stamps   Grattitude Penny Black Leaves  Die-namics Leafy flourish Butterflies  Memory box butterfly delights Glamour dust Quickie glue pen Challenges 'Less is More' #85 Theme Use an Oval The Pink elephant  TPE/66  Monochromatic Paperplaytime #84 Use punches add a  sentiment