Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Monochromatic Wonder

It's amazing what a few tools can do to bring a simple card to life!


With a little more crafting time this week, I ventured over to the Feline Playful blog to look through the challenges for some inspiration.  Gradually I fell upon one that spoke to me (and didn't require elements that don't exist in my stash).  The Everybody Art Challenge #117 - Monochromatic Brown.

I didn't think this looked too hard - that is until I started sifting through my supplies and noticed that I don't have a lot of browns in my paper supplies.  I was able to find a couple of pieces of brown cardstock, and a piece of Kraft paper that I saved from a recent package I received. 

Next up - find an image to use.  Another Mo's digital image to the rescue - Jack and the beanstalk looked like it would work pretty well in shades of brown.  I used my trusty Tombows and water brush to add the shading.  And used a portion of a hand-me-down rubber stamp from my mom for the sentiment.  I did mask off several other words on the stamp to keep just the one word for my design.

Growing tired of plain rectangles, I love my new ek Success border and corner punches and used them both (along with what I think is called the out of the box technique) to spruce up my card design.  It's still pretty simple, but that wavy border adds just a bit of character.  Oh - and that thin brown stripe along the right edge - it's the left-over scrap piece from the wave punch. 

Since the card base is dark, I also added the wavy border to the inside white...


Thanks for visiting!
~Kathy

Supplies:
Paper:  Recollections cardstock, kraft paper up-cycled from package filler received in the mail
Stamps & Ink:  Mo's Digital Pencil - They Grow So Fast digital image;  Archival Jet Black Ink;  hand-me-down sentiment stamp
Other:  Tombow markers;  water brush;  ek Success wavy border punch;  ek Success corner rounder

5 comments:

Carol L said...

Very pretty card, and I love those wavy borders! Great idea to do your focal panel the way you did! The inside looks so pretty in keeping with those punched borders!

debby4000 said...

Adorable sweet card.
luv
Debby

Debi Rice, otherwise known as Sparky! said...

Yeah for new ideas and borders! The inside pages look super with waves!
Okay, you have been shopping for new tools, and I am jealous!! :O) Love, Mom!

Jenny said...

Lovely card Kathy. The image is so cute and coloured beautiful. I like the clean and simple look.
Thanks for joining EAC.
Jenny

Tina46 Kreativblog said...

beautiful card!! I love the sweet Image. thanks for joining in our challenge.
hugs tina46
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