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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Monochromatic Love

The challenge at little red wagon this week is to use 50 shades of....any one colour ;) I wanted to play with this beautifully romantic Bugaboo silhouette, so got inky with it. I made two backgrounds at the same time, so I have two cards to share.



Supplies: Love Blocks - Day after Forever - from Bugaboo Stamps; distress inks in Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean; Tattered Angels mists in Turquoise and Sapphire Blue; Studio G clear glitter glue; Versamark; Kaleidoscope embossing powder; Corner Chomper; Cuttlebug embossing folder; bling strips from dollarama



After inking the background of the silhouette, I painted it with Studio G clear glitter glue, and got to work on the background. I used the faux-faux patina technique but with a single embossing powder for the sparkle factor. 


My second card is 5.25" square, and features the background primarily.


Supplies: Distress inks in Peacock Feathers and Salty Ocean; Tattered Angels mists in Turquoise and Sapphire Blue; Versamark; Stampendous embossing powder - shabby silver frantage and Moonstone; bells, flower, and bling from dollarama




The frantage powder has a mixture of colours & textures in it, which makes it fun to play with & see what the finished effect looks like. After finishing the faux faux patina, I didn't want to cover it up, so played around with embellishments to see what I could come up with. Once I added the bloom & rhinestone swirls, I thought stitching the bells on would make it a nice subtle holiday card. It jingles :)

I'll be back later on with another Christmas card, this one for the new Stella Says Sketch at Bugaboo!

xoxo,
Jessi

13 comments:

  1. OOoooo.. I'd take 50 shades of that all day. It's GORGEOUS! I'm loving all that shimmery, textury goodness.

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  2. You know I am wild about the Fairy card. So gorgeous with the shimmery blues and black.

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  3. I just love blue & silver together, and your cards are stunning! Love the background on the first, and the sparkle and jingle bells on the 2nd are awesome together! Beautiful cards!

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  4. Sheesh, now you're making me want to try the faux faux patina technique again... and I'm a dismal failure at it. :D I think I'll leave it to you to create gorgeous cards like these! (Also, you must have the best Dollarama in the universe.)

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  5. Beautiful, that background is awesome.

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  6. OMG .... stunning, amazing, WOWZER! Love the patina ... and the sparkle. LOVE LOVE LOVE both he cards.

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  7. Wow!! Just wow!! The texture, colors, sparkle!!! STUNNING cards!!!

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  8. Love the gorgeous rich colour of these classy cards. Thanks for sharing with us over at Little Red Wagon this week.

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  9. All that shimmer sparkle makes my heart smile Jessi!

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  10. Jessi, your cards are absolutely gorgeous! Love how you made the backgrounds!

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