Going Monochrome

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Over at Brown Sugar  we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Monochrome

Here is my interpretation of Monochrome, this is a 6 x 6 card with a piece of patterned paper from my stash.  I took a piece of black card and punch a border with a tonic lever punch, and embellished with a silver bling border, the topper is coloured with pencils and blended with Spectrum Noir blending solution, layered on black card. Sentiment is stamped using a black versafine ink pad.

Items Used

white and black card stock

Black distress ink

Crayola/Steadtler/SN colouring pencils

cosmic shimmer PVS glue

silver bling ribbon

Tonic border lever punch

Spectrum Noir blending solution

Black versafine ink pad

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Karen Xxx

Meet Allistair the Alligator

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Over at Brown Sugar we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Spring

So here is my card for this week

Say hello to Allistair the Alligator, he is a digi image from our sponsors this week, (details below).  He is coloured with Steadtler and Crayola pencils and blended with Spectrum Noir blending solution.  He is cut out using Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B, and if you can see from the photo I cut around the end of his tail and slipped the die undersneath so its hanging of the page, then I matted it onto a distress yellow patterened paper and olive green cadstock.

My background is done using the same distress yellow paper with a co ordinating patterened paper from the same stack.  the harlaquin was cut using the sizzix thinlets mixed media dies.  The both of these are then layered on the olive green card stock.  Finishing off with three black gems on two of the opposite corners.

Items used

Patterned paper - My minds Eye - Complete Boy 2009 collection by Jen Wilson

Olive green card stock

Black gems by Great Expressions from The Works

Sizzix thinlets mixed media dies by Tim Holtz

Spellbinders A2 Matting Basics B

Steadtler and Crayola coloured pencils

Spectrum Noir pencil blending solution

Digi Image Allister the Alligator

Our Sponsor this week is

Dr Digi

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Blog - http://doctor-digi.blogspot.co.uk

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Karen Xxx

Aubery wishes you a Happy Birthday

Hi everyone and thanks for stopping by my blog.

Over at Brown Sugar we have a new challenge starting today.

Theme: Brown, black and blue

This weeks card I found quite easy to do as I didnt have to colour the image, my base card is kraft card stock layer with a piece of black card and then my patterned paper edges with a mix of vintage photo and hickory smoke distress ink.

The piece of brown card stock from my bits box was embossed with a happy birthday embossing folder and then i lighlty rubbed a victage photo over the top.  When I attached it onto my layers I attached to wee silver tool charms on with hot glue.  The happy birthday sentiment is stamped with faded jeans distress ink and I went over it lightly with a paint brush to fill in the bit that was missed.

This photo shows the little of the inside of the card with is black, blue and brown card stock layered with a matching piece of patterned paper as the top layer.  

I didnt have to colour in my image this week as I requested one already coloured and it was the perfect colours for our challenge.  The image it from our sponsors

Dr Digi's

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Blog - http://doctor-digi.blogspot.co.uk

 Thank you for dropping by and 

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Karen Xxx