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Monday 28 May 2018

Monochrome

My little collection of inky backgrounds was still on my desk so before tidying them away I selected one to use for a card and would you believe I actually had to cut into a whole new sheet of toning card for the die cuts - this of course has resulted in more snippets for the oddments boxes!!  I had thought that the dies would fit nicely onto a 5 x 7 card but they are just too wide so I juggled them a bit to fit my  favoured 6" square card  blank instead.  The inky background was a bit pale in places so I added a touch of darker ink so that there was more contrast between the layers and I managed to find a fairly large scrap of a darker tone to frame everything.  The flowers were cut from the left overs of the background and they have a dot of Stickles in the centres.  The card looks a lot brighter on my screen but in fact it is more subtle in real life.

The weather has been fine and sunny (also quite warm too) for a couple of days despite the forecast saying that we were in for rain and thunder storms all over the Bank Holiday - I hope you've all been lucky with the weather too and enjoyed the break.


Die - With Love Die Set from Tonic - a good 5" wide
Card Used - sheet of Pool Party from Stampin' Up
Inky Background - mix of Pixie Powders and Distress Oxide inks (I think)

4 comments:

  1. Stunning colours and a fab card. x

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  2. Stunning colours Val the white really show up against the pretty turquoise
    And your due cut flowers tone in beautifully

    Anne

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  3. I love the gorgeous colours in this card Val and the wonderful matching flowers too.

    Sue xx

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  4. Thanks for the info Val and pointing me in the right direction. All fixed now. Love the vibrant blue on this card. It is my firm belief that snippets are a mutation of a rabbit and we all know what they do. Hugs Mrs A.

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