Monochrome Mania

  

Ever since I found the My Cardz blog, that I mentioned in last week's Treasure Find, I've been dreaming of trying a monochromatic card.  So here it is...my first attempt.  I definitely need practice but I'm not completely appalled with my first try. It wasn't easy but it was fun.  I will mention I did a practice run first before doing the card.  The Pixie Cottage challenge for this past week was to create a card using a sketch by Jay Jay, with a twist of stamping twice...which I managed to get in.

I will try this again.  If you have done any monochromatic work, please leave me a link so I can check it out.  This is one of the cards going into a batch for Operation Write Home.  If you are a cardmaker and have some time and too many supplies like me, then this a great organization to work with.

Copic Sketch Markers: C1, C3, C5, C7, colorless blender
Stamp: Sandra Hammer
Paper: Basic Grey Ambrosia
Dies: Spellbinders Nestabilities
Punches: McGill Flower Punch
Ranger: Inkssential's White Opaque Marker, Distress Inks (Black Soot), Clear Embossing Powder
Sentiment: Maker Unknown  

Now what page was I on?

If you're a reader like me, then you typically have 3-5 books going at one time, around the house.  I usually have a devotional, a non-fiction, a drama and one of my kids school books going all at once.  So bookmarks are needed a plenty here.  Even the girls usually have a chapter book or two going at the same time. 

So guess how delighted I was to see that the new Copic Creations challenge involved my favorite thing...reading.  Yes, I think I even like reading better than scrapping...but only by a smidge.  If you have children, may I encourage to pick up a book with them daily.  Not only does it make great snuggle time, but increases their vocabulary and love for learning.  Copic Creations is featurning Elizabeth O. Dulemba, children's author and illustrator.  So what could their theme be this month?  Why anything related to reading of course: bookmarks, book gift card holders, book charts, etc...  Elizabeth even has a page full of free downloads for coloring and boy are they cute.  When I was looking through all the images, I saw the one below and instantly knew this one was the one for my bookmark.  I can just see this happening at our house somedays. 

Since it was one of the few non-cutsey illustrations, I wanted to dress up the bookmark by using a clear background.  I grabbed some Basic Grey Cappella Scraps, did some fussy cutting and adhered the flower design to the clear tag.   I added the journal tag and backed it with a border.  Finally, I dotted the edges with Liquid Pearls.

This one will promptly go into my current read: The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle.


Copic Sketch Markers 
Couples' skin: E000, E00, E11, E21, E33, R20
Lady hair: E09, E11, E33, YR24, white highlights
Lady dress: G21, G40, G82, G99, C7, colorless blender
Man Hair/Hat/Shoes: C1, C3, C5, C7, C9, colorless blender, white highlights
Man Suit: E09, E25, E59, C9
Paper: Basic Grey Cappella
Ranger: Inkssential's White Opaque Marker, Liquid Pearls (Petal Pink)
Illustration by Elizabeth O Dulemba
Punches: Fiskars (Threading Water)

Silly Bandz no longer on the loose...

Have the Silly Bandz craze invaded your home yet?  I tried to keep them from our home in a passive way but alas, they have creeped in.  My girls receive them from friends, from Sunday School teachers and now they have convinced me to purchase a set for them...on sale of course.  Rule #1: If I see a Silly Bandz left on the floor...it's next home is the trash can.  Rule #2: Make sure the first part of rule #1 doesn't happen. 


So I thought I'd help the girls out a bit on their quest to collect and keep their Silly Bandz.  I found these two little boxes in a clearance pile at a local craft store and decided to dress them up and offer them to the girls for their new wrist fad.  They each picked out a picture from the Die Cut Card sheet of my Delovely Deluxe kit and I colored it in and dressed up their boxes.  I'll seal them with acrylic spray to hopefully prevent some wear and tear from the use they'll get. 

Here's another top view.

And the Copic colors I used.

So, had the Silly Bandz craze hit your house yet?  What is the latest fad where you are?


Wood boxes: AC Moore
Copic Sketch Markers
Paper: Patterned Paper (Cosmo Cricket Delovely)
Flower:  Prima
Punch: Arched Lattice Martha Stewart border  punch
Ranger Ink Liquid Pearls: Lemon Yellow 
Misc: Ribbon, Pop Dots, Glossy Accents
 

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #26

Not only was there a sketch challenge at The Pixie Cottage but the twist was to create a window in the card.  I've never done one of these before...but I can say, it was successful, thanks in great part to my Spellbinder Nestabilities.  Here is the sketch below. 

I opted to pull my sketch into a rectangle shape instead of the square shape. The border punch turned out to be the biggest challenge of the whole card but I think I managed to accomplish it.  Check out that cute Tina Wenke stamp I got from The Pixie Cottage.  He made the most whimsical little addition to my birthday card.

Card: Die Cuts With a View
Paper: Patterned Paper (Cosmo Cricket Delovely)
Dies:  Large Labels, Nestabilites by Spellbinders
Copic Sketch Markers
Stamps: Mouse - Tina Wenke, Celebrate - Studio G
Border Punch: Martha Stewart
Ranger Ink Distress Ink - various colors
Pop Dots, Glossy Accents

Copic Creations Challenge #31 ~ Birds ~

Copic Creations had a great challege this week...birds.  The girls and I just installed a bird feeder on our back deck and have been having a wonderful time watching the birds this summer.  Our hummingbird feeder has attracted a few of these beautiful, tiny creations and are therefore the inspiration for this card. I made this card with Delovely Deluxe kit leftovers.

Card: Die Cuts With a View
Copic Sketch Markers
Paper: Patterned Paper (Cosmo Cricket Delovely)
Stamp: Inkadinkado
Flower:  Prima
Ranger Ink Liquid Pearls - Lemon Yellow
Pop Dots, Glossy Accents