Periwinkle Blossoms with Concord & 9th

 Hello!  I felt like colouring something really special this week, so I pulled out an older set from Concord & 9th called Blended Petals.  I chose not to use the stencil, and instead pulled out my Copics and some coloured pencils to bring it to life.  

I chose to go monochrome, even adding in blues to the greenery.  Then I created tone on tone texture and colour in the embossing folder, dies, and accents, including a little strip of glittery periwinkle paper.  

Love how it turned out!  I’m eagerly anticipating flowers this Summer...maybe not periwinkle coloured...but beautiful regardless!  

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Periwinkle Blossoms with Concord & 9th

White on White with Simon Says Stamps

 

It’s a clean slate for a new year!  Simon Says Stamps has a fun Instagram Challenge to use white on white for your design, so today I played with a little snow!  It seems crazy that we had a brown Christmas here!  Unheard of in all the years I can remember, so honestly I would love to have a snow day!  The peacefulness of it and the hush it brings to the world is so special.  

For this design I used numerous snowflake dies that were retired from The Cat’s Pajamas Stamps and layered them over one another with different papers - vellum, cardstock, glitter paper to create a really dimensional flurry of flakes.  

The base layer is a beautiful die from Simon Says Stamps called Pincushion Plate.  It creates a beautiful layer of texture for the snowflakes which works perfectly for a white on white card design.  

I’ve added foam dots between the layers of snowflakes to give more dimension, and a lovely little foiled sentiment from Spellbinders called Must-Have Sentiments Glimmer Hot Foil plate and die set.   Done with some sparkly foil it is a perfect touch.  The holeless sequins add another layer of sparkle and die into the holes in the background plate.  Such frosty elegance!  

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White on White with Simon Says Stamps

Foxy Blue Christmas Cloche with Concord & 9th

 

It's the week of Christmas! Many of you are probably in the same boat as me, and not quite ready yet, but I’m trying to enjoy the season rather than stress about it.  So, in the theme of calm,  I created a pretty monochromatic scene with Concord & 9th’s gorgeous Christmas Cloche bundle.   All the items included in this die set are just dreamy in miniature form, and then put it under glass?? Amazing.  That sweet petite element to the set is what gave me the idea for the all blues style.  I’ve used Concord & 9th’s beautiful Powder shade of blue, it’s just the softest lightest shade!  

I’ve added some sparkle to the garland on the largest tree, and some chunky glitter on the tiny one, as well as stamped snow flakes from the stamp set included.  Isn’t that tiny fox just darling?  The merry sentiment is die cut and stacked 3 x to give it some stability and depth, and I’ve layered all the elements in different depths with foam dots to give it dimension.  I think texture and dimension are key to making a monochromatic card work.  

The cardbase is die cut with Concord & 9th’s Basket Weave die to add to the texture.  It evokes the calm of a cool crisp night in the snow.  Thanks for joining me!   

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Foxy Blue Christmas Cloche with Concord & 9th