How to Design A Card {Monochromatic Colour Inspiration} with Lesley Croghan

Lesley here, and I am excited to share how I was inspired by two brand new Sweet Shop Stamp sets, to create a Monochromatic set of cards! 

Nicole has asked me to share some ideas on how to "start" a card design. Today I am going to chat about colour! Sometimes, the most effective way to use colour on a card is in monochromatic tones. Monochromatic means using the same colour but in different shades of that colour! Today I am using blues! I LOVE the colour blue!!

I used two Sweet Stamp Shop sets on my card set...Spin Me and Wheely Like You.

Below you can see the work I have done, prepping the pieces for my cards. Simply stamp the images in the two colours onto the white paper and on the dark blue pieces, stamp the background design from Spin Me in the same dark blue colour. The card bases, 4 pearls, some twine, a medium glassine bag and these pieces below are all you will need to make this Monochromatic card set!

White pieces: 2" x 4"

Blue Pieces: 1.5" x 4.25"

Card Bases: 4.25" x 4.25"

Glassine Bag-Medium Size 

(Use a 1.5" x 4.75" piece of dark blue paper for the bag flap, 

round the corners with a corner rounding punch)

I kept my cards fairly simple, adding only a little bit of twine. Then I created a matching glassine bag for my cards to go in; to create a nice gift set I can have on hand to give to a hostess of a party or even to one of my teacher friends, at the end of the school year.

I hope you enjoyed my "Monochromatic" theme today and that you will get out your Sweet Stamp Shop sets and get inky today, creating your own Monochromatic Gift Set!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lesley

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1. Join us with our very own challenge 'Use What You Have' - check out the rules and how easy it is to play along HERE.

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3. We've restocked your favorites! Head over and grab em while we still got em! 

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Sweet Finds into Sweet Treasures

Good Morning Sweets!

Jessica Kephart here from { www.homespunelegance.blogspot.com }to Share some Fun and Fabulous Finds to Alter and create One of Kind Gifts!

Each project will be featuring some super SWEET TWISTS that I've challenged myself with and Challenge YOU TO CREATE!

• These are all Sweet gifts to give to your friends and family
• They all costs UNDER $5.00 to Make! <--------Um that's pretty Sweet! Right?
• Some SWEET FINDS from the totally FREE to the FABULOUSLY FRUGAL to stampcycle into something totally spectacular!  

My first project is a Box & Card Set for any Occasion!

{Click Photos To Enlarge}

Let's Start with the Box Lid and Base:

See Photos for Cut and Score Lines

To finish off the Box simply Tie off with Coordinating Ribbon and a Stamped Tag

For the Cards You'll Need:

Scootin By Image and Sentiment Set

Let me tell you a little Secret my sweet friends!! 

This ADORABLE stamp set is in the Clearance and Retired Stamp Section of the Sweet Stamp Shop Right now!! So once this darling set is gone, it's gone!!

4 Card Bases & 4 Envelopes
4 Matts cut slightly smaller than card base
4 Coordinating Papers from Box Lid cut to size
4 Scraps from Box Lid Cut to size with Stamped Images (Scootin by)
4 Banner Tags cut from Scraps of Box Base (turned over to use Kraft Side) stamped with your     Sentiments (Scootin By)
8 pieces of Coordinating Scraps of Ribbon (I Matched mine to the Card Matt)
A Stapler

On the inside of the Card I used 2 pieces of White Cardstock (Cut into 4 Pieces) for the writing and to coordinate it with the Cards, I simply stamped the image onto a piece of scrap first, and then onto my card so that it was super light and not to distracting.

Here are a few ideas for totally FREE {Or very close to} PAPER sources:

• Always Throw away that phone book you get each year? Snag a few pages out of it before throwing it in the Recycling Bin! HELLO! Free Paper! 
• Wrapping Paper - Save that Super Cute Wrapping Paper to re-use! 
• Don't get Plastic at the Grocery Store! Get Paper! Better for your Stash & the Environment!
• Magazines, Newspapers, Old Books, Tissue Paper, Crepe Paper, 
• Clean out your Shredder! Ummm super cute Gift Box Lining!
• Product Packaging! They make their packaging SUPER CUTE! Use em!
• Wallpaper and Vinyl Samples and Sample Books are GREAT sources for free Paper! When I was little, my Momma and I used these to make over my Doll House! 
• Paint Chip Cards! These are FAB sources for Bookmarks & Hombre Projects! 
• Maps <------- My FAVORITE right now!!

Stop by My Blog Today to check out more Fabulously Frugal Finds! 

What are YOUR FREE SOURCES OF PAPER?

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Sweet Alpha Doodles & Stickers

Hey there sweet peeps!
I'm so happy to be on the Sweet Stamp Shop Blog this morning to share some goodies with you that won't put you into a diabetic coma like all of that Halloween candy you've been snaggin' from your kiddos' buckets. Don't worry, they'll never know ;).

One of my favorite sets from SSS is the
 Sweet Alpha Doodles
set. You can create any sentiment you'd like and there are some sweet frames you can use with the letters.

I have had these owl stickers for some time and I wanted to use them WITH stamps to show that it's possible to use both and not overdo a card.

I used similar elements on each card to create the set but don't feel like you have to make each card exactly the same for them to "go together".
I repeated a few things on each card to keep them cohesive.
1. Patterned paper
2. tags
3. October Afternoon spray ink
4. hexagon embossing folder
5. washi
6. crochet lace
7. stickers

I created this quatrefoil mask on my Silhouette and just spritzed over it with my Hopscotch ink.

On this card I used the asterisk stamp to create confetti.

And there you have it a sweet little set to give to friend or use as thank yous.
Hope you have a great day.
Stay stampy my friends.
-Misty

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