Sunday, 20 May 2012

Simply Stampin' Challenge #60 - Monochrome With a Spash of Colour

The challenge this week at Simply Stampin' Challenge is Monochrome - With a Spash of Colour.


I have use the colour of Perfect Plum and my splash of colour is Always Artichoke.  The base card is made using the Lace Ribbon Border punch.  I found a fantastic tutorial by France Martin on how to do this.  I just love the finished effect and what a great use of the punch.

Fabulous Florets is the stamp set  I have use for my flower and stem, and Tiny Tags stamp set for the little tags.  I had a slight problem in that I did not have any Perfect Plum ribbon or other co-ordinating ribbon.  So on went my thinking cap, I tried using reinkers to change the colour of some Very Vanilla Seam Binding Ribbon, but I was not happy with finished piece of ribbon.  So I tried sponging Perfect Plum onto the Whisper White Organza Ribbon,  perfect (excuse the pun) I got the effect that I was looking for.  I did not use the reinkers on the Whisper White Organza Ribbon, I used a sponge dauber and the Perfect Plum Classic Stampin' Pad to colour the ribbon.

The base card was a piece of A4 Perfect Plum cut long ways at 4 1/4" width, this piece is then folded in half to create the base card that is punched with the Lace Ribbon Border punch.  The centre piece was made by cutting an Always Artichoke mat at 1 5/8" x 4 5/8" and a Whisper White piece, that was stamped, at 1 1/2" x 4 1/2".
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7 comments:

  1. Relle20 May 2012 at 14:22

    well who's the clever girl then?? miss smarty pants!! and i do love it :) Relle.

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  2. kelly20 May 2012 at 15:33

    wow look at that card blank, very effective! Good thinking on the ribbon too! This card looks very elegant.
    Thanks for joining us this week at Simply Stampin
    Kelly xx

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  3. Kirei21 May 2012 at 04:26

    Beautiful card Carolyn! Love the punched detail, looks very effective. Thanks for joining in with this week's Simply Stampin' Challenge! Kirei x

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  4. Aquarius22 May 2012 at 14:28

    Great colour combination and clever use of the border punch

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  5. Amanda Burditt23 May 2012 at 16:19

    Wow! This is gorgeous!! I just love the lace punched strips on either side! Thanks for joining in the SSC! xx

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  6. Anonymous24 May 2012 at 12:02

    What a fabulous card! I love how you have coloured the ribbon.

    Might see you at Convention next week??

    Thanks for joining us at Simply Stampin'.
    Deb

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  7. Ruth M24 May 2012 at 20:09

    Gorgeous card Carolyn, so classy and the punched detail is fabulous! The Plum looks great with Artichoke, a lovely choice for the Monochrome with a Splash challenge!

    Thanks so much for joining us at Simply Stampin' and I hope you play along with us again soon! Ruth x

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