Craft Warehouse Card Swap June 2014

The Craft Warehouse card swap theme for June 2014 was monocratmatic. Easy peasy you would think but the twist was you could not use white. Boy am I more addicted to white paper than I thought. I also challenged myself not to use blue which is the monocratmatic scheme I have used several times in the past. 

After several attempts this is what I came up. 

Ingredients

Kraft Card Base

Old Dictionary Page 

Straight Edge

Decorative Paper in Kraft color - 3 designs (Tim Holtz)

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists (Coffee and Kraft)

Heidi Swapp Color Shine (Gold)

Brown Crown Washi Tape

Distress Stain (Walnut Ink)

Judikins Color Duster

Stamps. (Pears and Believe both unknown company)

Archival Ink (Jet Black)

Pitt Pen (Black)

Scissors 

Adhesives (ATG and glue stick.)

Steps

1. Spray each style of Kraft paper with a spray. Let dry. 

2. Using the straight edge to tear the dictionary page to size creating a deckled edge.  

3.  Stamp pears and sentiment on dictionary page using archival ink. 

4.  Using color duster add walnut ink color around the pears making sure edges are darker then the center. 

5. Stamp pears on each of the sprayed kraft paper. Cut out each pear seperately.

6. Using the glue stick, glue a different paper pear over the pear image on the dictionary page. Using the pitt pen fill in any area where the shapes don't match up perfectly. This is the paper piecing part.

7. Glue dictionary panel to card base. I used an ATG. 

8.  Apply washi tape to the bottom of the card. 

Here is a similar card but each pear is a different color and print and no mist was used. 

PS I liked the design so much I  sent this card to my parents for their anniversary. 

Ombré Gelatos

Faber Castell Gelatos and their student grade gel sticks (which seem very similar though gelatos have a wider selection of colors( are great for the ombré technique.  They are cream and water soluble so blending them is a breeze. 

I share the directions for the technique in another post but wanted to show you the variety this technique has. 

This is an ATC I created for Runaway Studio Marxh swap. The theme was monocratmatic. I colored the background using the gelatos in an ombré effect. I then stamped the seahorse (deep red stamp) and then masked him and stamped him with a stamp from Tin Can Mail. Dabbed viva metal effects paint in silver to give it some sea water shine and then stamped Tim Holtz saying along the side. Below is the same ATC turned in a greeting cards. I never throw away ATCS they make great cards. 

The last three cards are greeting cards I made with gelatos/ombré technique as the background stamped the images with archival ink framed the images with antique dictionary pages and washi tape. 

Stamps in the orange/yellow ombré card are dollar ones from Joann's 

Leaf stamp is Judikins and flower is Studio G. 

This card below I used Inktense pencils to cover over the gelatos. Clown stamp is Stampington and the swirls are inkadinkado.