Monochromatic Limitations

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Today is the kick off of another challenge at Frilly and Funkie.  Our hostess is Cec and she has a tough challenge for us - create a vintage piece that is entirely monochromatic!  Cec wants to see a project that uses basically one colour and its various hues and tones - a little white or cream can be added but unless that is the main colour, it needs to be just an accent.

I started my project with this Tim Holtz sentiment stamp because I felt limited and knew I would have to be creative to produce a piece that I was happy with.  I already had blue in mind, but it seems that most of my DT sisters were also channeling blue!  On a piece of white CS, I stamped images from the Damask set with Wendy Vecchi's Cornflower Blue archival ink then blended Faded Jeans DI across the entire panel (no white, remember?).  I used the new Doily texture fade to create the bottom layer in my central cluster.  It was sponged with Faded Jeans after it was embossed and then fussy cut out.  Then I cut the doily die cut from an old Prima die and sprayed it with Faded Jeans Distress Spray Stain.  Next came my flower - one layer of white burlap (the burlap was painted on the back with a liberal coat of Multi Medium Matte which allowed it to stay together after being die cut).  It was also sprayed lightly with Faded Jeans Distress Spray Stain.  Next layer up is another Tattered Florals cut from cream colored canvas and also sprayed with Faded Jeans Distress Spray Stain.  The top layer was cut from white CS with the Tiny Tattered Floral die and again it was sprayed with Tattered Jeans distress spray stain.  It has a flat back pearl as the center which was colored blue with a Copic Marker.  I used the same marker to color the gem end of the gem clip.  To add a little interest to the panel, I used the new Correspondence stamp set and stamped several stamps using Cobalt Archival Ink.  

I had a 5.5x5.5 card shell already prepared but the size of my finished front panel required another layer between it and the card front.  My main panel was too small to fit on it without another layer in between.  I didn't really have another blue that I could use for it so I cut 3 of the Spellbinders Royal Love dies from white CS and sprayed them very lightly with Faded Jeans.  They became the layer that my card front is mounted on.  I did use a layer of craft foam between my card front and the die cuts.   

That's it.  No special techniques this week.  Just stamping, inking, embossing and die cutting.  And for the dreaded monochromatic card, I'm pretty happy with the way it turned out.  Thanks so much for stopping by.  Please stop by Frilly and Funkie to see the amazing work the rest of the team has to inspire you.  Hope to see you play along with our challenge too!  There is a $25 random draw for a gift certificate to shop at The Funkie Junkie Boutique but you can't win if you don't play!

And speaking of playing, my card is playing in these challenges:

One Stitch at a Time - Anything Goes With Flowers

That Craft Place - Shabby Chic

Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

Craft Your Passion - Anything Goes

Loves Rubber Stamps - Anything Goes

Papertake Weekly - Anything Goes

The following products were used to make the above card.  They are available at The Funkie Junkie Boutique where Ranger/Tim Holtz and most other name brands are always 20% below MSRP.

Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Faded Jeans	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Faded Jeans	Tim Holtz Ranger Distress Stain Spray - Faded Jeans	Ranger Tim Holtz Mini Distress Ink Pad - Stormy Sky	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Stormy Sky
Ranger Wendy Vecchi Archival Ink - Cornflower Blue	Ranger Archival Ink - Cobalt	$17.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Distressed Damask	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool - With 4 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Mini Ink Blending Tool Replacement Foam
Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool-With 2 Blending Foams	Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Foam	Sizzix® Texture Fades™ Embossing Folder - Doily by Tim Holtz®	Sizzix Alterations Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Die	Sizzix® Thinlits™ Die Set 15PK - Tiny Tattered Florals by Tim Holtz®
White Jute Mesh (Burlap)	KAISERCRAFT Pearls - Self Adhesive - Snow	KAISERCRAFT Pearls - Self Adhesive - Pearl	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Gem Clips	$23.95 Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Rubber Stamps - Correspondence
Sizzix® Framelits™ Die Set 5PK w/Stamps - Limitations by Tim Holtz