Hello, Wonderful Creatives!
We have a wonderful theme over at A Place to Start!
MONOCHROME - CHOOSE YOUR PALETTE
I originally wanted to use colors in the Pink Family but that was too much on the nose for February, so I opted for Purple! I also wanted to do a bit of Bokeh, so I used my self-made circle stencils and cut stencils from my Alterations Movers and Shapers Mini Hearts Die. My M/S magnetic tray was looking a bit ratty, so I had to order the M/S Shuttle from Amazon. I was just in time since the tray has been discontinued and now the Shuttle is on the way out. I probably should have ordered two. I have quite a few M/S dies and I like them!
I started my background by blending Villainous Potion, Shaded Lilac, and Wilted Violet Distress Oxide Inks. I stamped over this with one of my text stamps using Villainous Potion. The text is one of those buried layers that doesn't translate well in a photo but shows up as shadows kinda in real life. I wanted to add some light to my dark background, so I used my Artist Fan Brush to add water droplets. This allowed me to keep the monochromatic color scheme intact.
I used the same three distress inks to create my Bokeh effect, but I colored in some of my hearts with Pan Pastels Violet.
I wanted to push the background out a bit from the paper, so I used my Ohuhu Fine Tip Marker to make a dark purple line around the edges.
I cut the shadow of my You Are Loved Die twice. Once from adhesive-backed craft foam and once from regular cardstock. I colored the cardstock die-cut with Shaded Lilac and edged it with the Pan Pastels Violet!
I would LOVE to see your Monochromatic creations in our challenge this month! You can enter up to 8 times!
Hugz,
Chana Malkah
Stuff I Used:
Tim Holtz - Mini Hearts Set - Movers and Shapers Die
