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Learn to make a handmade card using only one color! Monochromatic cards is an easy card making technique for anyone who struggles matching different colors together. Or, it's an easy technique for making quick and beautiful cards! Learn easy tips for building a monochromatic card and be inspired to create using your favorite stamp set.

Good Morning Everyone, It's Share it on a Sunday and this week we are going MONOCHROME. I decided on Blue as my colour and using several shades and DSP from the In Good Taste Paper Pack I managed to create a lovely - quick and very striking card - this could easily be changed up to whichever colour way you would prefer, but I think it looks ace in Blue. Measurements Pacific Point Card Stock 1pc - 4 1/8" x 11 3/4", scored at 5 7/8" 1pc - 3 5/8" x 2 3/4" Basic White Card Stock 1pc - 5 5/8" x 3…

Welcome back to The Flower Challenge after our Christmas break! and Happy New Year! Does anyone else have trouble kick-starting their creative mojo after the holidays? I was totally stumped by Monochrome until a gorgeous idea popped into my inbox from Emily Midgett on the Altenew blog. I'll link it here so you can enjoy it, too! Thank goodness there is so much inspiration around our community of card-makers! I received the most wonderful thank you gift from a dear friend - I indulged in the…

Here is this weeks TRY THIS SKETCH!!! Basic Black- 4 1/4 x 11"- score at 5 1/2" fold in half for card base Smoky Slate- 4 x 4" Smoky Slate- 1 x 4" Basic White-3" circle Here is the card I made, casing this weeks sketch!! It is Black & White (my favorite)! And a fun fold too! This is a totally Susie card! Where did I get these flowers at? I fussy cut them out with my scissors from the True Love DSP! These are the different flowers that are in this DSP that I cut out! I just love this card! I…

A friend of mine belongs to a card club where they make 6 cards once a month to exchange. For January she had to make monochrome cards and she asked me to help her with them. I sent her various monochrome cards from Pinterest and Splitcoast and told her to pick a few and I would pull the products to make them. She picked a card by Biggan http://www.pinterest.com/pin/45950858669506919 for us to case. This is my take on her card. Hers was square, mine isn't. I used a different leaf spray and…