Monochrome @ DV

Good Morning

Dream Valley 

has a new challenge starting today the theme being

Monochrome

using or displaying only shades of one colour or black and white

I went for black & white and made this CAS card

I used the Black floral set from digistamp boutique for both the image & the sentiment. Mounted it on to a black mat and added a black fishtail banner with white faux stitching and some pearls. Simple!

Sponsoring the challenge this fortnight is:

Hop on over to see what my teamies have created here. Oh and there is a DT call also.

Button it!

Good Morning Lovelies,

I hope you are all managing to stay warm.

I would like to share my DT make for the new challenge over at

Moving Along With The Times

Our hostess this week is the lovey Debs with the theme

 

'Button It'

Debs is not being rude, she wants to see your creations that have at least one button on them.

I decided to get messy.

Firstly I cut some shapes using the silhouette, I then cut some mats.

I stamped flourishes onto 3 of the shapes and heat embossed these with a clear powder.

Now the messy bit!

I got out the foam and distress inks, a selection of greens and inked over the whole shape. 

The embossed shape resisted the ink leaving a white image.

The mats were inked on the edges only with the darkest green ink & I stamped a sentiment using a Polka Doodles stamp on one. The flourishes were mounted onto the other 3.

I matted an embossed dotty background onto a kraft card, added the shape with foam and added a button to the center.

I was quite pleased with the out come so made a second one in black & white. No heat embossing or inking this time so much quicker to make. 

I do hope you will join in this week!

Just to get your creative juices going hop on over to the main challenge blog to see what my talented teamies have created.