No Color Necessary

 I love color, but sometimes black and white are all you need.  Just like an evening outfit, it's simple, classy and beautiful.  I love the look of a crisp black line stamp on white cardstock.  This beautiful Mama Elephant Organic Blooms stamp is perfect.  The Botanical Bunch stamp set from WP9 is another one I like to do this with.

 
I stamped the large image on white cardstock so that half of the panel stays white and the image goes off the edge.  The panel underneath is stamped with a small stamp included in the set.  This time I stamped it all over to create a patterned paper look. And because I love my layers, I added a black cardstock panel as well.  I think it also bring the design together by adding more black. 

 Thanks so much for stopping by today.  I hope your week is off to a great start!  All products used or mentioned are linked below for you {affiliate links used}  See you later!

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk

VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black

Thermoweb Sticky Tape Mini Runner

Inkadinkado Clear Acrylic Blocks, Small and Medium

Lawn Cuts Dies, Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables

Mama Elephant Clear Stamps, Organic Blooms

WPlus9 Design Studio Clear Stamps, Botanical Bunch

WPlus9 Design Studio Dies, 4 Bar Stitched Rectangles

Make Your Own Magic

 

Hey! Today I have a card to share that I made just because I wanted to watercolor some hydrangeas!  This Mondo Hydrangea set by Essentials By Ellen was perfect because of it's large size.  You can get a lot of color variation on one flower just like the real thing. 

 

We have so many beautiful hydrangeas blooming in our yard now.  I just love them!

 

 

I white heat embossed the flowers on watercolor paper.  I added color with pinks, blue, and purple distress ink.   Once they were dry, I die cut them with the coordinating die.  They were a little warped, but I liked the dimension it gave to the card so I didn't try to force them to lie flat.  I wanted to add black as an accent so I added black dots to the center of each flower, black ink to word die cut, and a black banner at the top.  Honestly, I tried stamping the sentiment in black directly onto the white cardstock and I messed up! lol  Had to hide it with the banner.

  

 

Thanks for stopping by today.  I have linked supplies used or similar below {affiliate links used}  Have a great day!

Neenah Cardstock, Neenah Heavyweight, Classic Crest Solar White 110 lb, 25 pk

VersaFine Ink Pad, Onyx Black

Thermoweb Sticky Tape Mini Runner

Inkadinkado Clear Acrylic Blocks, Small and Medium

Lawn Cuts Dies, Small Stitched Rectangle Stackables

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, Mondo Hydrangea by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Mondo Hydrangea by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Clear Stamps, All Inside by Julie Ebersole

Essentials by Ellen Designer Dies, Positive Word by Julie Ebersole

Hero Arts Embossing Powder, White

VersaMark Ink Pad

Hero Arts Embossing Gun

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Peacock Feathers

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Dusty Concord

Ranger Distress Ink Pad, Worn Lipstick

Sponge Applicator, Sponge Dauber 25 pk

Ranger Mini Mister, Individual

Ranger Artist Brush Set (7 Piece)

Lawn Cuts Dies, Everyday Sentiment Banners

Summer Citrus

Hey guys! I love these new WP9 Citrus sets.  When I received the new release products I went straight for these even thought the release included florals this month!  I love those too, but these images just looked so cool and fun to play around with and they are!

 

The Citrus Background Builders make a background like the one above so quick and easy to make!  All of the images in the Summer Citrus set work perfectly together with this background set.  Because there are so many line images they're great for emboss resist techniques like this and this.

 

 

The new Basic Greetings dies are perfect for just about any card.  The die set includes the words: friend, thanks, smile, and hello.

 

I originally shared these projects on the WPlus9 Design Blog.  I go into a bit more detail on how I made these cards if you're interested in reading that, check it out here.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you have a great week!

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Citrus Background Builders	Summer Citrus	Southern Sentiments	Basic Labels
Basic Greetings Die	Basic Labels Die	Summer Citrus Die	4 Bar Stitched Rectangles Die
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Last Leaf Dye Ink	Coconut Husk Dye Ink	Fairy Dust Dye Ink	Tsukineko 25 SPONGE DAUBERS Tools stdab025
Tsukineko STORAGE BOX Sponge Daubers 42916	Hero Arts Rubber Stamp SMALL BLOCK TRIO CLEAR ACRYLIC BLOCKS CL082	*Cuttlebug Die-Cut & Emboss Machine Provo Craft 2000293

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