Allsorts Challenge #697

Good morning everyone,

It's Saturday already, so it's time for another weekly Allsorts Challenge. This week Lolo has chosen the theme and it is

*** Anything Goes with option Monochromatic ***

We would love to see all your entries so long as they comply with our simple challenge rules, but would especially like to see makes that use just shades of one colour.

This week's prize has been donated by our patron Highlight Crafts

and is tickets to Crafting Live in Peterborough on 21-22 October, plus a Festive Bloom die set.

I have got two makes to share this week. I am part of a FB group for Visible Image which runs a monthly ATC swap where you are required to use only VI products. I like to join in when the theme fits the products I have, and this month it is monochrome which falls in quite nicely!!  The swap convention is to send your partner one ATC on the theme and also a card .. so I have made them to match.

Firstly, the card.

I made a monochromatic card and decided to go with shades of brown, as I have been inspired by the large number of autumn-themed challenges around right now but I don't have much in the way of specific autumn images such as falling leaves... so I am entering a few challenges with this autumnal colour palette.  

Firstly I cut a square of stamping card and created a smoosh background with various colours of Distress Ink. I did some background stamping with sepia ink, then die cut my mesh from a glimmery deep brown card stock and attached to the panel after I had placed it so I could stamp and heat emboss my sentiments.  I stamped the focal butterfly onto a separate piece of card using Pinecone VFC, heat embossed, then coloured with Promarkers and attached to the card front. I edged the panel with dark brown marker pen and matted onto the same card stock as I used for the mesh, then attached to the card front. I finished with a few sparkly brown gems and applied Glossy Accents to the butterfly.

Here is an angled pic to show the gloss a bit more clearly ... I'm rather disappointed with the effect on the large butterfly as it did make the colours look more dull underneath and reflected them in a strange way, leading to my card being classed as an “Anything Goes” option which rather defeated the object of using only one colour, so I’ll know not to make that mistake again!

Stamps: Visible Image Butterfly Effect;

Media: Promarkers and Flexmarkers; Tim Holtz Distress Inks (Antique Linen, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo); Versafine (Vintage Sepia); Versafine Clair (Pinecone); clear embossing powder; Ranger Glossy Accents;

Tools: Visible Image die - Broken Mesh.

Second, here is the ATC I made for my swap partner.

This followed the same process as the card, using different stamps for the focal butterfly and sentiment.

Stamps: Visible Image - VI Minis #1 (butterfly), Butterfly Effect (background stamping), Wings of Change (sentiment);

Media: same as card above;

Tools: same as card above.

Challenges I would like to enter:

Crafter's Cafe #289 - Monochrome

Creative Moments #238 - Anything Goes with option Autumn Colours (2nd entry)

Fab 'n' Funky #558 - Embossing

I ♥ Promarkers #520 - Anything Goes with option Embossing

Let's Craft and Create #188 - Anything Goes with option Colours of Fall

Stamping Sensations (October) - All Things Autumn

Taylormadecards4u (October) - Anything Goes with option Halloween/Fall

Try It On Tuesday - Autumn

Use Your Stuff #468 - Autumn or Fall

We Love Stamping (October) - Autumn Colours

Hope you can join us this week, and I look forward to seeing your entries. Don't forget to visit the challenge blog to see more fab inspiration from the rest of the team. 

All being well I’m hoping to pay a visit today to the Stamping

 Together Craft Fair at Port Sunlight on the Wirral, where Jo Rice will be doing some Lavinia demos … looking forward to it though I’m sure to spend too much !!

Take care and thanks for visiting.

Hugs,