Flowers Sweet in monochrome
Posted: April 29, 2012 Filed under: Flowers Sweet, Penny Black 8 Comments
I have seen several beautiful cards lately which feature little squares or tiles lined up together so I decided to try the technique myself with a monochrome colour scheme. I was also trying for a bit of a vintage feel.
The three floral tiles were made using stamps from the transparent set “Flowers Sweet”. I also used the letter background and music background as well as a sentiment from the transparent “Gratitude” set.
After punching out the part of the stamped image I wanted I then sponged a little or a lot and matted the six tiles on a dark brown mat. The damask background was also stamped in the same rich cocoa ink but I stamped it off a few times on scrap paper so I would get a muted shade. The background image is also matted and then mounted on the ivory cardbase. Five layers in all which is a little bit of a departure from my usual one or two layers!
Supplies:
Stamps: Flowers Sweet, Damask Pattern, Letter Background, Music Background, Gratitude (Penny Black)
Inks: Memento Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)
Cardstock: Penny Black Mix & Match Papers Sticks & Stones, Ivory
Heather Telford 
Five layers??? 😉 A departure, definitely, but worthwhile, as this turned out beautifully.
It’s beautiful Heather!
Jan
My goodness, this is pretty! I love the colors you used; so muted and understated, giving all the glory to the placement of lovely stamps. Beautiful card, Heather.
Beautiful and jaw dropping! xo, Marian
Wow … this is so beautiful!
Beautiful card and fabulous inspiration as always!
Hey there mf — Just read you are helping to host the OLW challenge! Oh I am so excited — Congrats~ See you on [some] Wednesdays~ 🙂
First of all:’I love the colour you stamped with”.
It gives the card a very classy look.
Beautiful how you put all the tiles together to become one.
A very beautifull card.
Groetjes Gery