Monochrome Challenge at That Craft Place...

Hello Again,

It's time for a new challenge at That Craft Place Challenge Blog and this time the theme is monochrome!  I am growing in confidence with my colouring but monochrome still scares me so I hope you will be kind when you take a look at my DT inspiration make!

I have gone for golden sepia tones so I could keep my normal skin tones!  Just a little cheating lol

Here is my monochrome inspiration:

I totally adore it now its done, and you'll have to trust me that the lustre of the gold is far more impressive in person!

Here's what I used:
Image: Sugar Jump by That Craft Place Etsy Store
Other supplies:
Coloured with my Graph'it Marker pens
300gsm super smooth card for my marker colouring; gold Pinflair Buff It; Creative Expressions edge die; Craftwork Cards paper pack, Postcards from Paris; wooden small frame; mini pegs and bling; ALL available from That Craft Place

Here's how:
A simple design that grew and changed as I made it!  I'm sure you can all relate to that lol
I cut a 8x8 card base down to 6x6 (again so it still fits the envelope when I hang over lol) and on white card I cut two pieces of 6 inch white card with the edging die and over laid then on the base so they hung over (if you have an A4 die cutting machine you could do it all on one piece of card!)
I then cut the backing paper (from the gorgeous paper pack Postcards from Paris) to 6 x 6 inches and glued it to the front of the design in the centre of the two edges.
I then then layered the edging die cuts up by using both edge cutting pieces of the die and cutting one more white and two Kraft card pieces for each side and then layered them on slightly off set.
I added vintage linen distress ink to the sides and then the totally awesome gold Buff It by Pinflair (not covering everything but more in a random style)
The image is layered on Kraft card and then white card and again I went to town with the gold Buff It (I adore this product as you can see lol)
Then I added the mini pegs, put mini hearts on the pegs and on the card in a random fashion and then I covered the wooden frame in gold Buff It.  Once done I added the sentiment by glueing it to the back of the frame and raised it up on the card at a fun angle.
The final touch was to add the postcards to the top and these are just hand cut from the off cuts of paper and tucked in adding height.
Top Tip: my glass cutting matt is vital when I do these over hung designs.  As I start to build out and over the base card I always have it laid on my matt in the marked section for 8 x 8 inch (my matt has size marking for various card sizes).  It ensures that I don't go too crazy with the size especially if the finished piece is for posting :D

Here's the close ups:

Thank you so much for popping by and I really hope you have enjoyed my crafty inspiration today.  I would very much appreciate it if you followed my blog (buttons on the top right sidebar) so you don't miss my next crafty make :D

Useful links for this make:

That Craft Place - shop full of lush crafting goodies
http://thatcraftplaceblog.blogspot.co.uk/ - Challenge Blog 
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https://www.facebook.com/groups/184329015068367/ TCP Natter & Chatter 

Happy Crafting :D

Sandie xxx

Challenges:
Lil Patch of crafty friends - #1 AG
Scrappers Delights - #37 AG
Word Art Wednesday - #164 AG
Buckwells Crafty Challenge - January AG
Imagination Destination - #14 AG
Crafty Catz weekly challenge - #260 AG
Craftyhazelnuts patterned challenge - January AG
Scribble and Scrap - #35 AG
CCC Digi Creations - #16 Digi/embellish
Loves Rubber Stamps - Something old, something new; New edging die that I am totally in love with and old cardstock

Happy New Year! Let's start with a challenge....

Hello again and a Happy New Year to you all xxx

Wow, Christmas went fast!  Just love seeing the kids so happy and the family all together and as you can imagine with 8 children its a fun time indeed in the Gough household lol

I won't bore you all with pics from our family Christmas, instead I am going to share my make for the brand new Challenge starting today over at Crafting Muskateers Challenge Blog.  The theme for January's challenge is Valentine or Hats!  so lots of room for interpretation there xx

Here's my make:

I have to say this one gave me a little smile when I'd finished rather than my normal 'are you sure its all-right' face I usually pull at my family lol

Here's what I used to make it:
Image: Rory and Mickey Flowers For You by Lacy Sunshine
Colour and backing: coloured with my Graph'it markers (no colours sorry, holiday chaos and I lost the post it lol), coloured on 300gsm super smooth card from That Craft Place (its excellent with copic's too)
Backing papers: Craftwork Cards, Postcards from Paris from That Craft Place
Sentiment: also Craftwork cards but its from my stash...I have a pack of die cut sentiments I picked up from the NEC show ages ago
Embellies: Heart doily, burlap, bling ribbon, flowers and pearls all from my stash that I re-stock from That Craft Place
Crafty Expressions edging die (cut twice and off set for the top)
Cosmic shimmer embossing powder in silver and mint is around the image with a few blobs of cosmic shimmer pink pva (also from That Craft Place, are you sensing its a fav one stop shop of mine lol)

Here's how:
I've used a 5x5 inch card base (I know!  smaller than my usual lol) and cut the base paper to fit exactly.  The I cut a heart doily in half laying it on either side.  I always use cosmic shimmer acrylic glue for paper, its my new go to stock item and is totally awesome.  I hot glued the burlap and bling ribbon (that is actually on a reel and about 4 inches wide! but its so easy to cut down to make it thinner and perfect over burlap for a mix of textures).
Then I die cut the flourish edge twice so I could off set it to get a shadow effect at the top of the card...see I'm still going bigger than the base card lol.  And then I added a little twine bow and some flowers and a little bling.
The sentiment says 'Hey You', rather than anything mushy because that's more me!  One of our little jokes with my OH is that on all of our cards for Birthdays or Valentines we just use Him and Her...so my Valentines to my OH will read To Him, From Her!  So Hey You fitted :D

Here's the close ups:

And there it is :D  Thank you so much for popping by and I really hope you had a fabulous holiday period and wish you all a super splendid New Year xxx

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Happy Crafting :D

Sandie xxx

Challenges:
Glitter and Sparkle - 117 AG
Papertake Weekly - pick a fav, AG
Not Just Cards - #9 AG
Inspiration Destination - #14 AG
Crafty Catz - #260 AG
Creative Fingers - Dec anything goes
Art by MiRan - #22 AG
613 Avenue Create - #104 AG
Scrappers Delights - #37 AG