Tone on Tone

Hello craft friends. Today I'm sharing a clean-and-simple card featuring one of my favorite leaf stamps. I wanted to show you a fun little trick for creating tone-on-tone color....You simple color in your image with a Versamarker Pen and wa-la you have a lovely monochromatic effect!

Supplies and Tools:

• Zentangle Leaf (Magenta Stamps)
• Versamark Watermark Stamp Pad  (Tsukineko)
• Primary Bark Embossing Powder (Wow!)
• Versamarker Pen
• Blessings Stamp (Echo Park)
• Ground Espresso Distress Ink (Ranger)
• Antique Gold Burlap String
• Sponge Daubers
• ATG gun
• Glue

Now it's your turn....stop by our CURRENT LINK PARTY and showoff any project that includes a product or two from one of the companies Cropstop carries in the store!

Prairie Thistle

Hello Everyone! Welcome back to the Cropstop blog! Today I'm sharing a card that features a layered die cut image (Prairie Thistle) and a fun way to use your embossing spacers. I've had a lot of fun experimenting with different mixed media products this month, and this card features a few of those as well.

To create my card I:

• brushed some Clear Gesso (Art Basics) over a piece of white card stock
• applied some Seedless Preserved Distress Oxide (Ranger) to the center, spritzed with water, and spread the ink around with a small paintbrush
• using Sponge Daubers, I applied Seedless Preserved Distress Oxide (Ranger) through the Mini North Star Stencil from TCW
• taped my piece of cardstock to the Oval Embossing Spacer and painted through the opening with Platinum Inka Gold  diluted with water

Next I:

• removed the panel and used a Sharpie marker and created faux stitching lines around the inside of the oval 
• die cut the flowers using the Prairie Thistle Die from Memory Box - Poppy Stamps  
• I  cut three from white card stock and one from purple
• I layered the three white one on top of the other and added the purple underneath leaving the petals intact
• the petals were painted with diluted Seedless Preserved Distress Oxide (Ranger)
• die cut two sentiments from phrase one Spellbinders dies - layering one on the other for extra thickness
• last of all I added some pearl centers to my stars using White Opal Liquid Pearls

 The photo below shows the shimmer that the Inka Gold adds to the card.

 Now it's your turn....stop by our CURRENT LINK PARTY and showoff any projects that include a few products from companies Cropstop carries in the store! I'll look forward to seeing your work appear in the gallery!

Challenge #40 - Monochromatic Masterpiece

Your challenge for this week (May 28th - June 5) is to make a monochromatic "masterpiece." Monochromatic means...one color - so your card/page layout/project must have only one color. However, I think we can safely say, one color, plus a neutral (white, black, tan, cream, etc.).

Here is Gloria's gorgeous sample! Remember to share your sample w/ us on the CropStop Gallery to be considered for a drawing on a prize!