We often reach for more and more colours to add to a card, but you can create stunning elegant cards with just a few colour cardstock and some simple heat embossing. Sometimes you just need not overthink a card and when you do the results are stunning! So instead I have a lovely monochromatic on kraft card; this adds a pop of interest to bring out the monochromatic colour scheme. When I was making this card, I originally planned to have the flower in just the fog cardstock but decided to add a few flowers in the purple to increase the contrast, and I’m so glad I did.
PRODUCED AS PART OF MY DESIGN-TEAM WORK FOR Bumblberry Papercrafts - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS
Creating the background
To start, use the Watercolor Stripes cover die from Altenew and die cut this out of some Edible Eggplant cardstock by Gina K Designs. Adhere this down with Gina K connect glue onto a kraft card base measuring at 5.5″x 4.25.
Before setting this to one side, dilute some white acrylic paint with a little water and using a paint brush, add some paint splatter to the background for texture. Allow this to dry whilst you work on the rest of the card.
Adding the floral elements
To create the floral elements, take the largest flower from the Inked Flora stamp set from Altenew along with the two leaves and position these in your MISTI. Add a piece of Lawn Fawn Fog cardstock into your platform and stamp the designs with embossing ink.
Cover the stamped designs in a neutral glitter embossing powder of your choice and heat set with your heat gun. Repeat this step with edible eggplant cardstock for a couple of the leaves.
Cut the embossed images out, either fussy cutting with scissors or using the coordinating dies. Next, foam mount the images onto the card using adhesive foam squares with different thickness to create dimension. Add a small heat embossed sentiment from the Sketchy Floral set from Altenew. To finish the card, add a few silver Nuvo Drops as embellishments.
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Supplies
Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you at these shops: Altenew (ALT), Scrapbook.com (SB), and Craft Stash UK/US (CS UK/US).
All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP) and WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US)
 Original MISTI – My Sweet Petunia Shop at: ALT | BP | SB |  WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: WOW US |  Lawn Fawn – Fog Cardstock Shop at: BP |  Gina K Designs – Connect Glue Shop at: BP |
 Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam sqaures 1/4″ white Shop at: BP | SB | WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS | WOW UK |  WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing pad Shop at: CS | WOW UK | WOW US |  Eddible Eggplant Cardstock – Gina K Designs Shop at: BP |
 Watercolor Stripes Cover die – Altenew Shop at: ALT | BP | SB |  Inked Flora Die – Altenew Shop at: BP |  Inked Flora – Altenew Shop at: BP |  Sketchy Floral – Altenew Shop at: ALT | BP | SB |
 Cloud 9 Embossing Glitter – WOW! Shop at: WOW UK | WOW US |
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This post was produced as part of my design team work for Bumbleberry Papercrafts have not been paid to make this post, but I am given supplies from Bumbleberry Papercrafts to use. However, I create projects with creative control and produce projects I am proud of and with products that I love. The information provided is based on my own personal experience – I am not an expert.
