Today I’m showing you how to style and design a modern card with a simple monotone scheme. Here I using a modern grey for cardmaking and creating a beautiful thinking of you card – this is a great card to send as an alternative to a sympathy card. Here there is a touch of colour with the heat embossing and hot foiling which pairs beautifully with the soft grey tones.
PRODUCED AS PART OF MY DESIGN-TEAM WORK FOR BUMBLEBERRY PAPERCRAFTS - SEE END OF POST FOR MORE DETAILS
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With a piece of Granite Hero Hues card stock, hot foil in Blush Glimmer Hot Foil the splatters from the Splatter Sentiments Hot Foil Plate set. Foil these on opposite corners of your card panel.

Stamp and heat emboss in rose gold embossing powder the outline stamps from the Book Engravings stamp set and cut out with the coordinating dies. With a soft grey alcohol marker, carefully add subtle shading to the flowers to add a little dimension.
Foam mount the flowers and leaves onto the card. Add a small hot foiled sentiment on a matching colour cardstock and foam mount this onto the card. Lastly, finish the card by adding a few clear Nuvo drops.

Supplies
Modern grey for cardmaking
Affiliate links used at no extra cost to you at these shops: Altenew (ALT), Scrapbook.com (SB), Hero Arts (HA), SpellBinders (SP), My Favourite Things (MFT), Tonic Studios (TS UK/US), Crafty Meraki (CM), Concord & 9th (C9) WOW! UK/US (WOW UK/US), Scrapbookpal.com (SBP), and Craft Stash UK/US (CS UK/US).
All other shops are not affiliated links: Bumbleberry Papercrafts (BP)
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![]() Book Engravings stamp – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP | ![]() Everyday Sentiments II Glimmer Hot Foil Plate – Spellbinders Shop at: SP (US) | SBP |
Glimmer Hot Foil Plate from the Yana’s Blooms Collection by Yana Smakula |
![]() Book Engravings Coordinating Die – Altenew Shop at: ALT | SB | BP | ![]() WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink pad Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) | ![]() WOW! Clear ultra slow drying embossing ink refill Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
![]() Glimmer Hot Foil System – Spellbinders Shop at: SP (UK) | SB | SP (US) | BP | SBP | ![]() Blush Glimmer Hot Foil Roll – Spellbinders Shop at: SP (UK) | SB | SP (US) | SBP | ![]() Rose Gold Embossing Powder – WOW! Shop at: CPD | CS (UK) | CS (US) | WOW (UK) | WOW (US) |
![]() Morning Dew Nuvo Crystal Drops – Tonic Studios Shop at: CPD | SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) | ![]() Granite Hero Hues Cardstock – Hero Arts Shop at: HA | BP | ![]() Neenah Classic Crest Solar White 80lb Cardstock Shop at: BP |
![]() Precision Glue XL – Hero Arts Shop at: SB | HA | BP | ![]() Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam squares 1/4″ white Shop at: CPD | SB | BP | ![]() WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (UK version) Shop at: CS (UK) | WOW (UK) |
![]() WOW! Dual Speed Heat Gun (US version) Shop at: CPD | WOW (US) | ![]() Crafter’s Essential Bone Folder – Altenew Shop at: SP (UK) | SB | BP | ![]() Tim Holtz 8.5 Inches Comfort Trimmer – Tonic Studios Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (US) |
![]() Trim and Score Board – We R Memory Keepers Shop at: SB | CS (UK) | CS (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.
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Beautiful!