Monochrome Christmas!

I wanted to share with you today a monochrome Christmas card.

 

Ok...hands up if you thought monochrome means black and white?

well you wouldn't be alone, most people think exactly that, but it does in fact mean one colour!

So I picked purple Spectrum Noir alcohol markers!

I don't know why I picked it, as its one of my least favourite colours but I did, and I was super pleased with the results.

 

 

To colour my baubles I used:

 HB1, HB2, HB3

and

LV1, LV2, LV3

 

To make the background I used the same HB1, HB2 and HB3 pens to scribble onto some acetate and then used a Tim Holtz blending tool with blending solution on it to move the pen around, and when dry I mounted it onto some gold mirror card, as a white card was too stark and overpowering. I think the purple and gold give a richness to the background.

 

The stamps are from Sue Wilson and they also have a matching die set to enable you to cut them out, the possibilities are endless with them!

 

Thanks for being here today, if you would like to leave a comment I would really appreciate it.

Happy colouring everyone

Nicky x