OCC Challenge - Monochromatic Mania

Hello there! I'm here today with a challenge that I came up with for Our Creative Corner. The challenge is to use monochromatic colors. You can use one color or many shades of that one color. You may also incorporate a neutral like white, cream, black, or kraft. I chose purple as my color and you can see there are many shades. This card has so many elements, I barely know where to begin. I used a digital image for the "I just wanted to say..." panel. I simply changed the text to purple to match before I printed it out. The swirls behind the oval are stamped in versamark. The glitter-y swirls are actually from a pack of Halloween stickers from Doodlebug Design Inc. as well as the purple gems.

Now, head on over to Our Creative Corner and check out what the rest of the design team created. There is never a time limit on our challenges, so feel free to play along whenever you can.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

{Just wanted to say...hello}

Acrylic Stamps: Friends 'til the End (Papertrey Ink)

Rubber Stamp: Swirly Background (Stampabilities)
Digital Stamps: Just Wanted to Say (Raindrop Echo Designs)

Card Stock: Lavender Moon, Plum Pudding (Papertrey Ink), Cream
Ink: Perfect Plum (SU), Versamark
Accessories: Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders), Purple Flowers (Prima), Purple Jewels (Doodlebug Design Inc.), Foam Dimensionals, Sticker Glitter Swirls (Doodlebug Design Inc.)

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Happy Birthday Digital Image Card

Hello & TGIF! So glad the weekend is almost here! Well, today I tried something new. I used a digital stamp for the very first time. I am happy to report that it went extremely well. Right now at Paper Maniac there are 8 digital stamp sets. They are all amazing I tell ya. The one I used today came from a set called Just Wanted to Say. In these tough times, digital stamps are a wonderful alternative to regular stamps. At Paper Maniac, all the stamp sets are $2-$3.50 and you don't pay a shipping fee since you download it yourself. Easy peasey! You can't beat that! Plus you can print them in any size you want.
This card was kind of interesting because I really wanted to use that patterned paper, but I didn't have any matching ribbon. I thought that it might look okay to use a complimentary color like orange, but I would also need to use orange somewhere else on the card. I was very surprised that this worked. I was glad to finally use some of this orange rhinestones as well. Those have been sitting around for a while.

Have a great weekend and I'll be back tomorrow with my card for Our Creative Corner.

{Happy Birthday}

Stamps: Just Wanted to Say (Raindrop Echo Designs)
Card Stock: SS White, Summer Sunrise (Papertrey Ink)
Patterned Paper: Urban Prairie Paper Pack (Basic Grey)
Accessories: Orange Rhinestones (Kaiser Craft), Pumpkin Pie Grosgrain Ribbon

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