It’s National Scrap booking Day today which means a day to celebrate!! Penny Black is in a celebratory mood & they are hosting a one-day monochromatic card challenge with THREE WINNERS! Check out Penny Black’s blog to see the other DT’s inspiring monochromatic cards & get the prize details ! I hear there is going to be something BIG.
For my cards I used this new background stamp that is becoming a fast favorite. I cut a circle with a Spellbinder circle die and used pop dots to raise my panel. The embellishment on the ribbon is the cutout circle…I just trimmed it down a little bit to make it smaller and added a large pearl. 
You might notice that I have been using Labels 1 MEGA die from Spellbinders. Worth every penny for me because it’s hard for me to make a 4×6 card. Here is another set of cards I created with the mega die and it’s the same technique that I used for these cards.
I embossed the image with clear embossing powder on some water color paper. Before I emboss I like to use this tool with powder to get a crisp image. 
I used three Mix & Match papers from Penny Black, two distress inks & SRM sticker sentiments.
If you look closely at this card you will notice that I added a white dot to each little fleck in the circles. It really makes a difference … promise.
I combined Worn Lipstick & Rusty Hinge.. I love how they mixed together when I spritzed with water.
This one was Bundled Sage and Tumbled Glass.
I have been trimming my dies by hand when layering because sometimes I just want a smidge of paper to show. Lately I have been doing this instead…much easier. Flip you paper over and trace the outside edge of your die. Cut out your traced shape. Now you have a thin frame to accent your center panel. Add another layer for more impact without trimming.
I taped my SRM sticker sentiment down before adding pop dots and the final layer.
Add your name to the list for my SEW EASY giveaway in yesterday’s post here in case you missed it.
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Draw a Nose – Challenge Accepted
hop to it
Day 17. Watercolor Prep
gorgeous set! love love the lush colors you used, Kathy! and the ribbons, they match the colors of your cards so perfectly. fabulous work as always, my friend! have a fabulous Mother’s Day weekend, sista!! =)
Lovely set 😀
what fantastic cards !! very pretty ! greetings, martina
x
Fabulous colours Kathy, Hope you have a great Mother’s Day tomorrow.
Great cards, Kathy! Love the image and vivid colours.
stunning set of cards! Love the inkiness!!
beautiful – another stamp to add to my wish list!
Sandra ltb
So cool! Love it!
Oh wow Kathy these are absolutely gorgeous and what a great way to use your stamps. Hope you are having a lovely day.
Absolutely gorgeous!!!! I love the design and how you have punched out a circle for each of the sentiments:-)
These are awesome! Feel free to send ne a set in blue with thank you sentiments ;). You know fir after my babe arrives. You are so awesome!
Oh wow, these are so beautiful, Kathy!
I cannot imagine the time that went into these gorgeous cards! And thanks for the tip about tracing around the Nestie dies! What a great idea! Love all your work!
nice job!!!
Amazing creativity, Kathy! Wow, wow, wow! Just love these beauties!
LOVEEEE this set! Thanks for the info on trimming the dies, toO! HUGS!
What FABULOUS beauties, Kathy! LOVE what you did here! Happy NSD and Happy Mother’s Day too! 🙂
Wowzers, Kathy! Love the fabulous vivid colours and the great design of these cards. Wishing you a Happy Mother’s Day!
Fabulous inspiration Kathy! With that Grand Nestabilitie die could you tell me what size this final card is? I really like it as I get really bored with standard card sizes.
These cards are awesome!
A very beautiful and colorful collection of cards Kathy. I like how each of the cards has a different sentiment. Happy Mother’s Day to you!!
Gorgeous set Kathy! Thanks for a great tutorial. I am still trying to get used to Distress Inks and this helped. Have a wonderful Mother’s Day!!
Simply gorgeous, girlie! Great tutorial too!
This set is totally gorgeous, Kathy! Just love it!!
Kathy, Gorgeous!! Those white dots make the background stamp MORE POP!! 🙂 Luv all the colors!! :-)Have a happy mother’s day weekend!:-)
oh these are beautiful i love the bright colours too xx
Your Gorgeous set totally Rock!!! Love everything about it and also the tutorial Kathy. TFS.
Those colors make me smile, Kathy! Love these fabulous cards!
Oh, K, what a fabulous set of cards! I didn’t know they were the “grand” labels–makes them all the more fabulous! Happy Mother’s Day, my dear! Love you!
OMgoodness! These are too cute! Tie dye–the concept seems simple once I see it, but I wouldn’t have thought of it myself!!! You’ve really done a wonderful job on these!
These are stunning & the white dots really do make a difference – very distinctive. Love the way you’ve cut out the circle then used the “waste” with a pearl.
Hope you’re having a good Mother’s Day.
Paula (PEP)
These are gorgeous Kathy, I love the colours, they are so vibrant and fresh, Thank you so much for the lovely comment you left on my tutorial on the WOJ blog, it made my day!
Jane
x
Oh my gosh girl. These are so bright and cheerful. Your work is brilliant. ALWAYS love coming for a visit.
OMG!!!! These are so eye catching – fantastic set of cards Kathy.
Stunners Kathy. Love them all. Happy Mother’s Day to you. Hope you have a blessed day.
These are just gorgeous! I love the trace and trim, I have been doing that lately too 🙂 I hope you had a fantastic Mommy’s Day!!
Wow, these look beautiful!!!! I am definitely going to look for some stamps to do this with. Thanks for the inspiration.
Love this! Great way to use the new background. You have made distress ink look elegant with the ribbon and pearl and your overall clean card! Thank you for sharing! I hope you have a great week!
Katie
These are so gorgeous Kathy! Love all those bright and beautiful colours and the patterns! Stunning cards 🙂
fabbie cards!.. love the idea!.. 😀
Love all the gorgeous layers and fantastic colors! Awesome note cards!
I am a big fan of your rich beautiful colors and creative cards! Saw this post a while ago, but still can’t figure out how you open the card. How do you connect the die cut pieces to make an opening card? Do you glue them? Or put an extra sliver of paper at the top so it opens properly? Thanks! Love your blog!
These are a lovely set!! Such a nice idea! x