DCM - Black, White, and X

Good morning!

This week's challenge over on the Daring Cardmakers blog comes from Miri, who wants us to use black, white, and one other colour to create our cards.

Well I went back and forth on the elements I was going to use, but I knew I wanted to create an ombre effect with whatever colour I ended up choosing.

And as you can see, that colour was pink:

Stamp: MFT - Big Birthday Wishes (r)
Dies: The Stamp Market - Heart Happy Cover, MFT - Fishtail Flags STAX (r)
Other: Distress Inks

I started out by cutting the Heart Happy cover die from white cardstock two times so that it would create a little dimension on my card base.

Then I blended three tones of pink ink on a piece of white cardstock from light to dark. Once I was happy with the blend I went over it with a broad wet paintbrush to get a brushstroke texture.

I dried this panel quickly with my heat gun, then cut it with the Heart Happy Cover die too so I could piece in the hearts on my card base.

Finally, for my sentiment, I embossed the Big Birthday Wishes stamp from MFT in white on black cardstock and trimmed the sentiment to size with a Fishtail Flag die.

A very clean and simple look in the end. :)

Make sure you check out the wonderful cards from the rest of the design team here and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

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MFT - Big Birthday Wishes stamps (r) Shop at: EH | SHC	The Stamp Market - Heart Happy Cover die Shop at: MISC	MFT - Fishtail Flags STAX dies (r) Shop at: MISC	Distress ink pad - Spun Sugar Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Distress ink pad - Worn Lipstick Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Pinkfresh Studio - Raspberry Bliss ink pad Shop at: MISC | SBC	Versamark ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SHC	Bazzill Cardshoppe - Marshmallow Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS	PTI - True Black cardstock Shop at: MISC	Hero Arts - White embossing powder Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC	Ranger - Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
EK Success powder tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC	Cosmetic blending brushes Shop at: AZ
Taylored Expressions - Blender Brushes Shop at: MISC	Waffle Flower - Mini Media Mat Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Royal Langnickel - Zen watercolour round wash brush set Shop at: AZ	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | SBC
Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC

Comments

[Heidi]

Great card, Natty! I love just about anything from The Stamp Market. This die is perfect paired with the scripty MFT sentiment.

[Miri]

What a cool colur combination, Nat! And I love the ombré effect on the pink hearts. Super cute!