Colour Me... Monochromatic!

Morning, friends!  We've got another monochromatic palette, for you to play with, this week, over at Colour Me...!, and the key to this one is neutrals.  Here's how I was inspired.

I started this card by piecing a trio of neutral, patterned papers together; rounding their collective bottom corners; and splattering them with Pure Black and Titanium White, acrylic paints.  I knew I wanted to get a little more texture across those colors and have seen this splattering technique done super well out in blogland.  So, I dove in feet first and absolutely love the result!  I then anchored the resulting piece, along with a stamped, in Jet Black ink, on a strip of vellum, "Season's Greetings" sentiment, with black-threaded, straight, machine stitches, to the Oatmeal, cardstock, card face, which, too, had its bottom corners rounded.

The center of the card face was wrapped with a bit of wide, ivory lace and a length of seam binding ribbon, the latter of which was tied, in a double bow, near the left edge and embellished with a lone pearl.

The ornament and bit of holly were black-embossed on watercolor paper; watercolored in shades of Old Paper, Antique Linen, Tea Dye, & Pumice Stone Distress Inks; hand-cut out; splattered with more of those scrumptious, acrylic paints; and adhered, in their respective locations, with foam tape, to complete the look.

Here's this week's Creative Challenge No. 96 graphic to get you going in the right direction.

Be sure to stop by the challenge link above to see how the rest of the team was inspired.  We'd also be honored to have you play along with us!  You have until 12 noon EST, on Monday, November 9, 2015, to link up your takes over at that same challenge link above.  And don't forget to check out last week's Creative Challenge No. 95 Top Picks, too.  Thanks so much for stopping by!  Hugs!

{Supplies & Tools}
Stamps: Ornaments (Market Street Stamps) Paper: Oatmeal (Wplus9); chevron & polka dot (Jenni Bowlin); text (SU!); vellum (Paper Studio); watercolor (Canson Studio) Ink: Jet Black (StazOn); watermark (VersaMark); Old Paper, Antique Linen, Tea Dye, & Pumice Stone Distress Inks (Ranger) Other: black thread (Coats & Clark); sewing machine (Janome); black embossing powder & lace (SU!); Titanium White & Pure Black acrylic paint (FolkArt); seam binding ribbon (Paper Sweeties); Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers); foam tape (Scrapbook Adhesives)