My Cards and Tags: Reverse Confetti Big Stripes Cover Plate Tags

I'll be honest: this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme scared me to death!  The theme is monochrome and the only thing that would've made me hyperventilate even more is if it would've been monochrome white!  Be that as it may, I really did survive the challenge and enjoyed it in the long run.  Here are the three tags I made, each one showing a monochromatic color scheme.

 I started by using Reverse Confetti's new Big Stripes Cover Plate die, which is fabulous.  I wrapped the die-cut paper around white tags.

Next I spritzed on some ink and glued on a piece of text from an old book.  I outlined the words of the sentiment that I wanted to show up.  I also found a black scribbly circle stamp that would fit around the sentiment just right (Taylored Expressions Stroke of Genius 2 set).

I smudged on some white and pink acrylic paint, then I stamped around the circle with Ranger Jet Black Archival and also added a Seth Apter die-cut ring around the sentiment (his wonderful Robo Rings die in this case).  I also stamped some black ink splats up the side using My Favorite Things' Distressed Patterns stamp.

I smudged more ink here and there and added some stitched stamping around the edges (Bo Bunny's Stitches stamp) and glued on some hearts.  I finished it off with a paperclip and some yarn strung through the tag's hole.

 
I had to show a close-up of Seth Apter's cool Ring Around die, too!

This monochrome theme almost had me beat, but I really enjoyed it in the end.  I especially got  a kick out of trying to highlight certain words out of book texts to form the sentiments for each tag.

These are the supplies I used on these projects which you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Reverse Confetti Big Stripes Cover Plate Die	Seth Apter Spellbinders Robo Rings Die Set	Seth Apter Spellbinders Ring Round Die Set	Seth Apter Spellbinders Drip Drop die	Tim Holtz Sizzix Wildflowers	Tim Holtz Sizzix Tag Collection	Sizzix Big Shot
Bo Bunny STITCHES Clear Stamps	Taylored Expressions Stroke of Genius 2 Stamp Set	My Favorite Things Distressed Patterns Stamp Set	Prima Documented Beauty Flowers	American Crafts Multi-color Hall Pass Paperclips	Dina Wakley MAGENTA Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Lime Acrylic Paint
Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Evergreen Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Fuchsia Acrylic Paint	Dylusions Ink Sprays - Bubblegum Pink	Distress Spray Stain PEACOCK FEATHERS	Dylusions Ink Sprays - Fresh Lime
Dylusions Ink Spray Cut Grass	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad	Archival Ink - Rose Madder	Ranger Archival Ink Forget Me Not	Peacock Feathers - Distress Ink	Salty Ocean - Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad MERMAID LAGOON
Tim Holtz Distress Twisted Citron Ink Pad	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad LUCKY CLOVER Ranger	Picked Raspberry - Distress Ink	Ranger Non Stick Craft Sheet	Fiskars Acrylic Blocks	Mixed Media Sponges Bars

I would love to see what you come up with for this week's monochrome theme!  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance at fame and fortune (or at least a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp Store)!