My Cards and Tags: Using Brushos and Dina Wakley's Text and Scribbles Stamp

This week's theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog is Monochrome.  I decided to go with a blue color palette to make this card:

And then, just because I'm a multi-color-holic, I did the same card design again to see how it would look in different colors.  This is the card that I took process pictures of as well.

I used some of Dina Wakley's new products: a Medieval Crosses stencil and her Text and Scribbles stamp set.  I started by penciling in some of the crosses and then coloring them in with Distress Ink.  My coloring method is to dab a sponge onto the Distress Ink pad, then smudge it over the stencil.

Next I water-colored over the Distress Ink:

Next I spritzed the page with water and let it run down in drips.

While the paper was still was still wet, I sprinkled on some Brushos crystals and hit it again with another spritz or two.

When it was dry, I heat-embossed one of Dina's circle stamps onto it and bumped up the color in a few spots with more Distress Ink and some acrylic paint.

When it was dry, I used the Medieval Crosses stencil again and outlined the edges of the crosses with a black Sharpie.  I finished it off by gluing on some paper leaves (placed horizontally), some extra text stamping, and adding sentiments that I cut out of old books.

I did enjoy trying my hand at monochrome and felt that it did lend itself nicely to the "Feeling Blue" vibe.

Here are the supplies I used, that you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Dina Wakley Text and Scribbles Cling Stamps	Dina Wakley Medieval Crosses stencil	Loew Cornell WATERCOLOR CAKES 24 Paints	Colourcraft BRUSHO Crystal Watercolors	Simon Says Stamp Clustered Leaves Die
Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Sizzix Big Shot	Simon Says Stamp EMBOSSING POWDER STEEL NAVY	Simon Says Stamp Embossing Powder BLACK Ultrafine Detail	Ranger Tim Holtz Distress Embossing Ink
Ranger HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL	Salty Ocean - Distress Ink	Picked Raspberry - Distress Ink	Tim Holtz Distress Twisted Citron Ink Pad	Mustard Seed - Distress Ink
Peacock Feathers - Distress Ink	Dina Wakley LAPIS Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Pentart Acrylic Paint, Turquoise Green	Prima Impasto paint, Crimson	Dina Wakley LEMON Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Dina Wakley Lime Acrylic Paint

I'm excited to see how you do monochrome!  Be sure to upload your projects to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.