Hello, I have a floral monochrome card to share today, using one of my favourite layering stamp sets from Altenew:
I stamped and layered the inks using a grey ink set from Altenew – actually I used two grey inks sets – not sure whether I wanted a completely grey/grey or a more warm grey – and looking at this photo, they look a little browny/grey………………hmmm…….yet on the close-up photo they look different again:
Anyhoo – once stamped and die cut, I set them aside to think about my base layers.
The base card is white, with a darker grey layer – ‘mushroom’ from Concord & 9th – then when adding the flowers I felt they got a little lost, so I used the ‘Pocket Banner‘ from Altenew, and added some interest to the white of that with a stencil and some Altenew embossing paste.
I did toy with the ide of adding some grey ink to the whit paste – but I like the white-on-white look for this banner, letting the roses stand out more.
Once this had dried I started to place the roses and stamped leaves down – I didn’t like the look of the stamped leaves, so I turned to Altenew ‘Garden Picks 3D die set’ for the layered leaves, and some ‘Dove’ card-stock from Concord & 9th.
Once again, I left the sentiment until last, but this time I remembered to do the stamping and embossing BEFORE I stuck everything down – something I usually forget!
I shall be entering the following challenges:
The Rainbow Card Challenge – neutrals
Stamplorations Stencil Challenge – anything goes with a stencil (white background)
loopyloocards 
What a stunning card in the most elegant neutrals! Love the paste background too.
I find that putting a warm grey next to a cool grey tends to make the warm grey look very brown – but that can be useful as in your beautiful card 🙂 Vicky x
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Thanks for that tip Vicky xx
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The color combo is really sweet and stunning roses, love it! Your beautiful project at STAMPlorations January Stencil Challenge is much appreciated. Blessings 🙂
Hugs and smiles,
Asmah
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Thanks very much Asmah xx
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I wouldn’t have picked gray for roses, but how pretty this looks. Thanks for sharing with STAMPlorations stencil challenge.
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Thank you xx
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Very elegant card. Love the textured background and the beautiful flowers! Great to see you in the Rainbow Card Challenge gallery. Hope you will join us this month as well! Nandini, DT
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Thanks very much Nandini xx
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Gorgeous! I love all the texture and layers. Great decision to add the embossing paste through a stencil for the pocket banner. Thanks for joining us at Rainbow Card Challenge.
sue n.
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Thank you Sue xx
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This is beautiful! The panel with the paste really makes those flowers pop. The flowers are just beautiful! Thank you so much for joining us at the Rainbow Challenge! Hugs! Katy DT 🙂
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Thank you Katy xx
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Beautiful stenciling with paste background for your Gorgeous layered stamped in neutral colors flowers, So pleased you joined us at STAMPlorations Stencil. Hugs..Nancy
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Thanks very much Nancy xx
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