<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Frugal Crafter Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://thefrugalcrafter.wordpress.com/author/thefrugalcrafter/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Monochromatic Magic!]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I was playing in my studio the other day and made this card, It qualifies for the current monochrome challenge at <a href="http://caardvarks.blogspot.com/">Caardvarks</a>:</p>
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<p>This card was all about using up leftovers and experimenting.</p>
<p>experiment 1: Watercoloring a digital stamp. I started by taking a digital stamp of a dragonfly from the <a href="http://www.mygrafico.com/digital-stamps/winged-things-digital-stamp-set/prod_1664.html">Winged Things </a>set from <a href="http://www.mygrafico.com/lindsay-39-s-stamp-stuff/aff_100.html">Lindsay&#8217;s stamp Stuff</a> and I colored it with watercolor pencils, the printer ink did not bleed, I was amazed, never tried watercoloring a digi before because I was sure it would bleed but it didn&#8217;t!</p>
<p>Experiment 2: I used my new fleur-de-lis emb folder with silver cardssock because I had never tired it before, it is swell:)</p>
<p>experiment 3: I showed a friend how to make a &#8220;faux bow&#8221; and I left the long thin ribbon that I tied the knot with attached (instead of trimming it close) and wrapped it around the front panel.</p>
<p>Also I used a mistake die cut (there is some unfortunate stamping on the back) to add my sentiment and finish the card. Luckily all my experiments were of a blue-green color scheme so they all went together nicely!</p>
<p>Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!</p>
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