Monochrome is all the rage today!
I've seen so many pretty monochromatic cards where the cardstock is the star of the show and I was excited to try my own! Monochromatic, deco art designs are popular right now in cardmaking.
To begin, I took my circle dies (you can also use ovals, squares, and rectangles--any shapes that are symmetrical) and cut a few different sizes out of my 12 x 12 American Crafts Variety Packs. I chose Peacock, Cascade, Robin’s Egg and Fountain for the blues; Butterscotch, Sunflower, Lemon and Canary for the yellows.
Shop Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock packs here! All the work is done for you.
Adhere the circles together stacked to one side of the circle and then trim in half.
Now you have 2 elements to use on your card (or you can make 2 cards at one time!)
You can align the half circles equally (on top of each other), or offset them (I actually prefer the offset!) Use a sentiment strip or just a strip of cardstock to separate the circle halves. And don’t forget, you can go from light to dark or dark to light.
Just think of the possibilities! The color combos...the sentiments...the occasions! If you need more ideas for monochromatic color combos, be sure and check out our Monochromatic Bazzill Color Combos blog post.
-Kate
Love easy, but unique card templates like this? Here's another one!
I see your reply that the largest circle is 3". To cut these out on a cricut, what size are the smaller circles that you used?
Thank you,
Karla
Thanks for the easiest way of making these cards. I love the ability of some many colour ideas to fit any occasion.
Tammie-
The largest circle is about 3 inches. You can find these circle nesting does from most of the die manufacturers. I believe these are from Hero Arts, but Spellbinders has them too.
This is a cool idea. What size are your circles and where did you get the die cuts?
These are so fabulous!
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