Monochromatic Handmade Cards

Monochromatic Handmade Cards

monochromatic circles card

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. 

American Crafts Cardstock Die Cut Circles

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; Tangerine, Sunflower, Lemon and Canary for the yellows.

Shop Bazzill Monochromatic Cardstock packs here! All the work is done for you.

American Crafts Cardstock Cut outs

Adhere the circles together stacked to one side of the circle and then trim in half. 

American Crafts circle die cuts

Now you have 2 elements to use on your card (or you can make 2 cards at one time!)

Handmade card with monochromatic circles

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.

Handmade card with monochromatic circles

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. 

handmade card with monochromatic cardstock circles

-Kate

design team member kate

Love easy, but unique card templates like this? Here's another one!


11 comments


  • Marty L Jackson

    So simple but very creative


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