Hi, crafty friends! Yesterday was the start of the Coloring Club Challenge over on Instagram. Alberto Gava of alcohol marker fame is organizing it, and all throughout April there are different themes to follow for a total of ten challenges, each lasting three days. There are some great sponsors with prizes up for grabs and the first theme is monochrome. I shared the coloring of this cute mouse yesterday, and today, I have the finished card to show you.

I used grays for my coloring of this Wishing stamp from Purple Onion Designs. I love this large illustration from Stacey Yacula – it’s actually the first Purple Onion Designs image I ever colored, and as such, it holds a special place in my heart.

I used the Watercolor Wash Free Form die and the largest die in the A2 Stitched Rectangles STAX 1 set from My Favorite Things to cut a window opening and create the faux stitching on the edges of a piece of Dove cardstock from Concord & 9th. I used the Watercolor die to cut a few more layers from white cardstock to glue behind the grey for dimension.

I scribbled a bit of N5 Copic marker on a scrap of Dove cardstock to make it a little darker, let it dry, then stamped and white heat embossed a sentiment from the A Beautiful Day Sentiment Set from Purple Onion Designs (unfortunately, I think the set’s discontinued, I couldn’t find it when searching the POD store). I then used one of the dies in the Essential Stitched Sentiment Strips die set from MFT to carry on the faux stitching look that I already had going. I added a few strips of cardstock behind it for even more dimension and adhered it in the bottom left of the card.

To finish off the card. I adhered a few Dew Drops from Concord & 9th. With greyscale coloring, grey cardstock, white heat embossing and clear dew drops, it looks like I took black and white photos of this card, but I promise I didn’t.

I don’t think I’ve ever colored an image with less markers.