When I first opened the package of our Silk Road Monochromatic Family, I was struck by the intensity of the hues. To me they burned bright, a fire inspired collection of golden yellows.

(Cardstock: Silk Road Monochromatic Family “Curry Spice, Frankincense, Nomad, “; Seduction Monochromatic Family “Spitfire”; Vintage Christmas Collection “Tannebaum, Sugar Cookie”; Black Monochromatic Family “Raven”)

To achieve the appearance of a flame-like frame, I distressed the edges of both Curry Spice and Frankincense using edge punchers and scrunching by hand. I then used a combination of gesso, ink, glimmer mist, and embossing powders to highlight the rest of the embellishments. The red paper roses were made out of Couture Cardstock’s “Spitfire”, from the Seduction Monochromatic Family and “Tannenbaum” from the Vintage Christmas Collection.

Today’s Challenge: Use an edge punch to add detail to one of your pages! (link your project to this post for a chance to win today’s prize.  Entries must be received by midnight EST.  See contest rules below.).

xx Heidi

First, we are giving it all away! In honor of National Craft Month, we are holding a month long contest in March. The winner will receive 1 of every product in our store.  That’s 291 sheets of cardstock, in every color, weight, and texture you could ever need!  Here’s what you have to do to win: put our blinkie on your blog using the code available in the sidebar to the right.   Leave us a comment (on this post) with a link to your blog where you posted our blinkie, and you are entered to win!  That’s all there is to it! We will draw one very lucky winner on April 2nd.  (if you already have our blinkie, leave us a comment and tell us that too, you are eligible to win).

Second,  to celebrate National Craft Month, we are holding a month long contest here at Couture Cardstock, and your participation will determine the size of the prize!  Each day during the month of March, we will be offering a challenge on our blog.  Each day, you have one opportunity win a prize pack by completing that challenge and linking it to that day’s post.   For every challenge entry received, we will add a sheet of cardstock to the prize pack. All entries must be posted by 11:59 pm EST the day of that challenge and the winner for each day will be selected the following morning.  The minimum prize pack will be 10 sheets of your choice, the maximum depends on YOU!!

The details:

1. You may enter each challenge once (only one entry per person per day).
2. Entries must be posted in a gallery or on a personal blog, and must mention Couture Cardstock in the description.
3. You do not need to use Couture Cardstock in your entries, although we encourage you to do so.
4. Each project completed may only be used once.
5. All entries must by posted and linked to the corresponding challenge post by 11:59 pm EST, the day the challenge is posted.
6. The minimum prize pack per day will be 10 sheets of your choice.

Both contests are open to anyone, anywhere.  However, International winners (outside the US) will be responsible for their own shipping costs.