iNSD | Monochromatic Layout

Hello friends! Happy revenge of the 5th, and international scrapbooking day (well, weekend). I hope you’re finding time to get crafty.
If you’ve hit a creative roadblock, if even if you’re not sure where to start, consider this: monochromatic colour schemes. I created a single page 6x8 layout using shades in the brown family, as challenge inspiration for the online iNSD crop over in Scrapbook Nerd’s Facebook group. You’ll find the group link below. Maybe it’ll jumpstart your creative mojo, too.
I turned to Simple Stories to help me pull this layout together, some of which is no longer available (such as the strip of floral patterned paper), and some that still is. The layout base consists of black cardstock cut to 6x8 inches, and wood grain patterned paper cut 0.25 inches square smaller. The wood grain patterned paper is from Simple Stories’ Colour Vibe collection. Everything you need to know will be linked below.
(By the way, the polka dot patterned paper, which completes the base layer, is from SS Life Captured 12x12 collection kit).
I used my Cricut to write my journaling on the second wood grain patterned paper, using grey ink, as well as aiding in creating a little word phrase and drawing the hanging plant baskets next to the title. Which, was also cut with my Cricut. As you’ll notice, there’s a lot of brown going on. Rather than using the same shade layered over each other to achieve the monochromatic look, I chose to use colours in sort of ascending order within the neutral/brown colour family. In this case, ‘ascending’ means from darkest shade to lightest. There’s a range of colours from black, to brown grey (griege), and even a touch of brown gold. In my opinion, it works really well to frame the photo, with its bright and vivid colours. The burgundy in my Silver Inch plant provides an incredibly satisfying contrast to the neutral shades. (Not to forget the green, either).
If you’re in the creative mood today, consider playing along with us over on Facebook: there’s a lot of challenges and games posted to get you going.
Scrapbook Nerd FB:
These are the products I used today:
American Crafts
-12x12 Textured White cardstock: scrapbooknerd....
-12x12 Textured Black cardstock: scrapbooknerd....
I also used CTMH Mink cardstock; however, it is no longer available, and I have not found an alternative cardstock yet)
Simple Stories
-12x12 Colour Vibe Woods patterned cardstock: scrapbooknerd....
-12x12 Life Captured Collection kit: scrapbooknerd....
Tombow
-Mono multi liquid glue: scrapbooknerd....
Cricut
-Explore 3:
-Ultimate Extra Fine point pen set (Americano): cricut.com/en-...
*ENABLER ALERT 🚨 : THIS PEN SET IS CURRENTLY 50% OFF ON CRICUT’S WEBSITE. $28 reg. $60
*The grey pen is from a Cricut compatible off brand pen set (if you’re wondering, it’s currently unavailable on Amazon, which is why I am not linking it)
Epson
-EcoTank ET2850 All in One printer: www.staples.ca...
-4x6 Premium Glossy photo paper: www.staples.ca...
Spectrum Noir
-Essential Blends Triblend markers (Citrus Green, Grey Brown): a.co/d/5GAGD8T
-Deep Blends Triblend markers (Gold Brown, Muted Brown): a.co/d/2rC2b68
Scrapbook Nerd playlist: • Scrapbook Nerd DT
Cricut Project Link: design.cricut....