Those of you who are new to my blog may not know that I’m on the Crazy 4 Challenges design team. We post a new challenge every week so I encourage you to pop on over and join us! Our challenges can be anything from colour and sketch challenges to inspiration photos and themes. This week we had a wide open theme to simply make a card for World Card Making Day! Super easy right?
I made my card to also satisfy The Paper Players Tic Tac Toe challenge #412. The column I chose included the prompts Green, Any Embossing and sequins/glitter. Sadly and typically, I missed linking up to the challenge in time. Oh well, {insert loud sigh here}. The background was stamped with the Simon Says Stamp Modern Rose Bloom with embossing ink and heat set with white pearl embossing powder. The leaves were cut with a SSS die out of some sheer vellum. I like this particular vellum (sorry it’s really old so I don’t have a manufacturer) because it is so sheer. Two layers filled in a bit more space and looked elegant too.
I went with a simple die cut sentiment to finish the card. The stamps and dies are by PTI; I stamped it in embossing ink and added Gold Perfect Pearls mica powder which sticks to the ink. Don’t forget to add a mist of water to any Perfect Pearls you use as that helps activate the gum Arabic which is in the powder. I cut up some foam adhesive into thin strips and added it to the back of the die cut. I covered every surface so it would help hold the vellum down. To anchor the remaining leaves, I added some sequins placing my adhesive behind them so it would be hidden. Any time you use vellum, it takes some creativity to hide the adhesive. I never use any kind of vellum adhesive, or any other adhesive for that matter, as it always shows at least a bit. It drives me crazy if any shows.
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Enjoy, Rebecca
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Beautiful card and love the use of vellum. All the best with your new blog.
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