Sorry I've been absent from here for a few days, I've been buried knee deep in Legos, Bionicles, and school papers. I *Clean-Sweeped* my youngest son's room. Took ALL of his belongings out into the garage, laid them out on a big paint drop cloth and have been sorting. Who knew a 9 year old boy could collect so many things and keep them in his tiny room!
Anyway, this card is the second project for tomorrow night. Layout and color selection are from the new SU! catalog, however, there are many modifications so I am not going to call it a case.
This particular flower image is THE reason I wanted this set, Garden Silhouettes, a hostess set from the newest SU! catalog. I get many sets for THAT one image I have to have, not sure it balances out the cost savings overall, but I do know I get my use out of images that I just love.
So this card is fairly straight forward, the image is stamped with Craft White onto River Rock card stock. While the ink is still wet, I applied clear embossing powder and heated the image until the powder melted. Then just applied Brocade Blue ink with a dauber around the image. The ink resists where the embossing has been applied. The edges distressed and image is matted on a small distressed vanilla layer, then add a couple of brads in the upper left. Finished panel is matted on a Mellow Moss card base with a Brocade Blue accent piece. Tied off with a moss grosgrain, and this sentiment less card is very versatile for many occasions.
Have a beautiful day!
Off to the garage I go, there are many Legos to sort through, my goal for today!
All supplies are SU! and listed above.
18 comments:
A very beautiful card. I don't have this set but want to try the layout with a different set. Thanks for sharing. Mary
What a beautiful and elegant card, love it.
This is such a soft and lovely card, Val! Do you think I could get away with that garage trick with my 18yo?
What a beauty! I, too, wish to try this layout , but of course, with a different set ...MaggieSt:)
This is so soft and elegant! My favorite type of card.
LOVELY! i always forget this technique... dunno why~ and the colors are nice too
Hey Val, this is lovely!! So many occasions it would be perfect for! I chose that set too, but for the 'Cherry Blossom' stem!!
Ya'wanna come help me Clean Sweep my stampin garage?? Oy vey whatta mess!!!
I wondered where you've been! This is the only image I've used so far from this set, too, Val -- I love it! Love the colors of your card and the resist technique!
So soft and beautiful!
Beautiful. I don't know how many sets I have gotten for one image. lol
Beautiful colors on this. And I totally agree that this is a great set (although I do like more than one of the images - LOL!). Terrific card.
Beautiful and elegant! This is my favorite stamp in the set, too--this and the Queen Anne's Lace (or dill, whatever it is) but I've yet to use it. Don't know what I'm saving it for...
This is beautiful as ALWAYS my friend!! BTW-did I win the door prize? ;)
pssssst, you've been tagged, go look at my blog :)
I can so relate to the legos, bionicles, etc.... I need to sort too! I love the card! Thank you for the directions also! Your bog always make me love a set that I had no intention of getting! TFS
I meant BLOG! UGH! Off to unpack my SU order....
Oh yeaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh!
I just knew this set had beautiful potential! Love this!
~Tex
Val, this is sooo beautiful! Thanks so much for sharing it!
This is gorgeous. I have been thinking of a set that would be good for the emboss resist technique and I don't know why I didn't think of this one. Now I have another to add to my list. Thanks for the wonderful inspiration.
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