Fun challenge! Haven't made a card w/ a flap in a while. This would have been a fairly quick (for me, lol) card if I hadn't gotten a little tricky w/ double cut/embossed main panel and the flap frame. I don't know why I do this to myself. But y'all know how it is; you have a picture in your head and it seems to be workable until you actually try it. Then a whole new set of problems show up and you have to work all the kinks out. This is one of 'those' cards.
The main panel was stamped w/ the Brilliance ink. Then I thought, if I emboss the cross it might look good. So I did. Then I had to do the out of the box tech to keep from cutting off the top of the cross. Then I had to emboss only around the edges to keep from wiping out the embossed cross. Then I had to put the cross back on and cut only the top. It was like that old commercial: one friend tells 2, then they tell 2, and so on...
The lighter bg was stamped w/ the lavender ink and the concord was used on the darker bg and the flap insert. I cut a frame using the largest label 16 die and inserted the bg into it. A large, 1/2 inch Faux Brad was added.
Thanks so much for looking! I'll have this up on my blog a little later. My blog:The Write Stuff. Sorry! I had to delete a bunch of really old posts from my blog & this is one of them.
Date: Friday, October 22, 2010 GMT Views: 1174
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Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 5:14 PM
What an absolutely lovely monochromatic card!! I love those purples and your stunning layout and embossing. Gorgeous job with your flap
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Fri, Oct 22, 2010 @ 8:36 PM
Julie, your card is spectacular. The colors are great together and your embossing is truly a winner. This is fabulous.
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Sun, Oct 24, 2010 @ 5:13 AM
Gorgeous Julie!
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