This card was made for today's Featured Stamper Challenge. Congrats to Kathleen Curry on being honored this week. I enjoyed looking through your gallery. I chose this card to CASE:
I have always loved this color combination and I had never tried this particular version of Burned Batik background. I had a little trouble actulally getting the embossing powder to melt into the paper and ended up actually scorching some areas, but it's ok...it just adds to the aged look. I stamped the PTI leaf flourishes in Versamark and then added clear EP to the images. I melted this and then sponged my background colors on. Then I used my heat tool to try and melt the powder into the paper (this is where I had some problems. I ended up using the old method of an iron with some scrap paper covering it to remove the EP. Then I wheeled the piece with the Rough Texture Wheel and the Travel Journal Wheel. I used the Heart Border punch instead of the Eyelet Border Punch and used a large Heart stamp from Love Always as my greeting panel.
I got to try out my new Spellbinder's Mini Blossoms die and used the Sweet Cuts Leaf Die and some smaller flowers to finish it off. I still love this color combo!
What do you think?
Date: Sunday, February 9, 2014 GMT Views: 3820
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Registered: March 5, 2007 Location: Coatesville, Pennsylvania Posts: 44975
Sun, Feb 09, 2014 @ 6:00 PM
Kathy, this is amazing!!! I LOVE these colors together! Delightful card!
------------------------------ Lesley Proud Fan Club and RAK Member He is the GOD of the Impossible!!!! Kookzi the Rookzie Punchkateer It is by the grace of God that we take our next breath.
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Registered: April 4, 2006 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 6368
Sun, Feb 09, 2014 @ 6:14 PM
Beautiful, Kathy! The colors are stunning and your card is just perfectly elegant with the wonderful background technique and gorgeous flowers. You have intrigued me about the technique-sounds like something I need to try!
Registered: September 21, 2006 Location: In the beautiful Sequatchie Valley, Home of the Paper Clip Project - The National Cornbread Festival Posts: 26563
Mon, Feb 10, 2014 @ 6:28 AM
I love the colors on this one, and especially your beautiful heart and the wonderful way you have framed it with these gorgeous blossoms... TFS
------------------------------ Happy Stamping Vicki One of Kota's Kids ***A Proud Fan Club Member *** QFTD81.... FS295