My DH recently bought me more cuttlebug dies than I can count, so I've set a goal of using them every day to make a new card, I'll be wearing out my "B" plates in no time. The ribbon slide is from...well, the ribbon slide die. It's cut from white chipboard, then embellished by directly applying the mauve ink, then embossing in clear. Another layer of mauve, then clear embossing. The next two layers are versamark over the entire slide, then ash rose in selected spots. Before the last layer of embossing powder is heated, ink a script stamp with black pigment ink, and stamp it on the slide while the embossing powder layers are still warm. Hold it for a count of 10, then remove - voila! "Thanks" is from the Oliva alphabet set, again, cut from chipboard, and this one had two layers of ink/embossing, again using the ash rose in selcted areas only. I wanted the word to "pop" more than it was, so ran the die through the 'bug again with black cardstock, and mounted it to create a shadow effect. The embossed background is of course the D'vine swirls folder. The embossed pieces are lovely and shiny IRL, I love this technique, it's easy to create smething that looks like a store bought embellishment. TFL!
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Registered: July 18, 2006 Location: Beautiful, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 24229
Tue, Oct 30, 2007 @ 1:17 PM
Well, hubby made some big point with that purchase. Can only see the tumbnail for now, but like the writing.
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Registered: October 23, 2007 Location: Wellington, Beautiful New Zealand Posts: 4150
Tue, Oct 30, 2007 @ 3:28 PM
lol - I'm a little attached to him by now, but I would consider trading him for one of those DIY hubbys - at least long enough to get a stamping studio built!
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Tue, Oct 30, 2007 @ 5:59 PM
Beautiful card. Love the use of chipboard for the slider and the "thanks", and the black to give the shadow effect. Into my favs. Thanks for the great ideas.
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Wed, Oct 31, 2007 @ 5:20 PM
What a great gift! I'll have to tell my husband that he is welcome to buy me loads of CB stuff too!
and, of course, I LOVE this card!
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