Hi! This card was made for today's Technique Lovers Challenge: Cut It Out. The challenge was to cut out borders from embossed papers, or from designer papers to form a border.
Speedy the Cat was helping me sort through some of my "bows gone bad" the yesterday, and he presented me with this ribbon. I placed it on my desk, determined to use it today. When I saw today's challenge I thought about the ribbon and the rest just came together.
To create the CUT IT OUT border, I ran a piece of Memory Box designer paper through the Vine Cuttlebug folder. I rubbed an Always Artichoke pad over the raised areas to color the vine. Next, I cut out the stems and leaves to the RIGHT of the main limb. This gave a distinct border. To finish, I used foam tape to adhere the Vine to the background.
The image was stamped 4 times onto watercolor paper. I outlined each petal, on each of the 4 flowers, with an Apricot Appeal marker and then used an aqua painter to blend. Next, I cut out all 4 flowers and layered them with foam tape. I added a Tigers Eye for the center.
The white background is Gourd Guts Paper. My friend makes this by scooping out the insides of gourds. She blends it with Linen and water. Next, she spreads the goop onto screens to dry. This creates a grayish paper. I took several sheets home a few months ago and sprayed them with household bleach and WOW!
Registered: August 24, 2005 Location: northwest Ks. Posts: 1501
Mon, Feb 09, 2009 @ 7:07 AM
Beautiful as always, This really is over the top. I love the gourd guts paper, I make paper but never thought of using that Ha.
Ks,stamper
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Evelynn
Registered: March 21, 2006 Location: sunny southern california Posts: 20098
Mon, Feb 09, 2009 @ 7:17 AM
What a beauty, Faith. I wish I had half your energy in the mornig to create a card with all these steps!
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Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105214
Mon, Feb 09, 2009 @ 7:24 AM
I love the cout out leaves and that beautiful flower!!
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Registered: March 29, 2005 Location: Nevada Posts: 11671
Mon, Feb 09, 2009 @ 7:35 AM
Gorgeous in everyway! I love all your cut outs and the brads seem just perfect as well as that beautiful bow to complete all the great dimension and texture!
Registered: July 18, 2006 Location: Beautiful, British Columbia, Canada Posts: 24229
Mon, Feb 09, 2009 @ 7:44 AM
Wonderful card! Love the vine and the layered flower.
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