Well, this was originally going to be for the CAS challenge, but it sort of got away from the simple as time went on. I started by using the direct to paper technique to make my Crumb Cake rectangle. I purposely didn't press in the middle to leave some white in the center. I inked my flowers in Cantaloupe then rocked the edges in Coral and stamped the first one; for the second I stamped off the Cantaloupe then rocked the Coral. For the sentiment I inked in Versamark then Coral and embossed in clear. I got the sentiment a bit crooked, so I decided to tear my panel and then use a tilted panel look so I could straighten out the sentiment....sneaky!! I got a little edge stamping by mistake so I decided to add some spatter to try to hide this a bit....sneaky again!! I diecut my leaves then sponged with Crumb Cake as well before removing from the die. I had my double brad bow ready to go (used a candy dot brad base with a pearl) with two loops of Crumb Cake seam binding.
Date: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 GMT Views: 3762
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Sat, Nov 15, 2014 @ 1:35 PM
Gail, thank you! I learned three clever tricks from reading your description. This card would be beautiful even without the write-up, but knowing the tricks you used makes it amazing!
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Wed, Nov 26, 2014 @ 8:17 AM
Getting back to looking at galleries today and so glad I came across your card! It's a beauty! I love those flowers and you are very sneaky about hiding the two little irregularities you describe. I went back and looked because I sure didn't see them until I read your description. Now if I can just remember this when I mess up my sentiment the next time.
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