This card will be going to my nephew and his fiancee who just became engaged.
The main image is called Boofle - LOVE him - and was handcut from the Docrafts Designer Decoupage Sheet which has around 24 different designs and put together using the paper tole method (we call the layering paper tole where I live in Australia but it is called decoupage in the UK). I popped all the layers up with dimensionals.
Both the cream and pink designer papers are from one of my favourite ranges - Basic Grey Kissing Booth. I ran the cream paper through my Big Shot using the embossing folder from Cuttlebug's Love Language combo set twice because the paper was too wide for the embossing folder (fortunately this was one of the folders that I could match up the design) - and the pink paper using the Cuttlebug Jamara embossing folder (which is a large 5" x 7" folder) then sanded it lightly to add a few highlights. I love the texture that the Jamara folder added to the card. I added a strip of 1"/25mm wide cream satin ribbon underneath then attached this to my Kraft cardstock base. All the corners were punched with a Stampin' Up corner punch.
I stamped the sentiment onto the same cream designer paper using Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate ink then added some Kaisercraft Lippy Red rhinestones around the scalloped circle edge which was also diecut from the pink designer paper. The sentiment panel is up on dimensionals.
Lastly, I tied some May Arts pink button twine through a wooden button I found in my stash, added Fray Stop to the ends to stop the twine from unravelling, then glued the button on.
I think this card could double as a Valentine's Day card or for a Wedding Anniversary.
Stamps: Sentiment by Stamp-It Australia - siset014 sentiment set
Paper: Basic Grey Kissing Booth
Ink: Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate
Accessories: Boofle by Docrafts Decoupage Sheet, dimensionals, pink button twine, wooden button, Spellbinder Circle + Scallop Circle Nesties, Big Shot, CB Love Language + Jamara ef, Lippy Red rhinestones, cream ribbon, Kraft cs, SU corner punch
Registered: October 21, 2010 Location: in the okanagan in b.c. canada Posts: 13012
Mon, Feb 11, 2013 @ 8:42 PM
AAWWEEEEE...he is sooooo soooooo cute. \your right it would be great as either, all this love here. great job with the distressed embossing, looks neat, might have to give it a try...TFS
------------------------------ We as people are raindrops of colorful ink , falling down Crisp and Clear, each a different shade more vibrant then the last, but once we realize at the bottom of an endless abyss we all fall into the same inkpot forming one color, only then can we come together as one My son.
Registered: January 29, 2006 Location: Mount Forest,Ontario Canada Posts: 11581
Tue, Feb 12, 2013 @ 4:45 AM
Love that totally adorable "knit" image, Jocelyn. You've accomplished this technique beautifully. What a fun "congratulations" card this will be for your nephew and his fiancee
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Registered: May 9, 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 8703
Tue, Feb 12, 2013 @ 2:29 PM
Cute, cute, cute!
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