Fun challenge today! I think the dies I chose to use made it a little more involved, but I like the look.
Funny thing happened on my way to completing the challenge...my heat gun threw a rod or something. Sparks flew out the back end & it quit! Well, maybe because I jerked the plug outta the wall, but what else could I do? So DH sees the heat gun carcass laying there like a dead dinosaur and says "Hmmm... I guess you'll quit making cards now." Ha. Funny man. He should know by now that I have back ups for my back ups! I just whipped out my second stringer, plugged her in and away we went. Men are so silly some times.
I started by using a glue stick & attaching some heavy duty aluminum foil to a piece of white card stock. Then I die cut the asters, vase, and viney leaf. I added color to the foil topped c/s w/ Copics then applied the Versmark, clear ep & heated. I repeated the powder & heating 3 times to build up a little clear topping.
I stamped the greeting and die cut w/ the stitched border. Added a chocolate layer then did the largest stitch border on my card front.
Thanks so much for looking! It's up on my blog w/ closeups & colors of Copics The Write Stuff
Date: Monday, June 23, 2014 GMT Views: 1983
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Registered: February 9, 2010 Location: Mentone, California Posts: 7361
Tue, Jun 24, 2014 @ 8:51 PM
OH WOW!!! This is jaw dropping BEEE-U-T-FUL!!! Love how your asters turned out...so GORGEOUS! I loved reading your deets...sorry to hear about your heat gun...so glad you had your back up ready to go! Oh and I have wanted those stitched rectangles since they came out...beautiful use of them! Faved and pinned...
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Wed, Jun 25, 2014 @ 4:14 PM
I'm glad you had a back up - what a beautiful card! You sure chose a more difficult project, but WOW, the results are fantastic! My DH (Mr. Fix It) would have pounced on that broken gun! If it can be fixed he can do it and he loves the challenge. Sometimes it irritates me, because I really wanted to replace the item.
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Sat, Jun 28, 2014 @ 9:33 PM
Absolutely, positively stunning! I would love to see it IRL, because I know the photo can't possibly do it justice!
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