I'm hosting this week's color challenge and chose Fresh Freesia, Rich Razzleberry and Evening Evergreen. The dessert option, should you choose to partake, is dry embossing.
I'm not sure what I was thinking when I chose Dry embossing - it wasn't really working with the stamp I thought I would use. Luckily, I came across a post by Sandi MacIver referring to an idea by another artist, Enna, and a video that Sandi made about an embossing folder technique. True to my usual approach I didn't exactly follow the directions, partly due to the fact that my stash is a bit different. Anyway, I tried the general idea with this weeks colors and ended up with several sheets. Sandi shows this technique by coloring in the background (negative space) with black. I just applied my darkest color, Evening Evergreen, directly to the folder, hoping it would provide good coverage and ... it did! The hardest part was deciding to cut it into 2 pieces. I added some gold accents and a corner leaf embellishment die cut from another of the pieces. I think the other pieces are destined for February birthday cards as I need several more this week...
I hope you get a chance to join us in this week's challenge. Happy Valentine's Day!
eta: Here is the video that inspired me: Please note that this isn't quite what I did. I spelled that out in my next post that shows what I did with the rest of my piece. The first time I watched this, it was with the sound off since I didn't want to wake DH. But that was enough to inspire me me to play! It's even better with the sound on!!!
Date: Monday, February 13, 2023 GMT Views: 655
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Wow, Chris, your card is absolutely beautiful! I will have to check out Sandi's post! I love the colored/embossed panel over the white embossing! The corner leaves are perfect!
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Tue, Feb 14, 2023 @ 5:39 PM
Chris, this card is amazing and inspirational. I will have to give this technique a try for sure! Gorgeous! Gorgeous! Gorgeous!
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Wed, Feb 15, 2023 @ 4:44 AM
Chris, some fab techniques and the panel came out stunning. I especially love the gold. Great way to use the super pretty colors you chose. Hugz
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