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A Golden Hello

By on June 27, 2019 in Classes, Paper Crafting

Hi there! I’m on Day 4 at the Altenew 3D Floral Focus class with a fun card share today! The topic was to use less layers of the die cuts to create a modern vibe.

Believe it or not, I was going for a modern look here, but it absolutely turned into FANCY! Lol. That happens sometimes.

Before I die cut the flowers, I ink blended some Distress Inks in ombre fashion onto some 80# cardstock, then I splattered some of the same color of paint and gold watercolor paint onto the panel. I then die cut some flowers, reserving the darker portion of the panel for the furthest back florals.

I layered them up, but I didn’t use a complete floral layer for each of them..only 2 or three layers each. After I found an arrangement I liked, I adhered them down with liquid adhesive and splattered the entire panel with gold watercolor paint.

A golden hello

I die cut the hello sentiment out of gold foil paper and adhered it to the center of the card. Only two corners got the corner-rounded treatment before I added the entire panel to a gold glitter 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2 panel. Then the whole thing was added to a 110# card base.

I absolutely love how it turned out, but it really took on a life of it’s own!

For the colors of this card, I was inspired by the photo below, so I’m also entering the June Altenew Challenge with this card.

I’ve linked the supplies below, as I get asked often about what products I used. Affiliate links are used when possible, so if you make a purchase through these links, I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep up my blog and bring you more fun projects like this one. Thanks for your support!







I hope you enjoyed my modern/fancy floral card! lol.






		
		
			
			
		
	





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Dry Embossing with a Stencil
By  on June 6, 2019  in Paper Crafting   

	

	    

Hello! Today I am going to encourage you to try this at home: a fun technique that adds such flair to a handmade card. That technique is using a stencil to dry emboss on your card panel.





I must first say: it’s difficult to capture the embossed look on camera, so I’m going to show you some close up photos first.






		
		
			
			
		
	
See that embossed look…notice the lower leaves






		
		
			
			
		
	
Dots added for interest





Can you see the embossing? A photo is so tricky to capture that! But in real life, it adds another dimension and is oh-so-pretty!





To finish off this card, I added some dots to the leaves, and bubble embellishments to the flowers.






		
		
			
			
		
	





I have a short video to show you how to do this, watch it below or on YouTube:













See, fun and easy…and pretty quick to add some flair to your card.





I hope you enjoyed this bonus technique about stencils. Did you see my first video on how to use a stencil 5 ways? See it here.





I’m often asked what supplies I’ve used on my projects, so I’ve added the list here. Affiliate links are used when available at no extra charge to you, if you purchase a product using these links I may receive a small commission. These help me to keep these projects coming and cover blog costs. Thanks for your support!












		
		
			
			
		
	
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