Last weekend was my in-law's 44th wedding anniversary! This is the card I created for them:
I stamped the tree stems first and then the leaf images in both red and orange, stamping a second time without reinking to create the multiple shades. Then I had the most difficult time creating that vellum sentiment strip! I first tried heat embossing the black part and then adding in the gold embossed words, but I ended up with a little smattering of extra black embossing powder that just bothered me too much to ignore. But as each of the gold words is a separate stamp, it was a lot of work to do all the embossing again, plus, it really warps the vellum. So, I just tried stamping the main sentiment with a nice, dark, crisp black and then embossing the gold words separately. This time it looked sooooo much better. BUT, the vellum piece was so warped there was no way to adhere it to the panel and have it look good at all! Extremely frustrated, I decided to try a trick I learned from someone (Jennifer McQuire, perhaps) and stuck it under a really heavy book and left it overnight (luckily I had started far enough in advance--which isn't always the case!). The next morning, it was almost perfectly flat!!!! Yeay!!! So, I adhered the pale gray fence and strip on the top directly onto the vellum and then added liquid adhesive to the back of those pieces to attach it to the card. Success! In the photo below, you can see the sparkle and shine from the gold embossing powder; so pretty!
Stamps: CAS-ual Friday's "Calm and Gentle" tree and leaves; PaperTrey Ink "Inside & Out Love"
Dies: Sweet n' Sassy Stamps fence die
Challenges:
CAS(E) This Sketch #390--sketch
Paper Funday #21-anything goes with the optional twist: autumn/fall
Crafty Gals Corner #211--fall colours
Cuttlebug Mania--anything goes
Crafter's Cafe #251--seasons
Mod Squad Challenge--fall foliage
Double D Challenge--don't fence me in
Aud Sentiments #260--anything goes
YNS #148--Fall Festival
Crafty Friends #145--autumn colours
6 comments:
Just BEAUTIFUL Heather! And even though it took a little extra work ... your vellum embossed sentiment panel looks AMAZING! Great job! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D ‘Don’t Fence Me In’ challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often.
Darlene
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A very elegant CAS design,
Thanks for playing along with us at Aud Sentiments,
Hugz Tinz
Very pretty autumn card! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD DT {Nellies Nest}
What a lovely card to celebrate your in-love's special occasion. Thanks so much for linking up to the Double D challenge. Best of luck to you!
I love to watch Jennifer, she is so talented and smart.
Love your card and the use of Vellum
Thank you for joining us at Cuttlebug Mania
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Jannie
Such a elegant anniversary card. Very well done! Thank you for joining us over at Crafty Gals Corner Challenge. Best of luck and hope to see you again soon. DT~Jana Forrest
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