The Beauty of Life

Hi Bloggers.

This is my final card from the shows last Friday for a while as tomorrow I'll start sharing some cards from my shows on Monday. I do have a few more cards from this set to share - I'll pop them in later at some time.

This card is another re-vamp of a card we make with Sue at a workshop a few years ago. It uses the Faux Batik technique that is on her DVD if you're lucky enough to have a copy - I've used it many times.

So, for the faux batik background, I dusted a piece of Coconut White with my anti-static bag and then randomly stamped some of the flowers from the Creative Expressions Whimsical Floral Stamp Set using Perfect Medium. I stamped a few at a time and then added Cosmic Shimmer Clear Embossing Powder. When I had the coverage that I wanted, I heat set the embossing powder. I then folded the card this way and that and then turned it over and folded a few more times. With the right side up, I spritzed with some water. I put some Aged Mahogany Distress Ink onto my brayer and ran it diagonally across my background. I dried the brayer off and then applied some Barn Door Distress Ink and filled in the gaps. I used a kitchen towel to remove the excess ink from the embossed flowers. I put it aside to dry.

I stamped one of the large flowers from the stamp set 3 times using Cosmic Shimmer Coral Glow Aurora Embossing Powder from the Brights Set and cut them out with scissors leaving a border around them.

I cut a frame out of red card using the largest and the next but one largest of the Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles Die Set. I stamped the sentiment using Perfect Medium and embossed with the Coral Glow Aurora Powder. I cut it out using the Resplendent Rectangle die in between the ones used to cut the frame. I didn't bother to emboss the die cut as it would be hidden. I did ink the area around the sentiment with Barn Door using Cut n Dry Foam.

I assembled the card as shown adding some dots of Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent PVA in White around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia,