The World is Full of Beautiful Things

Hi Bloggers.

I'm here with a sneaky peak of one of the samples from the shows on Friday. A few days early this time as I want to give you a head start with some of the lovely embossing powders on the show. I have the Cosmic Shimmer Metallics & Darks Set on the show again as it flew out last time. I also have the Cosmic Shimmer Bright Mix which are really yummy. I think it's good to have a change and use different colour embossing powders and, of course, many of these powders have the added benefit of a shimmer too. All the stamp sets on the show have been designed by Sam Poole.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I randomly stamped some of the stamps from the Creative Expressions Natures Wonders Stamp Set using Pumice Stome Distress Ink, Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink and Jet Black Archival. I made sure they were dry and then ran it through the Grand Calibur with the Grid Mask which was at a bit of a jaunty angle. I removed the mask and inked all over with Pumice Stone Distress Ink using Cut n Dry Foam.

I stamped the main image from the same stamp set using Perfect Medium and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Navy Viola Blaze Embossing Powder from the Bright set. I cut it out using Spellbinders Wavy Rectangles and inked through the die with Pumice Stone and then Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks. I stamped and embossed the area with the butterfly on it again. I cut the butterfly out, shaped the wings and added it on top of the large image.

I stamped the sentiment from the same stamp set again using Perfect Medium and embossed with Navy Viola Blaze Embossing Powder. I cut it out using Spellbinders Resplendent Rectangles and inked through the die with Pumice Stone and Chipped Sapphire Distress Inks.

I added a couple of Faux Screw Brads in Antique Silver to my background and assembled the card as shown. I added some dots of Cosmic Shimmer Pearlescent PVA in Silver Lustre around the edges.

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.