Amazing!

Hi Bloggers.

So, the Crisscross die seems to have been really popular with everyone. Sorry, I won't be stocking any of the new dies in my Amazon Store as I just can't compete with the low prices some sellers sell their dies for. There are so many more sellers on Amazon selling craft products than there were when I started selling on there about 4 years ago. Lots of them are under-cutting me - but beware, they may catch you out on postage if you order more than 1 item. I shall be reviewing my sales and will have to decide whether it's still worth my while selling on there or if I should wind it down. I will, of course keep you posted.

Here's today's card -

For the background, I placed a couple of the Gold Ovals One Dies towards the left-hand side of a piece of Mauve Card and ran it through the Grand Calibur with the cut sandwich. I wanted to add some texture so, leaving the dies in place, I embossed with the A4 Tapestry Embossing Folder. It's very inportant that when embossing through the die, the folder is NOT closed. The sandwich you need for these folders is the base plate,  folder (open), card with dies cutting edge up, tan mat and raspberry plate.You may want to add a piece of card or 2 as a shim if the emboss is not deep enough. I rubbed Pearl Moon Gilding Wax all over the surface.

I stamped the Delicate Lily using Jet Black Archival and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Embossing Powder. I coloured the petals in using Violet Frost Mica Powder from the Cosmic Shimmer Garden Flora Mica Spray Set. I coloured the leaves in using Soft Moss Cosmic Shimmer Matt Drawing Ink from the Garden Twist Set. I cut it out using a Spellbinders Classic Ovals Large die and inked through the die with Dusty Concord Distress Ink.

I stamped the sentiment from the Creative Expressions Heartfelt Sentiments stamp set using Jet Black Archival and embossed with Cosmic Shimmer Clear Embossing Powder. I cut it out using Spellbinders Nobel Rectangles and inked through the die with Dusty Concord.

I tied a bow using White Crochet Ribbon and added a Frosted Violet Dazzler.

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

Thanks for stopping by.

Julia.