To welcome a new baby girl for my niece, I am playing to the CAS Colours & Sketches theme for this slimline card giving it a 90 degree rotation. “Félicitations” (Congratulations) is dry embossed onto the top layer with the aperture gold heat embossed border and then lined with a dry embossed pink vellum. Teddy is hanging onto the bow and the 3 tiny heart die cuts were gold heat embossed to match.
Playing to CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #487. An aperture to mimic the sketch over a little white tissue paper, textured on a card base and embellished with gold EP. Gold thread entwined over the center of a lacy poinsettia die cut. Joyeuses Fêtes (Happy Holidays) word die to title the Christmas card.
Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna
Supplies: Simply Graphic word die; MFT stitched horizontal strips; Tatterd Lace poinsettia die; WOW gold pearl EP; gold thread.
Playing to Hilary’s Gesso Stencil combo over at the CAS Mix Up September Challenge. For this card I made a gessoed panel with the Carta Bella Wander and Find stencil and then ink blended with Fossil Green OI. I then stamped and white heat embossed an eucalyptus branch. A little Finetec watercolour was added to the leaves and a scored background white card stock was used as the base.
Thanks for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna
Supplies: Carta Bella Wander and Find stencil; Oxide Inks; White EP; Finetec watercolour; MFT horizontal Stitch Strip die; Score Board
“Use Vellum” is the theme over at Less Is More Challenge #472. I applied this technique before and had so much fun I had to try it again, but this time with a die-cut. I used AIs on the underside of the vellum, glued the die-cuts and cleaned the edges with 99% alcohol.
A little Coucou to the gals over at CAS Mix Up Challenge. The theme for August is “emboss resist” so I alternated masking to each side of the die cut feather so I could stamp and white heat embossed each side with a different stamp. Some Ost. blue Brushos was sprinkled and spritzed with water. A little Schmincke AquaBronze rich gold powder was also added for some shimmer. After double stacking the feather some gold thread was wrapped around the stem and adhered to a white card base. “Juste une note” (Just a note) was stamped and gold heat embossed twice.
Thank you so much for stopping by, HUGz, Joanna
Supplies: SSS Feathers die-cut; Bushos; Schmincke AquaBronze pigment; White EP; gold thread; Simple à Souhait stamp; Hero Arts stamp K5445; Hampton Art Stamp DF2635
This poor flutter was heat embossed for I don’t know how many layers…hence the title. Never give up on an idea. Playing with CAS Colours & Sketches Challenge #480 and Less is More Challenge #470. The sentiment “tu es unique” (you are unique) seemed suiting for this card 😉
This is not a natural approach to Christmas, yet I thought that the colourful feathers would bring a flimsical theme to the gnomes’ beards, hence a candy cane allure. I chose the feathers according to the Color Throwdown Challenge #698 of red felt for the hat & nose, the pink, yellow and green for the feather beards. Hard to see, but the shoes are die cut from glitter paper of the same colours. Noël was stamped in black.