This one is a square card for a change, and I've been making a few of them lately and I've enjoyed the change in proportion.
I love, love LOVE the Medallion stamp, it can be used in so many ways for so many occasions.
Here it has a textured Very Vanilla base, 10" x 5" folded, followed by a Basic Black layer with distressed edges. Tying the colours all together is a piece of the wonderfully useful "Newsprint" Designer Series Paper. I've really ripped into this layer, tearing and rolling to give a distressed appearance. The image layer is Confetti Cream, and I started the Medallion image by inking up with River Rock. I then daubered a small amount of Basic Black ink around the edges of the "branches" before stamping. I repeated the image on a second piece of Confetti Cream, this time using Sahara Sand and Basic Black. I trimmed the centre circular motif and distressed the edges with the Cutter Kit distresser tool, mounting it over the base layer circle, with Stampin' Dimensionals for a bit of 'pop' The finishing touch is a pewter "build-a-brad" with s 1/2" punched circle of Newsprint paper under the epoxy dome. Now that I've shown you my little trick with the "Dog Bone" punch below, you'll know how I created the double layered Modern Label punch. I used the "Party This Way" stamp set for the greeting, it's my current "go to" birthday sentiment. All done, and the recipient was happy too :) It's been CASE'd a few times by my regular crafting ladies, so I hope you like it too!
1 comment:
This is a great card Michelle, very elegant in its own way and I think the square card suits the design. Well done.
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