It is Wednesday and you know what that means-another great Challenge at Stampin' Royalty! With all my computer problems I was unable to participate last week, so I am glad to be back this week with the fun challenge TEXTURIZE!!!! Let's do some dry embossing. Pull out those Big Shots or embossing stylus and show us how you do it. The Design Team have came up with some fabulous samples so be sure to check them out, and I know everyone loves to add texture to their projects, so I can't wait to see yours :)
I find myself challenged two ways when creating a card: #1 I don't do Clean and Simple very well (I am working on it :) and #2 I find it hard to create Masculine themed cards, so I decided to try both lol! This is actually one of the cards that we will be doing at my upcoming Birthday Card Bash Class. I am also a self admitted Big Shot and Impression Folders junkie so I had no problem with this challenge!
The base of the card is Basic Gray then I layered on a piece of Baja Breeze that was dry embossed with the Perfect Polka Dots Impressions Folder. Then strips of DSP are used to create "candles", I used patterns from Elegant Soiree and The Regals Stack (Night of Navy) and also used a small part of the 3/4" Circle Punch along the top. To create the "flames" I stamped one of the petal images from the Build a Blossom set in Peach Parfait on So Saffron Card stock. Then I punched it out with the matching Blossoms Petals Punch. The sentiment is from Word Play (an awesome set!) nad was stamped using Basic Gray Ink on Very Vanilla, punched out with the 1 3/4" Circle then layered on to a piece of Soft Suede. To add just a touch more interest (really can not do "simple" well :) I used the Cog Punch, some Twill Tape and a 5/16 Neutrals Jumbo Brad in Silver. Simple enough-don't you think?!
Have a great day,
Hey, my birthday is tomorrow and I would have loved to get a card like this. Maybe I would have had green candles since it is St. Patrick's Day too. Thanks for telling us how you made the flame part - that is sooo neat. Another good reason to get that punch and stamp set! Thanks for sharing your card with us. Love your blog.
Posted by: Chris R. from Iowa | 03/16/2011 at 06:23 PM
I love how you made the flames its very clever. I also think the card is a really good male card.
Posted by: Monica | 03/16/2011 at 03:46 PM