Hello, have you ever sat in your crafting space, just
waiting for inspiration to strike? Well that was me recently; I had started
tidying it up but knew I needed to make a birthday card for my daughter,
Abigail. The new me is trying to be organised. No leaving it until the day
before it needs posting any more!
I wanted to incorporate heat embossing on vellum again after
trying it out the other week. I chose to use Elegant Eggplant, Old Olive and
Whisper White; more by luck than planning as it dawned on me while I was
working that the Wimbledon tennis championship was due to start the following
day. Does that give an indication as to how far in advance I was working?
I got my stamping press out to stamp the design on 2 tags in white card and vellum to ensure the design lined up. I used Versamark with
white embossing powder for the vellum and black for the cardstock. With the
card and vellum lined up I used the Scalloped Tag Topper punch which gives a
very pretty top edge. The corners at the
bottom were rounder to continue the softness. I have more ideas flooding my
brain using this punch. So many ideas, so little time.
While I coloured the design on the reverse of the vellum using
ink pads and blender pens, I water coloured very loosely, going over the
stamped lines, using the inkpads and aqua painters for an informal look. After
matting and layering, I felt my card looked a tad too white; the tags needed to
pop more. So, in keeping with the theme, I very quickly used my larger aqua
painter to water colour the card, just running the brush backwards and
forwards, leaving small area of white showing.
Neither ribbon in Old Olive or Elegant Eggplant showed up
after a search of the craft room; wouldn’t have expected it to really as I have
a very small stash of ribbons and embellishments. I did, however, have white! Although
I now have very inky fingers, I also have Elegant Eggplant ribbon. So, my quick
tip is to keep a supply of white ribbon of varying widths that can be coloured
when needed.
Of course, because this birthday card is for Abby, it HAD to include a bee! I was so lucky to win Dragonfly Dreams; the bee is just perfect.
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| The finished design - I hope she likes it |
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