Using a brick wall stencil, I went over it with a rough mixture of
black, copper, and white embossing paste. It came out way to dark and
too shiny so I then sponged white gesso over it to lighten it and dull
it down a bit. I also splattered a bit of the white gesso on it and
then trimmed it with a square die. I popped it up on the card base with
fun foam.
I stamped the sentiment in grey and trimmed it with a narrow strip die
sentiment. I die cut the wreath twice out of scrap cs and once out of
off white shimmer cs, glued them together and added it to the brick
wall.
For my second card today, I needed to make a sympathy card so used Can You Handle the Pressure's "Something Starting with F". I went with a floral embossing folder and a flower for my focal image.
I inked up the stamp with Tombow markers, trimmed the panel with a stitched rectangle die, popped it up on fun foam on a background embossed with a floral folder, and added a drop of yellow Liquid Pearls to the centre of the flower.
Supplies for card 1:
Stamps - Penny Black sentiment
Ink - Distress Pumice Stone and Hickory Smoke, Versafine Smokey Gray
Paper - mixed media cs, chalk cs, off white shimmer cs
Size - 4.75" square
Accessories - MFT brick wall stencil, Dreamweaver black,
copper, and white embossing paste, Sizzix wreath die, fun foam, white
gesso, narrow strip die
Supplies for card 2:
Stamps - SU Love and Sympathy flower, unknown sentiment
Ink - Memento Tuxedo Black
Paper - white cs
Size - A2
Accessories - Craft Concepts embossing folder, Tombow markers, Lil Inkers stitched rectangle, fun foam, liquid pearl
Such a soft and pretty floral!
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That brick wall done with embossing paste through a stencil looks terrific Susan, and I love the white holly wreath over the top, and then your very pretty flower using markers straight to stamp works beautifully over the flower EF background and perfect for a sympathy card. x
ReplyDeleteSusan... absolutely love your brick wall! I have never tried combining embossing pastes...such a great idea and effect! Thanks for sharing this wonderful card with The Paper Players.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful Masculine Christmas card. Thanks for playing at 52 CCT challange.
ReplyDeleteI think your brick wall is fabulous. At first, I thought you'd used paper but I saw the great texture and colour variation and read you'd created it with pastes. Great idea! Have a wide border and that lovely wreath really makes the design pop. Thanks for playing along with my CAS Masculine challenge at The Paper Players.
ReplyDeleteBoth of your cards are lovely and suit the occasions perfectly!
ReplyDeleteLovely, lovely cards. They are so beautiful in their simplicity. I pinned for future reference. Lots of wonderful work here, and great take on the challenge. Thanks for playing along with us over at Can You Handle the Pressure, I hope we see you back again soon.
ReplyDeleteJudy~ CYHTP DT Designer
lovely masculine card, thank you for playing along with the 52 CCT challenge - Tracey DT
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