Thursday, May 26, 2016

NASTURTIUM SYMPATHY

Hi there,

Today I'm sharing a sympathy card made with the May reveal Nasturtium #2 Set 783.

Nasturtium Sympathy

To begin with, I stamped the nasturtium panel in Versamark on black cardstock and heat embossed with Gold Detail.

Nasturtium Sympathy

I put some bleach into my Waterbrush and colored in the leaves. I let the bleach do it's magic! If you go over areas a couple of times, it will give varied results in the colors. Because the embossed lines are raised, the bleach tends to stay within the lines more easily than if were just stamped.

Nasturtium Sympathy

I made a second panel exactly the same way and then for the third panel, I colored in the flowers instead of the leaves! After trimming the three panels, I taped them together (turning the flower-colored one the other way) and attached them to a piece of Gold Mirror Cardstock.

Nasturtium Sympathy

I made a little sheer gold bow (with my Craft-Dee BowZ tool - this makes these awesome little bows so easy to do!) and attached it to the corner of the base of the card. Then a big gold brad was attached to the center of the bow, through the panel. It was then layered to a black card base.

Nasturtium Sympathy

The sentiment, from Sympathy Set 579, was stamped in Versamark and also heat embossed with the Gold Detail. I cut out the saying using the Spellbinders Media Mixage Die (MD2-001). Then I took the Versamarker and edged the die cut with Gold Detail. This gave a bit of a distressed look to the sentiment. This was then tucked under the bow and attached with a Foam square to give it a little dimension.

I'd like to join in on the following challenges:
Aurora Wings Challenge #29: Clean and Simple
Craft-Dee Bowz: May Challenge: Use a handmade bow
Our Crafty Corner: Challenge #9: Anything goes


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Hope you liked my share today.

Till next time,

Shona

11 comments:

  1. WOW...stunning card and beautiful technique...how I wish I had ordered this stamp!! Love, love it my friend!!!

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  2. Very interesting! The black, gold, and bleaching technique goes really well together! Great idea to turn the middle panel upside down with the flowers bleached. Such detail!!!

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  3. Wow, wow, wow! This is just brillaint - in color and design! These are such hard cards to make but this is one that is just breathtaking. Great job, Shona! ♥

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  4. Shona, this is absolutely stunning. I love all the metallic design and shimmer. I love that bleach was involved too! The bleach brings out some amazing colors.

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  5. How elegant, Miss Shona! It's been a while since I used bleach! I have used all colors of EP with bleach, but never gold! Amazing! And your shading is wonderful! The card design could not be prettier! I'm casing this one COMPLETELY, lol magic always happens with gold EP, and you have mastered that magic beautifully! Hugs, de

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  6. Stunning card, such beautiful details and will be very much appreciated by the recipient. The ribbon matches the bleach areas beautifully. Stunning design. Love the black and gold.
    Have a good weekend.
    Faith
    x

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  7. This is so beautiful and elegant, Shona! What a great technique with the bleach to create varied color effect here. Thank you for joining our CAS challenge at Aurora Wings. Mitzi xx

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  8. What a gorgeous card and fabulous technique, Shona! I'm going to have to try this myself. Thank you the step by step and for joining our CAS challenge at Aurora Wings. xxD

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  9. I'm back with my other hat, Shona!

    Thanks for joining us in the {Our Crafty Corner Challenge}! Hope to see more of your pretty projects again soon! Please check back to see if you are a winner!

    crafty hugs,
    de

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  10. Wow this card really loos amazing, I love these golden flowers a lot!!!

    Have a nice time!!
    MAria

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Thanks so much for stopping by and letting me share in part of your day. I would love to hear what you think about my latest creation!