Wednesday, December 9, 2015

.... AND A PEACOCK IN A CHERRY TREE!

Hi there, 

I'm back to share with you some more goodies we got in our SNS surprise package last month. I got some Gold Mirror Cardstock which I thought I would highlight this time round - making a gold and black card. Difficult to photograph always, but here goes!

Peacock in Cherry Tree

I took the stencil that I had also received (Dreamweaver Cherry Blossom) and taped it down to mustard cardstock - remember to tape in order that when you remove the tape you are left with the top "hinge".  Apply Matte Black Embossing Paste over the stencil. Remove the stencil and let the paste dry for 30 mins at least. Clean off the stencil.  I worked on the peacock in the meantime.


Peacock in Cherry Tree

Stick a piece of 2 1/2" Tear-ific Tape down on white cardstock and run the Peacock Stencil (Sizzix Thinlits Peacock #659070) through your embossing machine, both to cut and then to emboss. You can see how the pattern of the peacock's tail eyes are raised. Remove the protective backing and apply Fleur De Lis embossing powder and then heat set.

Peacock in Cherry Tree

Apply the anti static bag to the piece before proceeding to the next step.  Replace the stencil over heat embossed peacock. Using a Versamarker pen trace the tail eyes and the wing of the peacock and "color in" with the ink pen. Remove the stencil and then apply Black Detail embossing powder and heat emboss.

Peacock in Cherry Tree

Back to the background! Replace the clean stencil and apply glue (using the Essentials Glue Pad) and then using a small stencil brush, apply Dreamweaver Metallic F/X Gold Dust. Again remove stencil and clean. Below you can see the dimension that the paste and the Pearl Ex provide.

Peacock in Cherry Tree

On to the embellishment! I took three flowers (not sure of the source - but they had music on them!) I took my Versamark pad and just swiped here and there on each of the three flower layers, as I didn't want to completely cover the music design, but wanted to tie in the gold. This time I heat set with Gold Detail embossing powder. The brad was also "blinged" with Fleur De Lis to tie everything together.

Peacock in Cherry Tree

So then to put everything together. I cut an oval (using Spellbinders Grand Ovals) from the Gold Mirror Cardstock (which was slightly smaller than the mustard piece) to make a frame for the background. The "blinged" flower was attached to the corner of the frame, before being layered to the black cardstock base.

Peacock in Cherry Tree

The peacock was then attached with Dimensional Foam as shown to complete the card. I deliberately kept the embellishments to the bottom of the card so as not to cover the entire background.

Peacock in Cherry Tree

I left off a sentiment on  the card, but it really could be used for anything - Christmas, Sympathy, Birthday .... endless possibilities! Love Gold and Black! ... and Fleur De Lis is just that!!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Hugs,

Shona

8 comments:

  1. So incredibly rich and elegant, Shona! Beautiful use of die cuts and stencils and fabulous use of SNS sparkly, shiny loveliness! The mirror card stock is especially awesome, showing the die embossed frame. Spotlessly photographed, too! Shona, gorgeous in every way! Hugs, de

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  2. So gorgeous. I love the gold and black together and it looks so very elegant.What a neat peacock image.

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  3. Oh! Shona how beautifully decadent and luxurious, absolutely beautiful. You make it look so simple.

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  4. Shona, this is stunning. The black and gold combo is always an eye catcher. This is truly elegant!!

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  5. Gorgeous card, Shona! I love how you made your peacock! Wonderful card!

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  6. Oh MY! I think this is one of your best yet! (I say that every time, but this one is stunning!) TFS the tutorial, and I love the way you've done the cherry blossoms.. also that peacock is just amazing. Love the EP, and must get some while down in Florida. Will check out the gold detail EP as well, and hope SnS has other colors in detail...that's not always easy to find these days. The design of the card is just splendid to show off this marvelous stenciling that you did, and adding the 'eyes' of the peacock tail was another extra detail that added more dimension, along with the super looking flowers. just a magnificent work of art! Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, TFS & Hugs.

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  7. What an amazing card, great colours and technics , and so elegant!!! I really love it!!!

    Greetings
    Maria

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  8. absolutely beautiful!!!! thanks for sharing!!!

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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!