Autumn Leaves, Embossing, & Cardz 4 Galz #212
Welcome back to the Cardz 4 Galz challenge, # 212! Our host for this time, Helen chose dry or wet embossing techniques as the theme. When you finish here, I hope you will visit the challenge site to see the projects from the rest of the design team members. Of course, we’d love for you to play along with us and post your creations in the gallery.
For this challenge, I chose to use the Autumn Leaves bundle, burlap ribbon, and coordinating specialty DSP (design series paper). I’m still making Thanksgiving cards, which I need to finish before next week. I’ve used this sentiment on most of the cards, with a simple Happy Thanksgiving sentiment on the inside.
Here’s my card:
Measurements:
- The Pretty Peacock base measures 11 by 4-1/4 inches, scored at 5-1/2 inches to create a tent fold card.
- The oxidized copper specialty DSP measures 4-1/8 by 5-3/8 inches. I cropped the banner behind the sentiment label on the front from this piece of DSP. No one will see the ugly underneath.
- AFTER I dry embossed the piece of Very Vanilla cardstock using one of the basics embossing folders, I trimmed it to 4 by 5-1/4 inches.
- HINT: When using embossing folders, I highly recommend that you trim your paper after you dry emboss it, especially with 3D embossing folders. The embossing is so deep, if you trim your paper first, you will wind up with a smaller piece of cardstock than you wanted.
- I trimmed a piece of the oxidized copper and Pretty Peacock DSP to 6 by 2-1/2 inches for the envelope flap.
- Then, I punched a 1-inch circle of coordinating DSP and ran it through my XYRON create-a-sticker for the envelope seal.
Stamping, Cropping & Embossing:
- All of the dies and stamps I used come from the Autumn Leaves bundle.
- Stamp the double leaves in Pretty Peacock onto Pretty Peacock cardstock or DSP and crop.
- I cropped the large maple leaf from the copper and Pretty Peacock specialty DSP.
- Both twig sprays were cropped from copper foil specialty DSP scraps that I had left over from previous projects.
- The large piece maple leaf veins (for a lack of a better descriptor) was cropped from Pretty Peacock cardstock.
- After wiping down a scrap piece of Very Vanilla cardstock with my embossing buddy, I stamped the sentiment in VersaMark.
- Then, I covered the VersaMark with copper embossing powder and heat set it.
- Next, I cropped it using one of the dies from the bundle.
Let the Layering Begin:
- My adhesive of choice is the TomBow multipurpose liquid glue. I’m kind of obsessed with making sure that I will never run out of it and always have at least 15 tubes waiting to be opened. It’s a great item to add to your cart when you are so close to the $150 (US) dollars purchase needed for Stampin’ Rewards.
- The dry embossed Very Vanilla cardstock was adhered to the oxidized copper DSP using multipurpose liquid glue.
- Then I adhered the layers to the Pretty Peacock base.
- I used liquid glue to adhere the double leave and copper foil twig sprays to the cardfront.
- Then I used some glue dots to adhere the burlap ribbon on top of those cropped pieces.
- Adhere the Pretty Peacock leaf veins to the cropped maple leaf.
- Add dimensionals to the back of the maple leaf and adhere on top of the ribbon.
- Adhere the sentiment label to the cropped oxidized copper DSP.
- Add dimensionals to the bottom of the sentiment labels. Use liquid glue to adhere the top of the sentiment label to the maple leaf.
- I finished it off with three small speckled Copper Clay dots on the top, right side of the card.
- With that, I’d finished this coordinated card, envelope, and envelope seal set.
Thank you for stopping by today.
Have a Peachy Day!
Sue
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