Hey everyone! And happy #TexturalTuesday :) It's Lisa and I'm happy to share such a fun day on the blog as we feature Concord & 9th all week long. Woohoo! They're celebrating their 1st Anniversary and we here at Ellen Hutson, LLC are celebrating WITH them. Check it out:
Being able to create with so many beautiful stamps and dies is just a dream, lemme tell ya. And y'all know I love my bright colors. But, this time I wanted to go with what I'm calling neutral elegance. Has a ring to it, doesn't it?
Using gold embossing powder on Kraft cardstock? Major swoon. And MASSIVE texture. If you haven't used embossing powder with a background stamp on a neutral cardstock...I have to ask why? This background stamp is the beautiful Concord & 9th Clear Stamps, Barnwood Background.
Using a low tack tape and different papers -- one neutral, and one patterned (Pebbles Jen Hadfield Homemade, DIY Home 6x6" Paper Pad ) run the Concord & 9th Dies, Thanks Card through your die-cutting machine.
By layering the paper in two sections a "top" and "bottom" section are achieved and can be adhered back together very easily.
Run the floral die from the Concord & 9th Dies, Happy Day through the die-cutting machine using folded over pieces of tissue paper (I hoard keep mine from all packaging). You should get a TON of super pretty tissue paper flowers! Dab a bit of glue or Ranger Multi Medium, Matte in between layers to make flowers and scrunch into shape. Or leave flat. Your choice. Place a little fun center into the flowers, if you choose.
The leaves were also die-cut using the same patterned paper as above and the same cardstock. I wanted the gold embossed texture to show through. The leaves that I used are the Concord & 9th Dies, Layering Leaves. I bundled them up at the bottom using tweezers and tied a small bow around them using twine from May Arts.
Using the Ranger Multi Medium, Matte I adhered the "Thanks" onto the card front (after trimming the unnecessary portions away), I also used this to adhere the flowers and leaves.
(pre-adhering, but after trimming the word down)
As I was looking at the card front, I felt that it needed to be brightened up more. So I added some white gold watercolor from the Kuretake Gansai Tambi Starry Colors, 6 Color Set.
Final embellishing included a strip of brown glitter tape with a staple and some random Hero Arts gems.
As always, I like to share just a few extra views of my card. So here you go:
And one close-up of the flowers and leaves:
Texture can be found in so many ways! The embossing, the flowers, the twine, the glitter tape, the gems, even the staple. Did you think of those when you saw the card? What are some of the ways that YOU like to add texture to your cards? The next time you receive a card, feel it. Do the same thing the next time you make one. :)