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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Peaceful Season

This picture does not do this card justice.  It is really G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S and has lots of beautiful sparkle from the Iridescent Ice embossing powder.  I've been using it a lot lately....more than I ever have before.  Maybe it's because the Holiday season is upon us, but mainly I just love SPARKLE.   But like many of you I always grumble because it seemed to get all over the place....but I came up with a solution.  I've discovered that the color catcher #121093 is NOT just for over spray of Shimmer or Smooch mist.  It's great for keeping the embossing powders all in one area too.  Anyway on to the details of this card.  I used the Petals-a-Plenty #116824 embossing folder with Versamark on the debossed side of the folder....added the front of my Whisper White #100730 card and ran it through the Big Shot #113439.  This left Versamark in the recessed areas of the petals.  I sprinkled on Iridescent Ice embossing powder #101930 and set with my heat tool #100005. Talk about beautiful.  I just wish everyone could see this card in person.  I stamped the Dove and leaves in Whisper White Craft ink #101731 on Whisper White and sprinkled on Iridescent Ice, then heat set. I then took sponges with Cherry Cobbler #119669 and Always Artichoke #105219 and went over the top of the dove and leaves with berries.  I cut these out to place on the card.  For the sentiment I stamped it in Versamark ink #102283, then into Cherry Cobbler ink, so it would remain wet enough for Iridescent Ice embossing powder to stick to it, I then heat set and mounted it on a piece of Cherry Cobbler CS #105123 that I punched each corner with the Scallop Trim Corner punch. I tied a large bow of 1 1.4" striped Grosgrain ribbon (Real Red #119768) around the card to add a finishing touch.

7 comments:

  1. wow, what a beautiful job you did on this card, I bet it is amazing in real life for sure.

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  2. This is an amazing card....love it!!!!!

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  3. Love it!! Too funny, I just did a card using versamark and always artichoke and embossed with clear just like you did. I love the soft embossing when you do that. Great job Sherry!!!

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  4. You've really been on a roll. This is so pretty. I love sparkle too so this really caught my eye. :)

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  5. Gorgeous card. I love all the sparkle and love the way you used the corners of the card panel. The large grosgrain ribbon just finishes the card off nicely. Well done.

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