Hi friends! I decided to get some fall cards made before I dive into holiday cards. I have a friend that had major surgery this week and I made her this card for well wishes. I love to use the seasons as the theme for cards for any occasion. Let's face it, who sends a card to someone simply because it's fall? Not likely, so let's use that to combine them with life's events.
I was in the mood for a little watercoloring. I chose this stamp.
I picked a white scrap from the bin I keep the scraps in and figured out that I could stamp this image 3 times on that scrap. I know that I only want one today but I can prepare more for a future use. It's just how I do things.
I stamped with clear embossing ink because I am going to emboss them in gold.
I embossed in gold. I love gold in the fall and for Christmas too. Here are two images embossed in gold. You can see the top image isn't perfect. There are bits and pieces of gold that don't really belong. I knew this would happen and I'm okay with it for this design but I wanted to show you the difference between using anti-static powder and not using it. The bottom image had the paper treated with anti-static powder prior to stamping the clear embossing powder. It is nearly perfect. This very important when stamping and embossing sentiments. Sometimes I actually like it a little messy and sometimes it just isn't at all what I want.
The gold embossing resists the colors. I am watercoloring so I don't need any of it to be perfect.
Once all painted, I let dry for a bit.
I choose a black card base and cut the water color design out with a square die.
I added a sentiment. The inside sentiment will be specific to the purpose of the card but the front doesn't actually need to be. I added some pre-cut leaves that were in my box of extras. I sprinkle some black splatter ink.
I originally thought the painted square would be a background but it is cheery and bright and I decided not to cover it up to much and let it shine.
~Paula
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Papers are just from my collection. I always grab from my scraps first and I don’t keep track of where they came from.
