DCM - Wedding Season

This week's Daring Cardmakers challenge comes from Ruth. :)

We're celebrating the wedding season! I don't have any upcoming weddings to celebrate, but there is a wedding anniversary on the horizon so I've gone that route.

Stamps: Avery Elle - Simple Sentiments, Neat & Tangled - Foliage Frame
Dies: Neat & Tangled - Foliage Frame, Simon Says Stamp - Sentiment Labels
Other: Gansai Tambi paints

My original plan was to try out my new Neat & Tangled Foliage Frame background stamp and pair it with a light watercolour wash.

Well, I was a bit heavy handed, so the light wash is definitely richer and more vibrant than I intended. But it really comes to life when you tilt the card and get that lovely metallic sheen from the Liquid Platinum heat embossing.

With some paint still on my brush after rinsing, I painted what was left on a spare piece of card and used that for the background to the aperture and for the sentiment strip, stamped in dark blue for a bit of contrast.

And I finished it all off with clear Nuvo drop accents and a paper cherry blossom flower.

Make sure you check out the lovely projects on the blog and join in if you can! :)

Happy crafting!

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Avery Elle - Simple Sentiments stamps Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Neat & Tangled - Foliage Frame stamps Shop at: EH | SHC	Neat & Tangled - Foliage Frame dies Shop at: EH | SHC	Simon Says Stamp - Sentiment Labels dies Shop at: SSS
Lawn Fawn - Blue Jay ink pad Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC	Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH	Versamark ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SHC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: EH | SSS
Ranger - Liquid Platinum embossing powder Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Kuretake Gansai Tambi 36-pan watercolour set Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Tonic Studios Nuvo Crystal Drops - Morning Dew (clear) Shop at: AZ | EH | SHC	Tombow - Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH	EK Success powder tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC | SHC	MISTI precision stamping tool Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC
Royal Langnickel - Zen watercolour round wash brush set Shop at: AZ	Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Thermoweb iCraft - Purple tape for die-cutting - 1 1/2" Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC	Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC

Comments

[Angelnorth]

Beautifully stylish card Nat, this is lovely!

[Sonja]

Great card. I love the combination of gold and blue. It looks very noble.