Happy Friday!
It's the first Friday of a new month, so time for a brand-new elemental inspiration challenge on the Daring Cardmakers blog.
Svenja chose this photo with some very clever little details:
I went with hand-stitching, sequins/gems, and a postage stamp style frame.
Paper: Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Daydream (r)
Stamps: The Stamp Market - Eat Cake
Dies: The Stamp Market - Eat Cake, Concord & 9th - Sew Striped (r), The Stamp Market - Postage Stamp
I decided it was time for some hand-stitching, so pulled out my Sew Striped die from Concord & 9th and a selection of rainbow colours in more muted tones that went with the background paper.
The colours look a bit more subtle in real life, September is the start of deteriorating natural light when much fiddling is required in Photoshop Elements...
Sight, the real end of summer is upon us! lol
Anyway, I didn't want to cover up the stitching too much, and realise I had some postage stamp style dies that could frame a sentiment.
Well, the smallest I've used here is a solid background, so I gutted the inside to turn it into a frame and used my bone folder to smooth off the cut edges so that it looks almost like a frame die.
I added some more paper from the Daydream collection behind the frame, stamped my sentiment and added it on some 3D foam tape for pop.
Finally, I added sequins and gems from Lucy's Cards for a little subtle sparkle.
Make sure you check out the wonderful interpretations from the rest of the design team over on the blog, and play along if you can!
Happy crafting!
The Stamp Market - Eat Cake stamps Shop at: MISC |
The Stamp Market - Eat Cake dies Shop at: MISC |
Concord & 9th - Sew Striped die (r) Shop at: MISC | SBC | SHC |
The Stamp Market - Postage Stamp dies Shop at: MISC |
Versafine - Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ | EH | SSS |
Cocoa Vanilla Studio - Daydream - 6x8 paper pad (r) Shop at: MISC |
Ranger - Multi-Medium Matte adhesive Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ | EH |
Lawn Fawn - Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH | SBC | SHC |
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH | SBC |
Sizzix - Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ | SBC |
Sizzix - Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ | SBC |
Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (maxi) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
Tim Holtz - Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ | EH | SBC |
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