Embossed Stenciled Card

Hello!

Yes a post on Monday! I'm hoping to make this a regular thing by using Monday's to post up my entry to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog instead of trying to fit my usual cards into the theme.  So this weeks challenge on the blog is to create a card that features embossing, including dry, wet and embossing paste.  I love embossing so I had fun with this one.

Embossed Stenciled card

Materials:

• Black card (Kasdak, 210gsm, Raven Black), maroon card (Rosie's studio)
• Stencil (Memory Box, Raymelle)
• Embossing ink (Versamark)
• Gold Embossing powder (Ranger, Queen's Gold)
• "Happy Birthday" stamp (Couture Creations)
• Nesting flower dies (Couture Creations, Daisy)
• Flourish die 
• Yellow/Gold gem

Directions:

1. Create a top folding card base from the black card.  Cut from the black card; one flourish, one of the smallest flower die and two of the next size up flower die.
2. Place the stencil over the maroon card and secure it with some low-tack tape.  Squish your embossing ink pad over the top of the stencil until the paper underneath becomes completely covered.  Carefully remove the stencil and apply the embossing powder over the card.  Heat set and trim around the edge of the image.
3. Stamp and emboss the "Happy Birthday" sentiment vertically along the left side of the card.  Using this as a guide, trim down the maroon piece to fit.  Adhere it on to the card with dimensional foam.
4. To make the flower, gently curl the petals of one of the larger flowers.  Taking the other larger flower, cut to the middle from the join between two of the petals, do this to the smallest flower as well.  At the cut, move one petal to overlap the one on the other side of the cut so that the paper makes a cone shape, secure with tape on the back.  Do this for both the cut flowers then curl the petals.  Using hot glue, secure the smallest flower into the cut larger one and then on to the uncut largest one.  Glue the gem into the center.  Adhere the flower over top of the flourish and on to the card.

This card took me a long time to make as I couldn't decide how to use the wonderful embossed background I had created without covering too much of it up.  I got there eventually and I'm super happy with how it turned out.

You can visit the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog here: http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/

Till next time

Stacey