Tuesday, August 16, 2016

Flowering Flourish for Fab Friday

Hello and welcome back!  Today I'm sharing a card with a monochromatic color palate of Whisper White and Crumb Cake.  I found a scrap of Crumb Cake designer series paper from Love Blossoms (retired from the 2016 Occasions catalogue), plus one of the Expressions Natural Elements wood sentiments that was unused from another project, and went from there.


I started by heat embossing the Flowering Flourish on a panel of Crumb Cake, the sponged Whisper White Craft ink around the edges.  I used my heat tool to speed of the drying process of the ink so I didn't inadvertently end up with a white thumb print somewhere on the panel (learning from past mistakes :-).  Both the dsp and the Crumb Cake panel were adhered to a 4 1/8" x 5 3/8" and trimmed down to fit.


I trimmed down a doily, layered a piece of burlap ribbon on top, then glued the Expressions Natural Element on top. Gold Wink of Stella was brushed over the element to add a bit of sparkle, along with the Gold Metallic Enamel Dots and pearls.
Last, a bit of Crumb Cake twine (from a retired 2015 card kit) was wrapped along the seam of where the papers met and the entire panel was mounted on an A2 size card base of Thick Whisper White card stock.

My card today was based on the awesome sketch at the current Fab Friday challenge.  I've included a link below so be sure to use it to visit and check out all the beautiful inspiration!



Thanks so much for taking time to visit!  It's always so appreciated and of course, I'd love to hear from you if you have a moment to leave a comment.

Until next time...

Stef


Product details:
Stamps:  Flowering Flourishes
Paper:  Whisper White, Thick Whisper White, Crumb Cake, Love Blossoms dsp
Ink:  Versamark, Craft Whisper White
Other:  White Stampin' Emboss Powder, Delicate White Doily, 5/8" Burlap ribbon, Metallic Enamel Shapes, Pearl Basic Jewels, Gold Wink of Stella, Crumb Cake twine, Expressions Natural Elements

4 comments:

Bev Polen - Guneaux Designs said...

Stef, I saw this beautiful card on SCS, and wanted to see the details. I love the white sponging on the card, which I didn't notice when viewing on SCS. Everything about the card is gorgeous! It definitely went into my favs!! Have a wonderful day, my friend!!

Heather said...

It's all the details that really rock this card - that touch of burlap behind the wood sentiment is awesome! Beautiful card! Thanks so much for playing at Fab Friday!

Amanda Mertz said...

Beautiful neutral card!! I love that the flourish flower and the flower on the DSP coordinate so well! All the different textures really make this a knock out card! Thanks for sharing at Fab Friday!

Bada-Bing Creations said...

Ohhhh I love this! The neutral colors are just perfect and I love the sponging! Thanks for playing at Fab Friday!