Banksia Thanks Card
Welcome again! Still loving the 'glitter'. The gold glitter embossing powder was used on this very pretty background stamp. These elements are from Couture Creation's new collections Homely Florals and the 5x7 Background stamp sets - Release 1.
I created this card around a colour theme of purple and gold. I don't think the banksias are naturally this colour but this was the exciting thing to see if they looked good anyway.
So I started by heat embossing the background stamp and the sentiment stamp. To stop any warping of the card I put a heavy pile of card on top of the embossed image and left it there overnight.
The banksias were created by stamping the stamp with the black outline ink onto white photographic paper and coloured it with the alcohol markers. I am a beginner at colouring with markers and I have found the colourless blender is my friend - it seems to give a range of colour tones that blend out my inexperience. Once it was coloured, I added some of the new 'golden age' to the base of the flower - that just gave a lovely touch of gold sparkle. I then fussy-cut out the image and backed it with cardboard. After I had finished the card, I added some white stroke marks on the flowers to bring them forward and to highlight the petals.
I trimmed the mat pieces to a size I liked and glued the gold card directly to the card front. I added cardboard behind the front white mat, glued the embossed mat to it, then added the stamped image on top. I had to have this in place before I could add the sentiment tag.
I created the sentiment tag with oval punches. I inked the edge of the sentiment one, punched 2 holes either side and threaded the gold string ribbon through them, added a couple of foam squares between them, threaded the ribbon through a gem bead before securing the ends behind the front mat. I then glued the front mat arrangement to the card front.
The card seemed a bit darkish so I added a bit of white muslin under and in the arrangement to lighten it and give a bit of depth and interest.
I enjoyed making this card. It was a bit of a test to learn new things and interesting to see how combining colours and mediums would work together. I hope this might inspire you to try new things and be pleasantly surprised as well.
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