When I saw this challenge, I remembered that I had this gorgeous copper metallic CS and I thought it would be great to use. I decided to die cut it with the largest frame from a Recollections set and cut the card base so it would fit. During a recent sale at Scrapbook.com I purchased a few new stamp sets with matching dies and this is from one those sets. It is by Altenew and I really like the set. I chose a CS from my stash that was close in colour to the challenge and stamped my image with Blueprint sketch to get some depth. I deliberately didn’t season my stamp first knowing I wouldn’t get an absolutely great image because I really wanted it to look a bit smudged and not crisp. I added a bit of clear embossing powder and heat set it so it had a tiny amount of shine. Once it was die cut I played around with placement but before gluing it I decided to step it up a bit using some copper Nuvo Drops. The idea for doing this came from a tutorial by Natasha Foote only she used a pen to add lines to her leaves. As well I didn’t do all the leaves. When it was dry I once again played with placement and marked where I wanted my sentiment to go. Stamped this directly to card front and of course smudged it. Oh no! Starting again I stamped it on a scrap piece, die cut it then die cut another piece out of copper and offset the two so I could cover up my mess. Adhered the leaves, added a few more copper dots and declared it complete. I’m quite pleased with how this one turned out.
We have much needed rain today and most likely it will continue tomorrow. I’m sure I shall be complaining about dreary weather as the months progress, but for now I am accepting it. Thanks for stopping by it is appreciated.
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Very regal looking with those colors. The copper frame is definitely an eyecatcher as are the blue leaf cascading down the card panel.
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Thanks, I quite like how it turned out myself. It was fun to create.
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Great design. You nailed the challenge. The copper frame is beautiful with the leaves.
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Many thanks. I found the copper CS when searching for something else. Couldn’t believe I had forgotten all about it.
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Just gorgeous, Johanna! Love those leaves, and that copper border steals the show! Those Nuvo drops are so cool, as well – I might have to try that! Thanks so much for playing at As You See It!
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That’s such a beautiful frame for your leaves and I love the idea with the dots! Thanks for joining our colour challenge at As You See It!
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Thanks. Adding something to leaves certainly steps up a design.
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Johanna that copper frame is gorgeous and ties in with the metallic dots on the bold blue leaves beautifully. Great sentiment fit too. Overall a great card! Thanks for sharing with us over at As You See It Challenge!
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Many thanks. It was a fun one to put together.
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Wow! The copper is beautiful! Love how you did the leaves and your elegant frame. Great job on this. Looks like you got a lot of fabulous goodies at the sale! Too bad about the duty charge.
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Thanks. I did and it is a shame that they chose mine to look at. Usually from Scrapbook.com I’ve gotten away with it. Such is life, we win some and we lose some.
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Well, this is super amazing, Johanna! I love copper accents and yours steal the show! Wow! Thanks for trying our our palette at As You See It Challenges.
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Many thanks. I’m glad you like it.
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Very pretty card, and perfect for the challenge! Love all the texture and shine.
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Thanks a lot. Just learned that it earned me an Honorable Mention. Woohoo.
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Congratulations!!
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