Challenge #251 as chosen by Helen, and the theme is Floral Frenzy here at Cardz4galz. For my card I chose a background stamp from MFT that I haven’t used for a while and stamped it using Versamark ink so I could heat emboss with gold. I pulled out some Distress Oxides and using a water pen I added the various colours going in more than once to get the desired depth. When it had all dried I used some Distress Glaze on top with my finger so the colours look brighter. Then I took a pencil in a soft grey and coloured in the background going over it after with a blending pen. I contemplated whether to use grey or blue but decided I preferred the grey as I didn’t want definition, just a softening of the white background.

The sentiments are also from MFT and I built them up a little by cutting in black twice and then in the mirror gold. Initially I was only going to use the black but it was too stark so I added the gold and liked it much better. I cheated a bit with doing the cutting because after the first one (which stayed in the die) I realized that the cut was broad enough to add glue to, carefully of course, and then to add the next piece and cut again. It meant that they stacked perfectly and it was so easy to do it this way. I just needed slightly more pressure to ensure it cut through the layers. On the really thin fancy type style die cuts it wouldn’t work that well because they aren’t broad enough to use glue without getting it all over the die. As I didn’t have an Ampersand stamp, I found one online that would work.

Thanks for stopping by. We look forward to seeing your creations in our gallery and hope you have fun with this challenge. My card will also be entered into the current Word Power challenge.