I have a pile of cardstock stacked up for later. It consists of partial ideas or leftover pieces from other projects that in the end, weren’t needed. Sometimes I go through the pile to let my subconscious have something to noodle on. I was feeling a bit blocked on Saturday and my autumn card that I’m working on just wasn’t feeling right so I picked up the pile and this card just fell together. When I was making Matt’s congratulations card last month, I’d planned to start with the lucky stars embossing folder but in the end, went in another direction. I’d also silver heat embossed the sentiment on a scrap and that was sitting in the pile. I thought that I could pull out my brushed silver cardstock for the first time and create a mat for the sentiment and it would work on the embossed stars. And it did.
Base: 8.5″ by 5.5″ night of navy
Mat: 4″ by 5.25″ night of navy
Small mat: 4 5/8″ by 2 1/8″ brushed silver (the odd size was because I trimmed the card stock around the sentiment until it looked “right” and then added 1/4 inch for the mat)
Top layer: 4 3/8″ by 1 7/8″ night of navy
Stamp set: Bravo
Ink: Versamark
This is a fun and easy card to put together and, if you needed a load of congratulations cards, simple to mass produce. I cranked the large navy mat through the big shot in the lucky stars embossing folder. I love the embossing folders – the texture that they create is wonderful. I then stamped the sentiment onto the smaller piece of navy in versamark, sprinkled over the silver embossing powder and used the heat gun. All that was left was assembling all of the layers – rather more layers than normal!
I like this card, Liz! I was focused on your other card when reviewing them, but this card is nicely designed. You could use this for men or women, and by changing the sentiment in the middle you could use it for other occasions.
I tried to make it in pink too but I didn’t like it. I may still be pinked out after the Pink Cats 🙂 I definitely need to explore other sentiments. And other embossing folders!