Hello, another week has gone by so fast, these hot lazy days of summer won't last and soon it will be Autumn. In preparation this week the Design Team are working on the themes of Autumn or Custom Backgrounds and are working with a Special Offer ‘Gold Sandgrain’ card , the featured stock card this week is ‘Mocha Brown’. I have chosen the autumn theme using the Gold Sandgrain, Mocha Brown, and White Linen card along with some simple stamping and water colouring to create a Thank You card.
The Sandgrain card is a lovely gold colour and has a beautiful textured effect, it die-cuts perfectly through my Big Shot machine (even with my worn out plates) and doesn’t lose any of its texture. I have used it here to highlight the leaf panels, adding a touch of luxury to the design and complementing the gold detail embossing. This is a really great card to have in your stash and will be especially good for Christmas makes as well as autumn and all year round really.
Take a scrap piece of card (I am using an offcut of PMD White Felt
embossed from my stash) Apply Watercolour inks in autumnal shades
swishing over the card randomly, I am using Oak House Studio Bramley
Apple Green, Vintage Sepia & Juicy Orange diluted with water. Use a
brush loaded with diluted vintage sepia and flick it onto the card to
create extra splashes of interest. Leave card to dry or speed it up by
using a heat gun.
Using versamark ink, stamp 3 different leaves onto the water coloured
card. Sprinkle with gold detail embossing powder, tip off excess powder
and emboss using a heat gun until the powder has melted.
Use Scissors or a craft knife to carefully cut out each leaf leaving a
small border all around. Using nesting dies (I’m using FE torn edge
dies) cut 3 larger squares (approx. 2 ¼”) from Papermilldirect Gold
Sandgrain and 3 smaller squares (approx. 2”) from PMD Mocha Brown Card.
Layer the smaller squares centrally on top of the gold Sandgrain squares
using glue or d/s tape. Add a leaf to each matted square using 3D foam
pads. Shape the leaves a little so the edges ruffle up to give
texture.
Cut a strip of Papermilldirect Mocha Brown card and cut a fancy edge along the bottom using decorative scissors (I’m used Victorian Edged). Stamp a Thank You sentiment at RH side using versamark ink and heat emboss with gold detail embossing powder. Adhere strip across bottom of card using double sided tape. Arrange the 3 leaf panels on card front overlapping them and the the sentiment strip. Glue down when happy with placement.
This is a simple card design that could easily be adapted for other
occasions, the autumnal colours would work well for a male themed card.
Materials Used:
Torn Edge Nesting Dies – First Edition
Victorian Edged Creative Scissors – Dovecraft
Plus, D/S Tape, 3D Foam Pads, Glue, Versamark embossing pad
