I saw the purple cardstock and decided it was such a regal colour I wanted to go to town with embossing to make a special card.
I started by cutting a card blank – whilst it isn’t the thickest cardstock in the world it still works well enough for making a card blank I think – especially as I always add a topper and an insert which helps strengthen it. Besides a store bought card can be pretty flimsy so this is still stronger than that!
I then cut a slightly smaller panel and added both silver and clear embossing. The swirls I stamped and embossed with the silver and then I did some messy script stamping and used clear embossing for that.
I then inked the edge of the panel and the same for the card blank to add some depth to the edge and on the topper I then distressed it to expose the white core.
I then splattered heavily with some purple shimmer paint and set it aside to dry.
I decided to use the Eclectic Bouquet from Altenew to stamp and emboss in silver and then I die cut it. I diecut the same shape again three times to give it a lot of dimension – I could have just used the adhesive foam but I like to die cut and stack sometimes instead.
I then took an Altenew sentiment and die cut and stacked that and a piece of shimmery glittery ribbon and added that under the sentiment for an additional texture.
I stamped the same swirl a couple of times onto a panel of the white everyday cardstock and then added that to the inside.
So a special and elegant card I think and that everyday cardstock stood up well to all the stamping and distressing and splattering!
This was another card that got its little moment on tv as I spotted it on display!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
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