Hello!
I've got a slimline card for you today featuring the "Cherry Blossom" Stamp Set from Pink and Main! I used a color combination that feels like springtime - Robin's Egg Blue mixed with pinks/plums and bright greens!
I decided to try something a bit different and so I heat embossed all of the floral clusters onto heavy vellum and painted the images on both the front and back. When they were thoroughly dry, I cut them out. The great thing about this set is that the clusters are integrated along the branch and also as separate stamps so this made my job much easier!
The vellum clusters warped just a bit after they were painted but this worked out great for what I had planned! I die cut the branch image onto white card stock and painted just the areas that would show, attached the vellum pieces with a few glue dots and added iridescent gems to the centers! They look like they are floating above the white card stock and add great dimension!
I ink blended a panel with Speckled Egg/Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide Inks and spattered lots of gold/pearl paints on top. I die cut the panel with two of the Layered Slimline Dies to make my frame. I added a shadow to the smaller panel by blending a bit more ink through the branch die cut piece and heat embossed my sentiment. This panel was glued to the center of a slimline card base (4" x 9"). The branch was attached on top and the outer frame was backed with foam tape and pressed into place.
I was really happy with the way the vellum cherry blossoms turned out! Thanks so much for joining me and for more great inspiration check out Pink and Main's Blog, Instagram and FaceBook Pages!
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Rachelle ♥
Your card turned out Lovely. The colors are perfect. I am going to be ordering me some slimline dies soon. Stay Safe!
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A real beauty and gorgeous colours Rachelle.
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Cathy
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I've never heat embossed on heavy vellum before, I would think it would melt! Your slimline card looks great and I love this color combo you used. Are you getting any snow this week?
ReplyDeleteWow. That blossom is stunning against the blue. Love Dawn x
ReplyDeleteLove your speckled background perfect for the die cut florals,another day of heavy snow here
ReplyDeleteStunning card Rachelle! Your coloring on vellum is so beautiful and I love that image!
ReplyDeleteTammy x
What a gorgeous card! I zoomed straight from your link to your blog to find out how you made this card. I will follow you and will really enjoy your creations!
ReplyDeleteIt was quite beautiful on my phone, but this is reallllly gorgeous on my big screen, Red!!! Wowzers, girlfriend! I've never seen brighter coloring on vellum - water color paint? or distress ink painting? This is so wonderful on your Robin's Egg blue card!
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Such a beautiful slimline card! The vellum cherry blossoms are gorgeous and pop beautifully from the background. The sentiment is delightful too. Thank you for sharing at The Path of Positivity challenge this month. x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! Thanks for entering your wonderful creation at The Crafter's Cafe this fortnight.
ReplyDeletePopping back to have anothe rlook at your pretty card, thanks for joining us at The Unicorn Challenge Blog for our "Flowers" challenge.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful colors and a perfect design for a slimline card! Hope you are feeling back to normal soon, missed your post at the Alphabet Challenge this week.
ReplyDeleteThis is stunning, what a beautiful card, I love the colour scheme you have gone for, hope you're having a good weekend, Hazel xx
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! Thanks for joining us at Unicorn. Have a nice day,.. Succes!!
ReplyDeleteDT Anneke
Absolutely beautiful slimline card.
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Encore Challenge.