Hey everyone! Happy Saturday!
Well, the title of my post is a little foreboding isn’t it? Who is this enemy of which I speak?!
I’m talking about store-bought cards! Okay, not quite an ‘enemy’, but definitely something I’m not exactly a fan of since I started making my own!
Anyway, I was out shopping today and had to go past a card section in the shop, so I decided to do a bit of reconnaissance and see what the ‘enemy’ had been up to with their designs! And whilst the vast majority were soulless boring things, there were a few that were pretty designs that I thought I could take inspiration from and make my own, better version, lol.
So here’s today’s creation, inspired by one of the cards I saw:
What do you think? Kinda classic, and I haven’t done classic for a while, but I do kinda like it!
I started by mimicking the design – a silver panel with a somewhat abstract flower design on it. I broke out a piece of silver mirror cardstock that I’d rescued from some packaging a while back and stamped a flower head from Cutting Garden and part of a flower (just the leaf and stem portion of the image) from Wildflower Garden, using Versamark ink and heat embossed using WOW! Opaque Bright White embossing powder. I coloured over it with Copics then added some tendrils/flourishes using a Versamarker and heat embossed those. I trimmed/ragged cut the panel, ready to use.
For my white card base, I stamped the sentiment from Ribbons & Bows and heat embossed with WOW! Metallic Silver embossing powder, then ran the front through my Big Shot with the Linen & Canvas impression plate, before adhering my panel using Pinflair Glue Gel.
As a final finishing touch I added some rhinestones and pearls and I was all done!
Well today my PTI order arrived (meaning I drove out to the parcel depot to collect it) so I now have almost everything I need to design my Christmas cards for this year! Exciting times! Hopefully I will get to that tomorrow! What are you all doing about your cards this year?
I would love it if you left some love before you went on your way today! Thanks so much for stopping by!
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mind blown. give you a garbage bag, a boot and a stick and you can make a stunning card out of it!
very pretty and creative! Really like the look of white embossing on silver! and your little art panel is just perfectly artistic!
Amazing embossing on silver card stock! So creative and unique…looks really expensive!
Heehee – well first of all, your Post gave me such a giggle – thank you! Secondly, your card is "thrilling", if that is a word that can be used to describe a card – can only imagine how fabulous it looks in reality 🙂
beautiful effect with the silver panel. gorgeous card, Taheerah! i should try and walk around the ready made card section and see if i can find inspiration, too! thanks for the inspiration! =) will be making my own cards as always this year!
Very pretty Taheerah! I love how the flower turned out embossed with the different colors against the silver metallic background (and love that this is a repurposed piece too)!
What Christmas set did you order from PTI last month? I had to get Two Feet Deep but now I'm kinda pining away for Maile's set too with the sketchy little trees. I'm waiting to see what they have up their sleeves this month before making another order.
Linda
Very pretty Taheerah! I love how the flower turned out embossed with the different colors against the silver metallic background (and love that this is a repurposed piece too)!
What Christmas set did you order from PTI last month? I had to get Two Feet Deep but now I'm kinda pining away for Maile's set too with the sketchy little trees. I'm waiting to see what they have up their sleeves this month before making another order.
Linda