Todays card is what I would call clean and elegant. Simple to make, yet effective. The wording and flowers are all stamped using Brilliance Archival ink in Lightning Black. I love the effect of this colour because it’s a subtle shade of black but gives an almost dark gold shimmery look and in the light it’s fabulous.

I’ve then randomly inked over the top of my stamped writing using Tim Holtz Tumbled Glass (blue) distress ink.

Using a blank piece of white card I block coloured with Tim Holtz Fired brick and stamped a beautiful butterfly over the top and cut out and glued just the body to the card so that the wings flap freely. 

Embossing Folders & Die Cuts

Sorry it’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted, been a bit busy with things like work!! But here I am. Have you ever taken the time to play around with your embossing folders/die cuts? I made 2 cards recently which both use the same x-cut die but look completely different. The first one uses all the various sizes of the die and they are just layered on top of each other to make a flower and for the second card I cut the outside flower out of the card base itself and then cut out a few different sizes but turned them on a different angle and raised a few different layers on foam. 

Spring Time

Spring is in the air with this card. I decided after making it that I would do a sunset version with lovely oranges and pinks. 
I've just embossed the flower scene with white embossing powder and then distress inked around it and finished the top and bottom of the card by adding a flower embossed edge to cover the uneven inked edges. Draw on a few birds flying with a fine black ink and et voila.