Gold Embossed Flowers

Hey everyone! On today's card I used gold heat embossing to create pretty flowers on a wedding card. My Mom requested one for a wedding she was invited to. She didn't like the card so much, but I thought I'd share in anyway :) And because I used stamps (ha, as if I could create cards without stamping!), I'll enter it to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge "use a stamp and blog hop".

I stamped and heat-embossed the flowers, then I cut them out. Onto my background panel, I stamped and heat-embossed the leaves and the sentiment and adhered the flowers with foam tape. Then I die-cut little hearts from gold foiled card stock and adhered them, together with some gold sequins.

Thanks for stopping by today!

Vanessa

   

   

   

 

   

   

Sparkle & Shine Challenge SEVEN: Inspiration Photo sponsored by Pretty Pink Posh

Hello sweet friends! I am back with my card for the newest Sparkle & Shine Challenge! This one is sponsored by Pretty Pink Posh and we have this gorgeous inspiration photo to work with:

Love the ombre cake! Here is my card version of it:

I started with a panel of white cardstock and masked the panel to leave the bottom strip unmasked and inked it with a lot of Distress Ink. Then I moved the mask a bit higher on the panel and inked the area using not as much ink as before. Then I repeated this until I had created all the stripes, always applying less ink than before to create the gradient effect. I stamped and heat-embossed the scrolls and die-cut the word from this panel. Now I adhered the panel to the card. Onto a piece of vellum, I stamped and heat-embossed the flower and the leaves and cut them out. After I had adhered them to the card, I die-cut the word from fun foam, assembled it with the word I cut from the panel and adhered everything. Finally, I stamped and heat-embossed the sentiment onto strips of black cardstock and adhered these, too. Then I adhered the clear sequins.
I hope you like it and that you'll play! Thanks for stopping by!

Vanessa

   

   

   

Ready for Spring!

I am so ready for spring, how about you? I just had to create a card with pretty flowers to help me deal with the grey weather:

I made this inspired by the lovely images of the Altenew March Challenge: From Places Abroad. The flowers of the third photo were my main inspiration, but I also wanted to use vellum that was inspired by the second photo showing the beautiful glass door.
So I started the card with a piece of vellum and stamped and heat-embossed some vines from the Hennah Elements stamp set using white embossing powder. Then I adhered the panel to the card. Now I stamped and heat-embossed flowers and leaves from Whimsical Flowers onto cardstock and colored them using Distress Inks mixed with water. I cut them out and adhered them to the cardbase. Finally, I added clear sequins to finish the card off.
This month's Simon Says Stamp Work It Wednesday theme is "spring", so I'll enter it there, too.
Thanks for visiting!

Vanessa

supplies:
Altenew Whimsical Flowers, Hennah Elements - Ranger Distress Inks - Tsukineko ink - Pretty Pink Posh sequins

Altenew's First Challenge

I just got my hands on my very first Altenew stamp set and wanted to play, so I made a card for Altenew's first ever challenge. And I'll enter it to the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge blog STAMPtember challenge. This is the lovely inspiration photo for the Altenew September Challenge:

And here is the card I made last night:

This stamp set is called Hennah Elements and I really love it! Starting with a panel of white cardstock, I applied Distress Inks with water to create the watercolor wash. After it was dry, I stamped the leaves and swirls. Then I trimmed a doily and adhered it to the bottom left corner. I stamped the flower and the leaves onto cardstock, trimmed them and applied some drops of wet Distress Ink onto them, then I adhered the pieces to the card with foam tape. The sentiment was heat-embossed with white embossing powder onto black cardstock. To finish the card, I adhered black sequins. I hope you like it!
Thanks for visiting today!

Vanessa

supplies:
Altenew Henna Elements stamp set - Ranger Distress Inks - Tsukineko ink - black sequins - doily