Jeanette gave us these directions: The idea to feature embossing folders came to me as I was organizing (and purging) my huge collection of embossing folders. I realized I rarely ever use them. It is time they see some action so I knew for my challenge, three things had to be present...
1. The embossing folder/s MUST be the star of the card.
2. No stamped images are allowed on the card.
3. Sentiments are optional.
Today's class is taught by Jeanette and
I was today years old when I learned AND triedluster rub on! :)
My set of luster rub on paints were definitely full of shimmer and sparkle
and I ended up buying a set that was a little brighter and colorful.
Because of that, I dug through my embossing folders
fully intending at first to do a floral
(since the yellow/red/greens lended to that)
BUT it was absolutely hideous.
I had a house full of people, cooking, talking, laughing
and just absolutely could not think of another way to make it work.
So I tossed it, went back to the drawing board
(as they still ate, talked, laughed!) and thought
Outdoors!
Grass, sun, sunburst!
And a ta-da moment was born ........ I used a Taylored Expressions starburst embossing folder
and white embossed a sentiment to match.
At first I used my blending brushes (da junky ones!
the luster is absolutely messy!)
but then just switched to my hands and did RUB it ON, as the name says!
And I. was. out. of. black. cardstock!
SO!
I used dark purple :)
This card is just okay - not my favorite but not my worst ;)
Definitely a learning curve!
As you can see from my pots, this stuff goes all over!
I need to wipe it down but it was get this up and blogged, first!
I'm still playing catch up on my cards as my month of June
confused itself with July
and just sort of popped like a firecracker! :)
This is my card that I created for the Ready, Set, Go challenge
but wasn't home to create it on the day it was due.
Jeanette is the hostess and her challenge represents our 50th card,
hence, the title Golden Anniversary.
This is her challenge and then I'll explain my card :)
Because there are three of us, my challenge called for using three of something on our cards –three colors, three layers, three designer papers, three whatever.
The cards were also to include something on that starts with the first letter of each of our names – so something that starts with a K, something that starts with a B and something that starts with a J.
Oh, and one more thing… because this is our Golden Anniversary,
I wanted to see some GOLD on our cards.
First, here is my card:
I've been enjoying sharing cards for the #lovewins Instagam hop
and I've been finding creative ways to encorporate the theme
into most of my cards this month - like this one.
For my 3's, I used 3 heat embossed words and layers to the card.
For the letter B = black cardstock, my base layer of this card.
J = jewel tones colors of the glitter cardstock and
thank you to my daughter, Victoria, who said
"Your card looks like a kaleidoscope of color!"
And there you have it ... K = kaleidoscope.
Finally, for the touch of gold, I substituted gold for yellow in the rainbow.
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