Tuesday 31 May 2011

Smile!

After being away since last wednesday I got home yesterday and it didn't take me long to get back to some crafty time.

I was having a play with a new Tim Holtz embossing folder and this card was the result. The tag was coloured with broken china and stormy sky distress inks before embossing, then I inked the raised areas of the embossed design with brushed corduroy ink and heat embossed with clear powder. I then got a bit stuck... until I found a bit of card that I'd used to test the on the edge steampunk die, which seemed to work quite well layered onto the tag. I finished off the card with the smile stamp panel coloured and heat embossed in the same colours as the tag - sort of inspired by Tim Holtz's rusted enamel technique from his compendium of curiosities book.


I'm not sure about the overall card but I love the texture and colour combination on the tag. Like quite a few things recently I did the background then found it really hard to bring myself to do anything with it because I found it so appealing on its own. I just love the effects I can get with combinations of embossing in the Big Shot, inking and heat embossing. It's so much fun just playing with different colours and textures - it really makes me smile :0)

4 comments:

  1. Like this very much the colours work well with embossing, it is fabulous XOXO Zoe

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  2. Fabulous tag! Love the EF and colours used. I just bought his Brick & Woodgrain set. Love it!

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  3. Just love the texture of the card and the colours too,,,,fabulous!

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  4. Uhooi,,
    Waw,, It works very good, creative and interesting ..

    Uhooi.blogspot.com

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