This is a rather late "sneaky peek" at the project my dear friends will be doing at Open Stamping tomorrow. I wish I could have posted it a week ago . . . but you-know. I'm loving the new Stella papers. I didn't think I would but once I had them in my hand, the richness - boldness of them just WORKS! This card is supposed to highlight a technique which turned out to really be several techniques! I should add that it was inspired by another CTMH consultant; Rachele Funk. Rachele is uber talented and when I got her card for our new catalog swap I knew I needed to show my friends how to make that awesome flower!
1) The flower is dimensional - this is achieved by stamping the petals on the flower image on colonial white cardstock, then stamping extra petals and adding them glued flat at the center but up on foam tape out at the end of the petal. Three of the petals are "popped up" like that.
2) The card base itself is a new CTMH product - it's die cut on the flap end - very cool! And it comes with it's own perfect envelope. It would make a wonderful way to send cash . . . if anyone does that any more.
3) The flap of the card was stamped with a background stamp on a diagonal. There are a couple of tricks to doing this (masking, and lining up the stamp to fill in the gaps). Good things to learn.
4) I lined the envelope to match. I love the richness it gives a card.
Hope you're having a lovely weekend! I'll post more after my awesome day with friends! Hugs!
2 comments:
Beautiful, fun card, Sharli! The dimensional flower really pops. That paper is really pretty too. And I have to agree with you, Rachele Funk is one VERY talented stamper and, though I haven't seen it for a while, I really admire her work!
hugs,
Christi
Ah, to be mentioned by you and considered "ubber " talented by you just thrills me!!!
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