Hello and happy new year!
Welcome to the first CAS-ual Fridays Challenge for 2014! The theme this week is In a Word, so instead of a resolution, choose a word that describes what you hope for in the new year (maybe it’s love if you want to work on your relationships, or do if you want to challenge yourself to something, or laugh if you want to lighten up, etc.).
I chose the word *smile*, as its something I’m hoping to do more of in the new year 😉
I started by stamping the Ornate Floral image from Impression Obsession with Versamark, and sprinkling with gold embossing powder. Once heat set, I chose some bright Distress Inks to colour all the non-stamped areas…
I trimmed the embossed panel down and die-cut a banner shape from it to reveal the golden brown, galvanised card base beneath. On another piece of cardstock, I partially stamped a sentiment from the Mama Elephant Smitten set and die-cut the banner tips on one side.
I adhered the sentiment strip just above the die-cut banner shape – I remember first seeing this effect on a card by the wonderfully talented Laura Bassen here. I think this is a great technique if you want to showcase as much of your background as possible 😉
Finally, I added some punched some butterflies, and voila! This card makes me smile – it has a really ornate look to it but took no time at all to make!
Thanks for looking – be sure to take a look at what the rest of the DT have been up to! Our sponsor is CAS-ual Fridays Stamps, and one lucky winner gets a wonderful prize – more details are on the CAS-ual Fridays challenge blog!
Your card is absolutlely fabulous !!!!
Bravo pour le travail d’embossage, c’est vraiment magnifique !
Bises.
Bonjour et merci beaucoup!!!
ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!! My jaw dropped seeing your card. I thought it was patterned paper.
This is stunning! Your embossing is fabulous and the final result is like a rich antique brocade! Just WOW!
OMG i think this is the most beautiful card i have ever seen another jaw dropper for me !!! What fabulous embossing and then the coloring AMAZING !!!! I can’t imagine how long it took you to have done it but the result is so rich . This belongs in a frame such a wonderful bold piece of art.
Marie
A wonderfully classy card! Love your double tags.
Connie
Amazing background! I had to read the description to learn that it was not patterned paper. The rich accent colors are perfectly chosen. Happy New Year to you!
This is STUNNING! Funny thing is I just posted two cards with this stamp yesterday but I must say your gold embossing is so striking and effective that I wish I had tried it myself! Thank you for the inspiration, I love your card.
Wow Mayuri, how do you do this!! I love ur creations, this is a stunner 🙂 I dont know what was I waiting for… I am ur new follower 😀
Wow, thank you for all the wonderful comments! Am truly grateful for all your kind words. Happy new year to you all, and thank you for visiting. A very big welcome to new followers too 😉
this is a total stunner!!! absolutely gorgeous embossing and coloring….so unique and intricate! I love it so!
Oh my – this is stunning! Love the gold background with the bold colors peeking through!
What an absolutely amazing STUNNER!!! Wow Mayuri!! I knew it was stamping and embossing, but still completely and totally impressed!! The way you dressed up the pattern with Distress Inks blended in is *mindblowing*!!!
I know I am repeating what others said, but this card is quite amazing. I had to check your blog, because I thought it was a piece of Florentine paper. Excellent job!