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Sunday 26 May 2013

Embossing Powders

I was playing around yesterday with some Sheena floral stamps and Cosmic Shimmer embossing powders and ended up with this card - would you believe it the challenge this week on Sunday Stamper is to use embossing powders, how lucky is that?  Mind you this is nothing like as adventurous as the work Hels produces so take a look at her wonderful blog to see what she made this week - stunning!!  I started by stamping the flowers using Versamark and a blue EP onto some scraps of Tim Holtz vintage shabby paper.  These were then painted over lightly with some shimmer paint, then cut out ready to arrange onto the background. These Shimmers Blingz came my way a very long time ago as a give-away prize from Craft Stamper and to my shame I don't think I'd used them until now when I spotted them lurking on a shelf!! The green layer was stamped in the same way but using a green CS powder and shadow stamping with green ink.  Background layer was made by sponging Distress inks and spritzing with some glimmer Mist - a very subtle sheen which doesn't show up on the scan..  The butterfly was cut out using a give-away die (from a recent magazine) and this was also painted with the shimmer paint.


12 comments:

  1. Lovely card Val love you can just about see the glimmer paint in your photo, what a love prize to get. Love the mauve and greens together..

    Anne

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  2. This is beautiful Val, I love the combination of colours you've used. I bought these stamp too, and have not used them yet, I think I ought to be making Forgotten Friday projects again!!!

    Sue x

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  3. Love your embossing and super colours. Great to use something like this with a fab result. xx Flora

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  4. Super the way you've used the mauve blue with the teal green & how the lime green then works with both. I laso like the way you have elements extending off that central panel in both directions.
    Paula (PEP)

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  5. Beautiful card those colours all work so well together. Yours flowers show off the glimmer lovely. Hugs x ChrisB

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  6. What a lovely card the colours look great together

    Jackie x

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  7. lovely Val - and you have to get lucky with the challenges sometime!

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  8. congratulations on the MMM challenge

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  9. Gorgeousness indeedily! Thanks for joining in with the Sunday Stamper x

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  10. Great colours - I can see the lovely shimmer on the flowers too. Fancy having something in the stash and not using it for years!

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  11. What a beauty!! Love that soft blue and they are such gorgeous flowers!!

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  12. Such a beautiful card Val and I love your background. Great work, hugs Jenny x

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