This time the team at Let's Squash It are asking for a combination of embossing and die cutting or fussy cutting - lots of possibilities here I'm sure. I decided to go down the die cutting route and started by cutting out a 'brass' jar to contain an assortment of die cut flowers. This jar was then embossed using a floral embossing folder to give the appearance of a decorative brass pot. The selection of die cut flowers were in a container on my desk left from a session of stamping, colouring and cutting - always handy to have a few flowers ready to pick up and use. This was all arranged onto some die cut shapes with the addition of a paper doily along with a label for the sentiment. I'm sure many of us have lots of rarely used embossing folders in our stash and this challenge is a great excuse to bring some of them out into the limelight.
Square Dies - Tonic
Shaped dies - Window Frames Collection Stampin' Up
Brass Pot - Everyday Jars Framelits from Stampin' Up
Embossing - Sheena Douglass floral embossing folder
Flowers - from Floral die set designed by Christina Griffiths Craft Stash
Colouring - Inktense Pencils
That is a super idea to emboss the jar like that. Looks very effective. Hugs Mrs A.
ReplyDeleteThis is lovely, Val! And how nice to see flowers too - perhaps Spring will soon be on the way. Thanks for playing at Let's Squash It! Jo x
ReplyDeletePretty floral card Val pretty background too
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A lovely flowery creation Val, great card!
ReplyDeleteLovely card and the brass pot is wonderful. Thanks for joining the fun at Let's Squash It! Hugz
ReplyDeleteGreat bouquet, Val - love the embossed vase!! Spotted this beauty at Let's Squash It - so glad you could play!!
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