It's my turn to choose the theme for the Allsorts Challenge this time and I would like to see embossing of some kind featuring on your projects. Of course there is the usual 'anything goes' option as well. Prizes this time are from Lisa Horton (full details on the Allsorts blog post.
For my card I decided to go with dry embossing using an embossing folder which was a magazine gift from quite a few years ago. I also thought it would be good to combine this with a variation on the eclipse technique as well, using a butterfly die. I started with a panel of white card slightly smaller than my card blank and die cut the butterfly which I then taped back into the aperture using low tack tape, before running it through my machine using the embossing folder. The next move was to cut four more butterflies using some scrap card, gluing them all together along with the embossed one. The white embossed square was backed with a mauve square and the edges of the embossed butterfly sponged lightly with some toning ink before popping it back into the aperture and adding a die cut body. The final touch was a sentiment and that's it - a clean and simple embossed effect on an eclipse card.
Embossing Folder - magazine gift from some years ago
Butterfly - Sizzix Detailed Butterflies 661182
Butterfly Body - from Craft Addiction UK butterfly die set
Sentiment - produced on the computer using MS Word
A really elegant card to showcase your chosen theme Val, great theme as EF's are so popular these days.
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Very pretty card Val, and lovely take on the eclipse technique xx
ReplyDeleteA really lovely card Val and a great theme too x
ReplyDeleteWell that certainly shows off dry embossing to great advantage on this lovely CAS card Val. Great Allsorts theme.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Sarn xxx
Beautiful eclipse card, like the touch of purple and the extra dimension of the butterfly!
ReplyDeleteLooks fabulous Val!
ReplyDeleteA beautiful card Val and I really enjoyed the theme as I often don't think about embossing.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card, Val. What a clever idea to make the butterfly into an eclipse card.
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That's very effective and elegant too.
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Such an elegant card, with a subtle touch of colour, Val! Great choice of theme, an excellent occasion to pull out those folders... x
ReplyDeleteVery pretty card, and good idea to put the die cut back in to emboss xxx
ReplyDeleteA brilliant effect achieved on your pretty card.
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous cas card that shows of your embossing folder perfectly.
ReplyDeleteA gorgeous card, love the pretty butterfly.
ReplyDeleteThanks for having me as GDT at Allsorts this time.
Lorraine x
This is simply beautiful!
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