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| Lots of patterns, textures, and dimensional elements adorn this card. I was designing with the country cottage in mind. I love the teacups by Stampendous. |
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| The vellum adds a nice frame for the cups. Adding a bit of detail on the edges of the vellum seem to make all the difference. |
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| I originally laid the light green panel over plain ivory CS. It was too stark it needed something, maybe a bit of texture. So I pulled out my collection of embossing folders and found this one. I think it adds just enough interest without making it too busy plus, the light green is void of any texture which is a nice buffer. |
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| A close up of the origami butterfly showing the teal showing through the light green negative space. Over those layers is the purple origami butterfly. Just fantastic! |
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| Dimensional origami butterfly that was die-cut white then inlaid the color pieces per the Color Throwdown. Lastly, I added another white die-cut over the colored pieces for a cleaner look. |
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| The background color consists of a simple ivory and medium ivory diagonal stripe. I like the stripe because it mimics motion and movement. Which we all know butterflies move every which way. |
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| A close-up shot of the origami butterfly and its inlaid pieces. The butterfly is layered three times which brings a ton of dimension to the CAS card. This color combination is just so beautiful! |
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| Unfortunately, I noticed that I am dangerously low on sympathy cards. I thought this flower stamp by Altenew would be a perfect focal point. |
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| The color scheme for this card comes from The Color Throwdown. I lightly sponged the ivory card stock using 'cracked pistachio'. I stamped the background flowers and colored them a darker teal using Copic Ciao's. |
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| I added some bright white sprigs around the flower. I thought it would add a touch of contrast against the ivory background; plus a bit of dimension. |
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| Above: The metallic effect is all over this card. Yet it still has tons of white space! The 'shine' sentiment was foiled using the Minc and placed over a dark brown foam shadow. The leaves are from a card kit (SSS I believe) colored using Copic markers and then foiled using the same color as the large 'shine' sentiment. Left/Below: This shot illustrates the metallic foil out of the light. It illuminates the colors of the foil against the autumn colors of the leaves. Right/Bottom: This shows the card in both light and dark. A kind of ombre effect. All the white really allows the elements to pop off the card. |
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| A detail shot of all the elements on the card. All done using the Minc. The dark matte craft foam was a wonderful touch allowing the 'shine' sentiment to... well... shine! |
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| A one layer card that says all that Bill Gates and Elan Musk wanted to hear in High School that geek is chic! The glasses with tape, the plaid shirt with suspenders all scream geek. I decided the geekish elements needed to be anchored amongst all the white space by stamping a ledger grid in Wild Hare by ColorBox. |
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| Challenge #168 "Style" |
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| There is a bit of unintended dimension to this card. The 'tape' between the glasses was a last-minute addition. I used a white paint pen to add the 'tape' which left behind some bumpy texture from the pen. In real life, it looks lifelike with all its beautiful geekish bumpiness. |
