R ich, beautiful colors provide a gorgeous water colored background for the fall leaves on this embossed detailed card.
Project Recipe
Paper Cut Sizes:
Tranquil Tide Base - 5 1/2 x 4 1/4, scored at 4 1/4
Whisper White insert - 4 x 5 1/4
Pear Pizzaz background layer - 4 x 5 1/4
Shimmery White top layer 3 1/2 x 4 3/4
Scraps of green vellum, Cajun Craze, Merry Merlot and Copper Foil for leaves
1/2 strip of Whisper White for greeting
Stamp the Shimmery White panel with leaves in Merry Merlot, Pear Pizzaz and Pretty Peacock. Spritz with water to on back then front to get the water- colored effect. Let dry.
Dry emboss the Pear Pizzaz with the Scripty 3D embossing folder.
Brayer the Scripty embossed panel with Pear Pizzaz ink.
Die cut 3 large leaves using the large leaf die from the Gathered Leaves Dies; one Merry Merlot, one Cajun Craze, one green vellum. Use a smaller die to cut a copper foil leaf.
Run the Merlot and Cajun Craze leaf though the Scripty embossing folder.
Fold and burnish the base with a bone folder. Use multipurpose glue to center and glue the Scripty Pear Pizzaz panel onto the top of the base with multipurpose liquid glue. Then use the glue to adhere the the Shimmery White panel. Then wrap the Merry Merlot ribbon around the card on the bottom 1/4 of the card front and tie it into a knot on the front.
Layer the leaves onto the front right of the card using glue dots and dimensionals.
Stamp the greeting onto the strip of Whisper White with Merry Merlot ink. Angle cut the strip so that it make an arrow.
Adhere the greeting on top of the leaves overlapping the ribbon slightly. Put a dimensional on the copper foil leaf. Tuck it under the greeting.
Stamp the bottom left corner of the envelop and Whisper White insert. Glue the insert onto the inside of the card.
Stamp the bottom left corner of the envelop and Whisper White insert. Glue the insert onto the inside of the card.