I'm one of those DT members who likes to make their cards well in advance of a challenge going live. Well, not this time! As I write this, I just finished making my card about 15 minutes ago and the challenge goes live in 4 hours. Talk about skin of the teeth!
Luckily, I pretty much had the card planned out in my head so it didn't take too long to put together - although I did change my mind several times.
The die-cuts take center-stage on this card. Copper foil sentiment, slate, black and white foliage and a black strip to ground everything. To add a bit of interest to the Fog panel, I added some loosely applied embossing paste over the Geometric Grid stencil, which is probably my favorite stencil as I reach for it nearly every time!
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I'm entering this card into a few of the challenges out at the moment: Inkspirational have a cue word of Trend. To me metallics are on trend as are scripty sentiments. Happy Little Stampers Anything Goes with Dies challenge - well that's pretty obvious 😄 and I was inspired by the leaves and thanks theme on Anita's Muse card.
Products used:
Cardstock: White, Fog, Slate, Black, Copper foil
Dies: Grateful for You, Stitched Rectangle Stax (MFT), Chloe Stem (Memory Box), Layering Leaves (Concord & 9th)
Accessories: White embossing paste, Geometric Grid Stencil (MFT)
Cheers
Karren
Edited to Add: This card got a shout out at Muse
13 comments:
Soooo elegant! Your diecuts are fabulous and the bit of texture in the background is perfect! Love this!
I am really in love with this card: the color scheme, the metallic word die, the layout, the stenciled background - simply spectacular!
well you already know I love the shades of grey, and the die cut floral sprigs, and every card your heart touches... gorgeous!
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Beautiful. I love the scripty sentiment and the leaves!
I love this with it's subtle tiones and pop of copper x
I love how you combined the two die cuts in the gray, black and white. The copper sentiment added such elegance to the card.
Gorgeous card, Karren! I love how you added embossing paste behind your beautiful foliage and your copper foil sentiment is divine! You did an amazing job combining challenges, too...Stunning work, my friend!
Such a lovely card, the die cards are beautiful and the word grateful is so pretty :)
Great combination of these challenges! I love the copper with the white, grey and black - very striking! Thanks so much for joining us at Muse this week!
This is gorgeous, Karren!! I love the layered foliage and the touch of embossing paste!
Gorgeous texture from your layered up die cuts and the grey white space is super stylish. Thanks so much for playing along at Muse, Anita x
Really gorgeous! The foliage with the embossing just make this a standout all around! Thanks so much for sharing and entering the Happy Little Stampers ATG w/ Dies Challenge for November!
Breath-taken away gorgeous! And yes, metallics are, indeed, a trend in card-making - something I wish I would have thought of in designing my card! Thank you for sharing this beautiful design in the Inkspirational and HLS Anything Goes with Dies galleries!
~carol
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