I had been playing with the colors for Color My Heart of Glacier, Capri and Avocado but was lacking in direction till the great gals at Can You Handle the Pressure came up with the challenge of Borders. I cut the white thin border cs and attached to white cs base. I then cut the two bg pieces to fit and then added the light blue cs strips for another border. Sentiments and wreath were cut on the Silhouette. Wreath is an outline of a stamp and sentiment I created from a cursive font and mat layer. The bg in blues is the press I took off of a stencil that I had used stencil butters and was just using up the leftover butter. My green bg is white cs that got smeared with green stencil butter and a round dauber that was moist and dipped in white glue. Once dry I used a branches and berries ef. Both pieces got sponged with corresponding color of ink on a brush dauber that added depth and more color.
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Wow, you come up with the most amazing backgrounds.
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Thanks Gerry, you know me, always playing.
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Gorgeous background. The green leaves is amazing and looks awesome with the brick work. Beautiful, wreath, sentiment and card.
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Thanks Gayle, the stencil butters make beautiful shimmer paper
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Your split embossed background looks so pretty, and I love your white on white greeting!
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Thanks Lisa, I was fortunate that the photo shows the sentiment so well. White on white can be tricky.
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This is lovely. Having the white wreath and sentiment is great against your colorful and textured background pieces. The thin borders are fun.
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Thanks Golda, when I cut the wreath out I was intending on coloring it or stamping in black but the white was great just the way it was.
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Oh my goodness … this is AWESOME! What wonderful elements you have put together to create this amazing work of art! I LOVE IT!!! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Can You Handle the Pressure challenge! Good Luck and we hope you’ll come back often. We appreciate your support!
Darlene
Can You Handle the Pressure
DAR’S CRAFTY CREATIONS
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Thanks Darlene, can’t wait to see your next twist. Being in the top 3 last challenge was quite the honor
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Your cards ALWAYS deserve the honor! So glad you are having fun with our challenges as we sure enjoy having your beautiful creations to view any time you play along.
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Lovely embossing and design full of gorgeous colours. Thanks for entering into our current challenge and good luck in the draw. [aNNie Proud designer for Can You Handle The Pressure
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Thanks Annie, love playing along and especially seeing the gallery for inspiration.
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