Today I'd like to share a technique that I used on the above card. (Please also look for another card using suede paper on Frantic Stamper's Blog.) The centerpiece to my card is the purple suede paper.
Suede paper is really luxurious! It is soft and "suede" feeling to the touch and comes in all kinds of colors. I love the jewel tones best of all. I embossed my suede paper first and then used Twinkling H2O's to color the leaves and petals. I used Pink Azalea and Irish Mist in Twinkling H2Os.
To create my card I also embossed a small print flower pattern on purple and pink card stock. I cut both pieces down to 5 1/4 x 4 and then cut those from corner to corner. I matched two different colors up to make this card (and I have another set for another card!). I edged both the suede paper and the outer edge of my card base (which is in blue) with gold line dazzles.
Close Up!
Here is a close up of the painted flowers. This doesn't do them justice. The shimmer of the Twinkling H2O paints shows quite nicely on the suede paper. I used an Opal Paint Pen from Viva Decor for the center of my large flower.
Here you can see how I put my card layers together and the gold edging.
And another shot of my card.
I hope you enjoyed my card today. I hope you try out some suede paper. Frantic Stamper has sampler packs. If you do, I bet you use it a lot!
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