Sun Collage Card

Hi everyone!

Today's card is a vintage card entitled Sun Card. I used Tim Holtz's tissue tape, plenty of bling and paper flowers too! (You might notice the gold leaves I used? They are from the Cake Decorating Aisle at the craft store!)

I really like the way that this card came out.  All the different layers blend very nicely.  There is a lot to look at with this card so it's interesting to the eye.



I want to show you how I created all the layers for this card.  They are easy to do and you can change the colors to suite your style.

First, I used a border punch to create a lacy border. I chose a light green to go with the bright yellow mat I used for the front of the card.

I added a piece of brown core'dinations cardstock that had been embossed with a cuttlebug and sanded.

Finally, I added the tissue tape.



I have a small tag punch that I used punch out three tags. I used ink to color the tags and then added the letters to spell out SUN. (This would look really nice with green tags and JOY for Christmas!)

I layered the tags onto the card with foam tape.

I hope you enjoyed today's card!

Vintage Wedding Card

Hi everyone!  Hope you are having a great week!

Today's card is very pretty card I did with weddings in mind. I used a key as the main decorative element and ivory ribbon with green leaf ribbon and roses to accent.

This angled view gives a much better view of the silver embossing that is done on the card.

Embossing with embossing powder can really add an elegant touch to any card whether it is decorative or a greeting.  Below you can see the before and after using silver embossing powder.  It's quite difference, don't you think?

Here you can see the torn paper I layered over the embossed paper to create a"tromp l'oy" effect (french for "fools the eye").  It looks like the embossed paper is torn instead of the patterned paper!

Here is a close up of the kay handle and the roses and leaves that I added. (The leaves were cut from the leaf ribbon I used.

Hope you enjoyed today's card!