Lovely Violet Suede Paper Greeting Card

Hi everyone! I'm sorry that I missed the last weekend posting.  But I've made up for it with a beautiful card I created.  Take a look!

I love how this card turned out.  I've been playing with suede paper lately.  This card uses purple suede paper (a deep rich jewel tone).  I embossed it.  Suede paper takes embossing really well. There is another picture of the inside of the card that also shows the embossing really well.

I made the front of my card using some patterned paper (Authentique Strong Collection) adhered to my card base which is ivory cardstock.  I used a template to cut the right edge on my card and shape it. (If you're interested, Paper Wishes has these Design Tool Kits on a key chain - very cool. Click HERE. I get nothing from this company - I just like to share items that are useful or beautiful.)

Here is a good look at the embossing I did on the suede paper.  This suede paper cuts like paper and went in my regular embossing folder and through my cuttlebug with no issues.

 I used brown chalk ink to edge the front of my card.

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you enjoyed this card!

Lis



Painted Flowers on Suede Paper

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!

Lis