Fancy Faux Enameled Flower

 Fancy Faux Enameled Flower

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Today's card includes a faux enamel technique using liquid embellishment drops. This was my first attempt. I have been wanting try this out.

This is a 5 x 7inches card made with white cardstock, then layered with a dark pink cardstock, then with a patterned paper from Anna Griffin.

The center die cut decoration was done with a patterned cardstock and a border die from Diamond Press.

The Technique:

For the above card I used the following embellishment drops:

1. Scrapbook.com Pops of Color:
• Sparkle Snowflake
• Purple
• Lilac
2. Tonic Studios NUVO drops:
• Vintage Drops in Pioneer Green and 
• Crystal Drops in Plum Pudding

I die cut a flower from lavender pearl card.  I chose this die because it has open areas that I can color.  It's not too intricate.

I started out with the Sparkle Snowflake and filled in the petals.  Then I used Plum Pudding starting where the petals meet at the flower.  I used just a little and drew out the color with the tip. I did this for all the petals.

For the leaves I used two shades of NUVO Vintage drops.  I used the darker color at the base of each leaf going about halfway up. Then I switched to the lighter shade and completed coloring in the leaves. Then I used the bottle tip to blend where the two colors meet on each leaf.  I did not mix them.  I was careful to pull one color into the next only 1-2 times. (I think the leaves could have used a little more work but I didn't want to go over them again for fear of mixing the colors together.)

I probably could have used a toothpick or a poky tool. The bottle tip worked fine.  I made sure to clean the nozzle to avoid contaminating the color in the bottle.

So, what do you think?  Leave a comment and let me know!

Thanks for stopping by,

Lis

Elegant Card with Tonic Studios Verso Dies

Elegant Card with Tonic Studios Verso Dies

Hi everyone!

Today's card features a Verso die set from Tonic Studios.  This is an old set.  I love Tonic Studios dies.  They really think through the process when creating their sets and usually the number of dies in a set is fabulous and includes mats which makes card creating easy.

This die set features some lovely filagree with tiny hearts.

I started with a standard A2 card base made with ivory cardstock. I normally use white cardstock but this die set felt old fashioned, so I opted for ivory instead. There are no layers in this card. I wanted the die cuts to stand out.

I used the two outer dies to cut some purple/pink mirror card. The inner die cut is of gold mirror card. The center die cut is from the same purple/pink mirror card.

I added a dark brown ribbon across the center of my card and layered everything else on top.

I added some brown and white pearls to decorate and a single blinged out flower for the center.

I haven't put on a sentiment, leaving that for when I send this card.

Thanks for stopping by,

Lis