I didn't get a chance to play in the Free for All Challenge on Friday which was to repeat an element. I had picked another card from the gallery of Queen Emily (aka Stamp Muse) and decided to put together a CASE of it. I started with my diagonal plate and scoring board scoring at every inch to create my grid. I used sand paper to rough this up a bit. Instead of adding silver brads in the corners, I used my Stampin' Dazzle Silver marker to accent the join of each diagonal. I stamped my butterfly on vellum and embossed in black ep. I used the direct to paper technique to add Wisteria to the back side of the butterfly and used my silver marker again to add accents on the front. I die cut white tissue paper and used my Wisteria reinker to dye the flowers then layered them and put them together with a silver brad. My leaves were die cut with Little Leaves die and I used my dinged up plates to get some rough texture on them. I stamped my sentiment then double punched with the Designer Label punch and backed with a punched silver piece. This is popped on dimensionals. So, my repeated elements or the Free for All are the 3 flowers and 3 sets of leaf die cuts. For the mixability challenge to use both rough and smooth elements: My rough media is dry embossing, sanding, and the textured leaves and the smooth is the heat embossing and the silver accents.
Date: Monday, May 27, 2013 GMT Views: 3999
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Registered: May 31, 2008 Location: Seattle Posts: 14509
Mon, May 27, 2013 @ 1:23 PM
Absolutely gorgeous! Already favorited 3 times! Thanks for playing again ... your creations are a delight!
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Registered: February 15, 2005 Location: Big Island of Hawaii Posts: 18044
Mon, May 27, 2013 @ 1:30 PM
Beautifully done! Love all the elements and how you were able to do the "threepeat" elements. Mahalo for sharing the details as well. Into FAVs for later inspiration!
Registered: January 8, 2011 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 40326
Mon, May 27, 2013 @ 11:26 PM
Gail, this is so beautifully put together - your tissue flowers look lovely with their silver brads in their centres, and the colouring in your butterfly is just gorgeous!! LOVE your scored bg too!!
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Registered: October 29, 2004 Location: Coos Bay, Oregon Posts: 24007
Thu, May 30, 2013 @ 10:36 AM
Thanks so much Gail for sharing all your details. I just LOVE how your tissue paper die cut and died flowers turned out. Also your diagonal dry eb background with the roughing up and accented corners is simply beautiful. I really love every single detail. Oh yes, your butterfly is just stunning too! TFS
Registered: December 15, 2011 Location: Abilene TX Posts: 11275
Thu, May 30, 2013 @ 9:24 PM
Oh, Gail, this is just awesome! Especially love the butterfly!
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