I thought on this all day. What should've been easy turned into hard. Also, note to self, cut glitter paper last! I did off-set the letters a bit but didn't like them against the vellum paper, so I die cut 2 more layers & still didn't like it. Out came the SB dies & I liked the oval the best. I also used a stylus to deepen the embossing on the oval, but I don't think you can see that. That is something I do frequently to 'crisp up' the embossing. I also think this is 'chilly' for Kia's CAS because it reminds me of all our snow. Judy, I liked this TLC, old is new again.
Thanks for stopping by.
Date: Monday, January 1, 2018 GMT Views: 490
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Registered: October 26, 2009 Location: Oakhurst, near Yosemite Nat'l Park. Posts: 46783
Mon, Jan 01, 2018 @ 6:57 PM
Hey I know what you mean! I had a hard time too! I was trying to combine challenges and gave up on that after about an hour!!!
Your card turned out great!
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Registered: January 27, 2010 Location: Southern Ontario, Canada Posts: 51736
Tue, Jan 02, 2018 @ 6:03 AM
That lattice vellum is fabulous and makes for a great card Karen along with the sparkle from the glitter paper .. thanks for playing along with us for the first CAS challenge of 2018.
Registered: February 23, 2016 Location: El Paso, TX Posts: 22831
Tue, Jan 02, 2018 @ 9:34 AM
I like the crisp look you got from using a stylus to deepen the embossing on the oval - I must remember to try that as although the dies SAY stamp & emboss, I am often disappointed with the embossed effect - even when I use the impressionz plate after die cutting.
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Registered: January 20, 2016 Location: Freetown, Massachusetts Posts: 31441
Tue, Jan 02, 2018 @ 12:59 PM
I almost used that very same vellum on a card I started this morning! And it was going to be for the TLC challenge. Great minds think alike, right? I love your CAS challenge combo.
Registered: April 6, 2009 Location: Weyers Cave, Virginia in the Shenandoah Valley Posts: 31115
Fri, Jan 05, 2018 @ 5:43 PM
This is so simple yet so elegant at the same time! Your bg is so pretty....You know there are people who will run their die-cuts back through the machine to smooth out the edges, whereas you enhance yours~
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