I chose to focus on the ferns and brick wall then add a pink felt flower and pink punched sentiment tag.
The brick wall was created by applying gray ink to the inside of the brick embossing folder before running the light gray cardstock through the embossing machine. There wasn't enough gray on the embossed image to give me the look I wanted, so I LIGHTLY brushed the gray ink pad across the cardstock to make some bricks darker.
The ferns were die cut using three different dies and two different shades of green cardstock. After die cutting, I put the cardstock again through the embossing machine with a rubber mat under the sheet. This allowed the great impressions in the dies to transfer to the details.
I loosely glued the ferns to the brick panel, then punched a tag that I stamped the sentiment on. This tag was tucked behind the ferns and glued down.
Finally, the brick panel was glued to the Stampin' Up! (SU) pink card base. I am rating the difficulty level of "2" out of a possible "5).
Date: Thursday, February 18, 2021 GMT Views: 303
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Registered: March 20, 2008 Location: Hamilton, Ontario Canada Posts: 615
Thu, Feb 18, 2021 @ 8:31 PM
I am especially impressed with the reality of your brick wall, all I can say is WOW!!! I want to reach out and touch it, and of course the combination of the embossed effects with the various stages of inking make this look SO real, aged .and very vintage. This is WONDERFUL!!!
Those ferns are beautiful, the green colors used plus the embossed details play off the brick details so well, and it's so very well balanced. Gorgeous, gorgeous!!!
I am wondering what you used in the center of your flower, you don't mention your flower or what's there, and I would love to know...
This would make a fantastic masculine card, I struggle when making masculine cards (just uploaded one), and when I see a card that is so beautifully created that would be suitable as a masculine card, I sit up and take notice. Thank you for this stunning inspiration, it's wonderful!!!
Registered: August 25, 2004 Location: Boise, Idaho Posts: 148
Fri, Feb 19, 2021 @ 7:01 AM
Joanne (905lovestostamp), thank you for your kind words about my card! The flower on my card is a felt embellishment from many years ago by Stampin' Up!. I'm sorry I forgot to mention it in the card description, but at least I did remember to include it in the list of embellishments. It's a simple flower cut out of pink felt, then a brown felt circle is stitched onto it using a spiral pattern with white thread. It would be easy to make if you have a sewing machine (or even by hand). You can use metal dies to cut the felt to make it even easier!!!! I browsed through you gallery and see that you use stitching on your cards (so much time and love put into them!). Happy crafting!