This week's Inspiration Challenge is a fabric site full of colors & patterns. I was inspired by THIS fabric for the bright colors. From the thumbnail, it looked floral to me so that's the direction I went.
Instead of embossing resist, I did the reverse on my background. I sponged on the Distress inks, dried it w/ a heat gun then used my embossing buddy over to make sure it was really dry. (It probably would have been easier to emboss, then sponge, but sometimes it's hard to get all of ink off of the embossing & I wanted it to be really crisp & white.) Then the azaleas were white embossed on top. The white front was die cut twice w/ a stitched curve die to make the split thru the center. After adding the greeting, I die cut some tiny flowers out of leftover background pieces & attached them.
Thanks so much for looking. Closeups & product links are on my blog: The Write Stuff
Date: Friday, June 21, 2019 GMT Views: 1019
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Registered: July 9, 2008 Location: Stars Fell on Alabama Posts: 74834
Fri, Jun 21, 2019 @ 7:44 PM
Julie, your colors are outstanding and I love those white embossed flowers. It is such a pretty design with the cuved borders. Beautiful card and I love that sentiment.
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Registered: August 10, 2006 Location: Sunny Florida Posts: 25290
Fri, Jun 21, 2019 @ 9:37 PM
Julie, the blended colors are beautiful with the white embossed flowers. The curved borders are so gorgeous and really pull the eye to the colorful flowers. Love the card, Julie!
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 83108
Sat, Jun 22, 2019 @ 5:27 AM
Super pretty, Julie. Love the colors and the sketch and your crisp white flowers. The sentiment is super sweet too. Great inspiration card. You are super inspiring! Hugz
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Registered: February 27, 2007 Location: LaCrosse, Wisconsin Posts: 39505
Sat, Jun 22, 2019 @ 6:22 AM
i love your layout!!!!! i don't have any dies like that but your card makes me want to purchase. big surprise there. anywho, this is outstanding. doesn't the site make you want to sew (or have someone sew for you????)???????
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