THIS IS A BEAUTIFUL RAK FROM MY DEAR FRIEND KATHIE MCGUIRE. (CHECK OUT HER GALLERY) I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY HOW KATHIE CREATED THIS GORGEOUS CARD, BUT IN A NUTSHELL THESE BEAUTIFUL IMAGES WERE STAMPED ON HEAVY WEIGHT VELLUM, EMBOSSED WITH A WHITE EP THEN TURNED OVER AND COLORED LIGHTLY WITH CHALK. THEN THEY WERE DRY EMBOSSED FROM THE REAR, GIVING A PUFFY LOOK TO THE PETALS. LOTS OF WORK BUT THE RESULT IS SO SPECIAL I CAN'T EVEN BEGIN TO SHOW AND TELL IT HERE. I AM SO LUCKY TO RECEIVE ONE OF THESE BEAUTIES......THANK YOU SO MUCH KATHIE....
Date: Tuesday, January 15, 2008 GMT Views: 647
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Registered: February 12, 2004 Location: Gilbert, AZ Posts: 77
Thu, Jan 17, 2008 @ 5:00 PM
You're welcome Melanie!! And gee, I think I'm the lucky one to have a friend like you. Loved making it and loved giving it!!
You're right on the technique. It's embossed on SU vellum cardstock. Then turned over on the backside and dry embossed with a stylus. After that, I rubbed chalk onto the backside with a cotton swab. Then, cut the flowers out and mounted them onto the base cardstock with pop-dots. Really not that much work...mostly a labor of love for merniebug!!
Registered: October 21, 2007 Location: Alberta, Canada Posts: 6707
Wed, Jan 30, 2008 @ 9:25 PM
This card is beautiful!
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