This is my card for today's F4A challenge to pay it forward. It is for a friend that I've mentioned here before, who made me an incredible gift of all her stamps when she decided to move on to another hobby. I'm not sure she's in need of a lift...but ANY excuse to send her a card, using one of the stamps she gave me!!
The base of my card is SU Always Artichoke, the next layer is Bazzil Pear embossed with a Darice embossing folder. The top layer is done with a technique I've been playing around with and I'm just loving. I laid down several shades of green coloured pencil, some watercolor, some not, then blended them together using a blending stump and GooGone.
Then I stamped three Ginko leaves....the third one is embossed in gold and cut out.
TFL!
Date: Thursday, January 9, 2014 GMT Views: 1792
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Sat, Jan 11, 2014 @ 4:06 AM
Beautiful card!
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Sat, Jan 11, 2014 @ 8:59 PM
Love this card, Jo! And so happy to see it in favorites of the week! How blessed you were by your friends generosity. She will treasure this pretty card
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Sun, Jan 12, 2014 @ 9:23 AM
Beautiful card Jo! Love the combination of staming on the panel and then adding the cut leaf! The GooGone technique is new to me! Sounds great and looks fantastic!!! Lovely card for your friend!