Monday, September 5, 2011

Happy Birthday, it's your day

Yes, this is my second post today.  Click HERE to see the first one.
I squeezed in just enough time today, to make a second card.  Yay!  Actually, I should have been working outdoors instead of stamping.  We finally have some gorgeous COOL weather, and I love it!

Back to stamping, though...

I'm playing along with The Paper Players Challenge #62 - Birthdays

And, The Lawnscaping Challenge #17 - use heat or dry embossing

This card is sooooo different from the card in my earlier post.  I have to admit that this is a style that I'm much more comfortable with.  I'm really liking this card :)  It has a combination of several techniques I've been seeing on other blogs.


I knew that i wanted to do these angled layers, and I thought that a combination of neutrals would give me the soft look that I wanted.  I dry embossed the top layer, then gave the image a  light sanding to soften it.  This pleated ribbon effect is something I haven't tried before.  It turned out to be easier than I thought.  So glad that I gave it a try!  I think the rest is self explanatory.  So, that's it :)

Thank you so much for stopping by!





Supplies:
Card stock: soft suede, whisper white, basic gray, sahara sand (SU)
Ink: basic gray (SU)
Stamps: simple sentiments (PTI)
Other: textured impressions embossing folder (SU), basic gray satin ribbon (SU), sanding block, scor-tape, gray gems (Recollections)

9 comments:

  1. So beautiful and elegant and love the neutral colors. Loving the angled layers! Just fabulous! Thanks for playing along with us again at Lawnscaping! :)

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  2. What a beautiful clean and classy card! The pleated ribbon and the bling are fabulous. Thanks for playing with The Paper Players again this week!

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  3. Gorgeous! Love that yummy ribbon treatment and the angled panels add so much interest! Thanks for playing along with us at The Paper Players...twice!

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  4. Wow, Susie! This is amazingly stylish and pretty! Love the ruffle and neutral colors!

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  5. Two fabulous cards! They are both so pretty! Thanks for having fun with The Paper Players this week!

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  6. You and I are very much alike! This is more my comfort zone too...and it's just gorgeous. Not only do I love the brown and gray, but that ribbon is fabulous! Thanks for joining in twice this week to play along with the Paper Players.

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  7. AWESOME card Susie! Love your colours and how you have angled the layers of cardstock, it's totally clever!

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  8. Such a different card from the first! So rich and elegant! I really like how you tilted the layers, it adds so much interest to the design. I have to try that tip sometime soon. Thanks so much for joining us (again) this week at The Paper Players!! :)

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  9. Susie...thank you for sharing this card. The design is beautiful and each element compliments the next! Thank you for your friendship :)

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