Hello stampers! I hope you are having a good weekend. Today I'm sharing a card that I actually started last summer. Two different challenges inspired me to dig out this piece that I started coloring on a road trip:
Do you recognize Tree Rings, the background stamp?
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Here is the challenge that inspired me to hunt around for that piece...
... and here is the challenge that inspired me to make my card a mixed media AND CAS card.
I thought the colors and the circle images mimicked the rainbow background in Steffi's Global Design Project card. The CAS Mix Up challenge lists several methods/media and you need to use at least 2. I used alcohol inks (Blends), Heat embossing(both white and clear), and, of course, die-cutting.
- I stamped the Tree Rings background stamp in Memento's Tuxedo Black ink and colored with numerous Blends, all in the Brights family. The centers were done with the darker colors. I did not know what I would be using this for when I colored it. I just wondered what it would look like in colors other than traditional wood tones.
- I cut the piece in two thinking I might make one card for each challenge but this card came together so well using both challenges that I now have an extra piece for another project.
- I used Glad Press 'N Seal to keep all of the "positive" and "negative" pieces from the "celebrate" die cut. This die is from the Celebrate You thinlet set. You need the leftover pieces from the e's, l and r to be on the background.
- The patterned "celebrate" was clear embossed with Versamark and clear embossing powder.
- I added 4 additional Basic Black behind my embossed "celebrate"s to add dimension.
- You Deserve It! (from Birthday Cheer - in the Occasions catalog) was embossed with white embossing powder, trimmed and cut into pieces to adhere to the bottom of my panel.
- The panel is layered on to Basic Black cardstock so that it would be stiffer to pop up on my card with Stampin' Dimensionals.
- This could be a birthday, graduation or congratulations card.
Here is a close up that shows the clear embossing a little better:
Definitely a fun card to put together!
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