Thursday 20 February 2014

Emboss it at The Crafting Cafe

At the Crafting Cafe Challenge blog this month we are asking you to show us a card with embossing, be it wet or dry.

The  prize of 6 pots of WOW! embossing powders as WOW! is our sponsor this month.

For my DT piece I created this......




 I used the Cracked Glass technique. I stamped and coloured the butterfly  - a favourite of mine by Anna Griffin - with Distress Pens Then I covered the mountboard with Perfect Medium before applying WOW! Embossing Ultra High Clear Powder. I repeated this three times to get a thick coverage. Then I let it cool before bending the whole piece to give a cracked look. Finally I applied a dark brown ink with Cut N Dry Foam to highlight the cracks.

The papers I selected are the new ones from Docrafts - Madame Payraud which is a great curiosity style collection. I aged the papers further with Distress Inks before cutting them into squares and mounting them onto brown card. 

I would love to see your creations too! So join us at The Crafting Cafe.

Other Challenges I am entering:

4Crafty Chicks - Things with Wings

6 comments:

Brenda Brown said...

Fabulous card Emma, love the blocked background and the beautiful cracked butterfly xx

Netty said...

Beautiful card and design, Annette x

http://nettysartadventures.blogspot.co.uk/

Lori Turner said...

This is so pretty, Emma!! I love this technique! Thanks so much for joining us at 4 Crafty Chicks this week xoxoxo

Sue B said...

Oh Wow! this is awesome Emma!! the butterfly is so beautiful and I love the pretty papers and embellies… gorgeous feathers!
Hope you have a good week!
Big hugs
Sue B xx

DebiJ said...

How gorgeous is your card! Beautiful layering & butterfly!
Thank you for playing at 4 Crafty Chicks.
Debi - GDT@4CC

Sammy said...

This is so, so beautiful! Beautiful soft colours and fab design!
Just hopping by on the Crafting Cafe blog hop :-) x

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