I couldn’t wait to play with the new Gilded Leafing again but I wanted to try something different and I came up with this Art Gallery Floral With Gilded Frame Card.
I’ve loved the little floral stamp in the Art Gallery Stamp Set in the Fine Art Floral Suite. I got the idea to stamp the flower and then make a gilded frame around it. Instead of using Versamark Ink and Heat & Stick Powder before applying the Gilded Leafing, as I did on this card, I simply made the frame with strips of Tear & Tape Adhesive! You can either pick up pieces of the gold leaf and stick it onto the adhesive, which I started doing. But then I just plunged the piece into my container, pulled it out but still held it over the container, and simply rubbed most of the excess off with my fingers. The Gilded Leafing is so soft, you almost want to stick your hands in it! When I had most of it off, I used a soft brush I had from years ago to brush off the last little bits. You can also use one of the Stamping Sponges.
The card base is Night of Navy, and I chose that because on another card I made with the Dandy Garden DSP I really liked the yellow flowers and dark blue background of that paper. I started off coloring the stamp with Stampin’ Write Markers but since it was new and I hadn’t prepared the stamp first, the ink from the markers just beaded up. I decided to just skip to a regular ink pad, Mango Melody. I tried to mostly get it on the flowers but I knew that even if I got it on the leaves, that’s okay because they would be covered with green ink. On these I did use the Mossy Meadow Stampin’ Write Marker because it was the darkest green and it would look lighter stamped. What you see on the card is my first attempt, so it worked out great! I layered this on a piece of Mango Melody Cardstock and then added the Gilded Leafing around the sides.
Since I had used the Mango Melody under the flower piece, I decided to use it as a thin layer on top of the Night of Navy card base. The top layer is a piece of the Fine Art Floral Designer Series Paper. Instead of using the floral side, of course, I turned it over and used this light blue with a pattern on it that looks like it was painted with a paint brush! To add to that texture, I embossed the paper with the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder.
I adhered the floral piece to the card front with Stampin’ Dimensionals®. For the greeting, I stamped a birthday sentiment from the Art Gallery Stamp Set in Mossy Meadow Ink and then die-cut it with a die in the Floral Gallery dies. I think all of these main products are in the Fine Art Floral Suite! I’m sure it will be one of the most popular Suites in the Spring Mini Catalog! Everything in that Suite is lovely!
If it isn’t on your shopping list yet, be sure to put it on there, at least if you like florals. The paper is gorgeous. The Gilded Leafing is fun and elegant. The Fine Art Ribbon is beautiful and soft. You will want everything!
Remember, with every $50 increment you purchase, you earn a free Sale-A-Bration product! If you spend $100 or more, you can choose one of the special Level 2 products, unless you want two Level 1 products at the $50 level.
