Cardstock embossed with the Country Floral Dynamic Embossing Folder is perfectly beautiful “plain”, but I was anxious to see what it would be like to color the embossed floral images on this birthday card like I had seen done on some samples. I think it does make for a beautiful card, but I will tell you honestly that it takes some work and some patience! As much as I like coloring some outline images and find it very relaxing, coloring on embossed images I found to be a little less relaxing! But I love using the Stampin’ Blends markers every time so it wasn’t all hard work!
Here is what my desk (kitchen table) looked like as I colored the Country Floral embossed card layer! Always be sure you have something underneath what you are coloring with the Stampin’ Blends alcohol markers because it can bleed through the paper. In using the markers, I usually colored most areas with the light color first and then put in a few accents with the dark color. Then I went back in with the light color and blended. It’s really very easy!
The card base is Powder Pink Cardstock with a layer of Flirty Flamingo. Then the embossed layer is placed on top of the Flirty Flamingo. I decided to try the Whisper White 5/8″ Polka Dot Ribbon on the card to see if I liked it or if it was too “busy” with all the colored flowers. I decided I kind of liked it! It is there but really you barely see it so I think it adds something to the card.
For the greeting, I stamped a sentiment from the Beautiful Bouquet Stamp Set. I didn’t want to take up too much space on the card with the sentiment, so I used the new Rectangle Stitched Framelits Dies. I chose the smallest rectangle and didn’t add a layer. After I die-cut this, I really liked how it looked on the card!
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