Monday, January 3, 2011

CBC - In with the new / Gold


This weeks Created Byhand Challenge (blog or ning forum) is In with the new and/or Gold.  All supplies (except gold floss) are available from Quietfire Design.  The background  of this card started as plain white cardstock.  I rubbed brushed corduroy distress ink on a craft sheet and sprayed it with Perfect Pearls perfect gold mix in a mini mister bottle with water... pressed the white cardstock into the mix, lifted it, dried it, pressed again... etc, until I liked the background.  The fun part is getting all the extra dots on your paper as the mixture is getting used up.  I then embossed it with a Cuttlebug embossing folder from the Heritage set.  Rubbed a Versamark ink pad gently over the high spots, sprinkled on gold embossing powder, tapped off the extra and heated to melt.  Added some extra brushed corduroy ink around the edges using an ink blending tool.  Every end is stamped on white cardstock with black ink, cut out with Spellbinders die labels 15, edges rubbed with brushed corduroy using the ink blending tool and sticky back gold pearls added.  Spellbinders Fleur de Lis is cut from black cardstock.  The ribbon is Quietfire's 13mm white silk colored using Distress Ink black soot and water.  Gold floss and a gold heart to finish things off.  

11 comments:

Yogi said...

gorgeous. I love taking a plain white piece of cardstock and smooshing through misted/Distress.

Love the gold embossing and all the other elements.

PS do try one of those bows, they're fun to make.

Lori said...

Wow! This is so elegant! I love it, that background is GORGEOUS!

SusanK said...

This is gorgeous!

Elly said...

Beautiful card Wanda, and I love the big 'snowflake' in the post below.

And thanks for your sweet comment on my blog!!

M Rose said...

Beautiful!!!

Lui said...

Neat and elegant!

InkyFingers said...

Wow, this is beautiful! I'm going to try this technique, tfs! Mimi

Terry said...

Love this card. The colors are so elegant and rich! Beautiful!

Kathy2eggs said...

Truly a lovely card, thanks for all the techniques.. I love taking a white card and making it colorful. Love the mini misters...you did a fabulous job.
Your blog is wonderful.

Quietfire said...

Wow, I can't believe I didn't comment on this before. Spectacular!!

Deborah March said...

SPECTACULAR Wanda!!!