I cut the card wider than the EF to give room to stamp the sentiment, after embossing I did some 2nd generation stamping with the music script, but it came out darker than I wanted, and as we crafters can't throw anything away, I salvaged it by giving it a watery coat of gesso, much more subtle!
I used gilding wax on the rose and leaves, although it's difficult to see the soft sheen. The sentiment was stamped with Seedless Preserves Oxide before heat embossing with clear EP.
After thinking Spring is just around the corner, we woke up to a couple of inches of snow this morning, and DD phoned to say she couldn't get out of her village and the next village at the bottom of the hill was cut off too! Our snow is melting as it's been very sunny, so hopefully this is just a blip!!
Avril x
19 comments:
Beautiful and elegant card, love the embossing. No snow here but buckets of rain! Have a great week, hugs, Valerie
Valerie is right - it's a very elegant card. I love what you've done with that embossing folder. It's beautiful as it is, but the watery gessoed background over the music is gorgeous - and I bet the gilding wax looks beautiful. It's a beauty, Avril - a classic card.
Cath x
So glad I popped on now I caught this beauty Avril, usually having tea or watchng telly by now but abit bored with the weather and all that, this is just gorgeous, that embossing folder is going to come in so handy.xx
Beautiful and elegant! I love the watery gessoed background! No snow here...yet!! Hugs, Chrisx
I'm hoping we miss the snow entirely Avril!! Hope yours has completely disappeared now! Love this gorgeous card, what an amazing effect!! Just beautiful.
Classy and elegant and the 3D embossing folder is A class.xx
Beautifully elegant Avril, before I read your post I was wondering just how it had been created, would never have dreamed it was an embossing folder.
B x
Morning Avril. What an elegant and classy card. Love the embossed rose and the gessoed background makes it a beautiful finish. Hope your safe and well. Hugs Rita xxx
Beautiful card Avril, love the roses. No snow here thank goodness ..... but it is freezing cold!!
Wow, I love this! The embossed rose looks so elegant with the soft sheen of the gilding wax - perfect 😁. Wishing you a wonderful week! Hugs, Jo x
Its a beautiful and stylish card Avril the embossed rose looks so pretty.
Yvonne xx
Oh my gosh, faint! Just an amazing look you get using this! You should be getting a commission or enabler kickback - I just went to Amazon and got this folder along with a very similar Crafters Companion folder for my A7 cards. Thanks....I think! heehee XOX
This looks amazing Avril! Very elegant!
Big hugs, Susi
Wonderful card Avril. x
I love that embossing folder. The effect you have created is stunning. We had hailstones and snow flurries on Tuesday but thankfully none of it settled. Roll on spring. Hugs Mrs.A.
A different approach from you with this one but certainly a very pleasing result:-)
Hope your snow is going, we still have some!
Sally xx
I do like the embossed rose.
No snow, but we did have hailstones!
Happy March Wishes.
All the best Jan
Love the gorgeous EF great effect with the wax and love the delicate background-fingers crossed but we haven't had any snow at all this year and we are only further down the coast.
Carol x
This is so beautiful, Avril - the detail on that rose is just phenomenal, and you've brought it out so well with the gilding waxes. The gesso made all the difference to the subtle music hovering in the background - just lovely!
Alison x
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