TGIF Challenge #TGIFC153

Thank goodness it is Friday! Right!  Today I am playing along with TGIF Challenge 153. This weeks challenge is 'anything goes'. I was inspired by the design that Stesha Bloodhart, one of the designers, posted.

 

I decided to step a little outside my comfort zone and play with a color that I'm typically not drawn to as much, calypso coral.  I just love how this turned out. The calypso coral works really well with the metallics in the springtime foil dsp. And I thought that the black embossed background really makes everything pop!  The flowers from the springtime foil dsp is fussy cut and attached using dimensionals. I made the banner, with the sentiment, pop by using my bone folder to curl the paper in both directions to make it slightly wavy and I sponged the edges with calypso coral.

Thank you for looking! 

Kerry

Springtime Foil Paper

I just love the springtime foil specialty designer series paper that came out for the last half of sale-a-bration. In this picture I showcase two techniques.

Left Card:  I cut a piece of the foil paper and slid or brushed the dapper denim ink pad directly on the paper. I decided that I liked the visible brush strokes because it gives it a bit of a distressed look. Then I took a kleenex and wiped the paper to remove the ink from the foil part of the paper, kind of like buffing the paper.  Added a quick sentiment, cut out with a stitched framelit and finished off with some shimmer ribbon. Tada! so quick and easy!

Right Card: I cut a piece of the foil paper, colored in the floral images with the Blends alcohol markers, added a bit of gold glitter paper along the top and bottom and finished off with a sentiment stamped and punched out.