Sunday 1 July 2012

Moxie Fab - love challenge

Another entry to the Moxie Fab challenges... there are so many awesome challenges going on over there at the moment! This card is for the love challenge.


I started off with a background created with a pile of distress inks.. can't remember the colours but if you want to know then please feel free to ask. I picked those colours because I think this is a really warm and comforting colour combination, just perfect for a love card.

I then decided I wanted to add copper and gold embossing powder, for a sort of autumnal feel. Foliage seemed a sensible way to go, and so I went for edges and left the space in the middle for the sentiment. If you look closer there are some foliage images which are unembossed because i liked the subtle look of the embossing ink.

The stamps are all from the Papermania Bird Song set which I recently acquired in a sale.  The birds were embossed with fired brick distress powder on to vellum, and stuck on. The top one looks a bit odd because of the shine - it looks much more solid in real life but I couldn't get a pic which showed that as matt and the gold and copper as shiny!

Finally, I created a black card blank and stuck the panel on top. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out :)

Also entering into the following challenges:
Try It On Tuesday - Anything Goes
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards - Anything Goes
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Depth of Distress
Craft Your Passion - Things with Wings


20 comments:

  1. Your card is beautiful. I love your soft, blended background colors of the Distress Inks. The gold and copper embossing around the edges. What a nice contrast! I also like the unembossed foliage images. Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  2. Wonderful card! Love all the inking, such a beautiful background!

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  3. This is such a beautiful card. I love how you blended all those inks.

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  4. A beautiful card with a sspecial sentiment. thank you for joining us at TioT's this time.
    Yvonne

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  5. This is a beautiful card M and you have certainly hit the challenge. Well done x

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  6. A very striking card. Love the colours and the embossing. I like your bird stamp.
    Thank you for your sweet comments on my blog

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  7. A lovely card, with lots of interesting techniques. Thank you for joining us on the TIOT challenge. Hugs Bee

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  8. M, yes a warm rosy colour combination for a love card I agree. Beautiful! Thank you for your nice comments on my blog. Sue x

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  9. Fabulous colours and embossing M. A totally gorgeous card.
    Hugs, Sylvia x

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  10. This is stunning! Beautiful colours and I love the embossing around the edges. keeleyxx

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  11. This is so effective! I love the glowing colours and the gold embossing looks superb with the background. I like the frame effect too. Vicky x

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  12. I love the colours! It's feels all warm and I think if I got this in the post it'd be like receiving a big hug - perfect :)

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  13. Beautiful card and I love the colours xxx

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  14. So BEAUTIFUL!!! Love the colors and your wonderful distressed bg! Hugs, Karin

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  15. gorgeous colours and I love the frame effect for the sentiment.
    Jenny x

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  16. Totally beautiful! I adore the colours in the background and the embossing is right up my street.
    Juliaxx

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  17. Great embossing! thank you for joining the Chocolate Coffee and Cards challenge! ~Yvonne DT

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  18. Oh, wow! This is gorgeous from the beautiful background to the embossing to the design.

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  19. Hey M! Thanks for linking this up to the Love Card Challenge for Stamp It! Cards Week in the Moxie Fab World! I'm so glad you joined in on all the fun! :)

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