Texture. I don't know about you but sometimes when I am supposed to be sleeping I toss and turn and then think and design in my head. Today's card is a result of one of those nights, and I think it is better than what I imagined.
I wanted tone on tone with texture so I started with a base of Naturals Ivory and mixed it with Very Vanilla but then it needed something to add some pizzazz but in a subtle way, so Brushed Gold. So I have the colours, and since my order came the day before, the Houndstooth Embossing folder was begging to get out of its package so there was my texture.
Isn't Houndstooth a beautiful texture? I punched a strip of Very Vanilla with the new Lace Ribbon Border punch and attached it behind the Houndstooth panel. Then maybe I need more texture- so add a strip of Very Vanilla embossed with the Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder
Now we have texture! Before I assembled all the pieces I sprayed them with Very Vanilla Smooch Spritz so we have a bit of shine with our texture. I gold embossed the sentiment punching it out with my 1 1/4" circle punch layering it onto a 1 3/8" Brushed Gold circle and the butterflies are also Brushed Gold from the Beautiful Wings Embosslits die.
and inside more gold embossing
the beautiful sentiment from the retired set, Close as a Memory.
Happy Stamping,
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