Thursday, June 23, 2011

Thursday's Dream Schemes/Free Challenge this Week!

This beautiful card was crafted by Marj Marion. She is a teacher in the Pacific Northwest and teaches stamping and stenciling at a store in Lacey, Washington called Art 'n Soul (right next door to Olympia). 


The apron stencil (LG736) was dry embossed on a patterned paper and then stenciled with turquoise/teal ink to highlight the edges of the apron.  


The metal band of turquoise colored aluminum was dry embossed through an embossing machine using a patterned background stencil (LJ899). The stencil was then removed and a metal edging tool was rolled along each edge of the now embossed aluminum strip. The Adirondack alcohol ink (the color is called lettuce) and Pearl Mixatives were daubed onto the metal to create a colorful background for the apron, which has been cut out and mounted onto the metal and decorative paper.


The flowers were created by punching out decorative paper and shading the edges with contrasting inks. The centers are small pearls added for a finishing touch. 


Would love to have you create along with us this week. If you don't have a blog just mail me your creation and I will share it with our readers. Be sure to leave a comment for Marj and it would also be great to have you make the rounds of the design team members as they share their card designs this week. Their names are on the sidebar to the right...just click on one and see what stencil and technique they have used for this week's free challenge.

7 comments:

sommrstamping said...

Marj... you did a fabulous job on this card. I love the way you used different techniques. the colors are bright and I love the whole composition of the card.

Marijane said...

What a darling card, Marj! I love all the techniques and different elements you used in it's creation. Thanks for sharing!

Wendy said...

This is fabulous!!! Great job on so many techniques. I an somewhat close to the Pacfic Northwest. I would love to take a class.

Pam Hornschu said...

Marj used my favorite colors on this gorgeous card. Love the band of metal with the shimmer.

Laura Drahozal said...

Pretty card. I like the metal band and love the color scheme. It is just really fun.

Deborah March said...

Love the embossed foil!

Liz Martin said...

Great card with lots of visual interest and different techniques. Good ideas for "mixing" it up! Thanks for the inspiration.

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