Remember that Zella Teal Birthday Organizer I posted HERE? Well, I was in need for some "mailable" birthday cards. To me mailable can be synonymous with FLAT (boring maybe???) but necessary. Well I pulled out some of the backgrounds I made at the lake with Sara Emily. These are Distress Oxide and Distress Ink backgrounds all embossed in Sara Emily's Tim Holtz embossing folders.
I went over the corners with my Versamark pad and added Stampendous Frantage in chunky gold to add some shimmer.
I dug through and found some coordinating solid panels I had made and cut them with Tim's new Stacked Baroque die. Next I sponged the stencil coordinate of the Wendy Vecchi Chrysanthemum stamp in similar colors onto cream card. I thought it would be nice to stamp over the stencil work so the image would be offset and have some white space here and there. I embossed it in gold then fussy cut.
I'm sharing with:
Blank Page Muse: Embossing
Fussy and Fancy: Favorite Florals
Stamping Sensations: Close to Nature
Fashionable Stamping: Floral
Shopping Our Stash: April Showers
Simon Says Stamp: Inspired by a Song
(I was inspired by the song Where Have All the Flowers Gone)
Fussy and Fancy: Favorite Florals
Stamping Sensations: Close to Nature
Fashionable Stamping: Floral
Shopping Our Stash: April Showers
Simon Says Stamp: Inspired by a Song
(I was inspired by the song Where Have All the Flowers Gone)
Wow, they are all gorgeous. Love the backgrounds. Hugs, Valerie
ReplyDeleteAutumn these notelets are fabulous, I love seeing different colourways as what we see as individuals can appear so different when seen through anothers eyes. Your embossed backgrounds really set the backdrop for Wendy's stamps. A delightful trio each as charming as the next.
ReplyDeleteCreative hugs for a wonderful weekend Tracey xx
These beautiful note cards in no way are boring, they are absolutely beautiful. Love the texture on the background and the pop of gold frantage. The offsetting of the flower stamping looks great and again the gold looks wonderful. They don't even look flat, they look stunning x
ReplyDeleteSo pretty with all the colors and textures.
ReplyDeleteI adore these! Wow: your fussy-cutting is off-the-chain! So many cool effects here... I'm so inspired! 😃
ReplyDeleteThese are absolutely gorgeous, Autumn, and don't need any embellishments at all. Your backgrounds are amazing, and your flowers are simply beautiful. These will definitely put a smile on the recipients' faces! Hugs!!
ReplyDeleteThey are so artistic and gorgeous, Autumn!! I love the colors and the pretty flowers!! The texture is fabulous!! They look amazing!! Have a great weekend!! Big hugs :)
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A Mermaid's Crafts
Gorgeous, I love the touches of gold, which give the designs an opulent feel and the backgrounds are gorgeous. Tracy xxx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards Autumn and they certainly don't look 'boring'
ReplyDeleteLove the textured background with the gold embossing and the gold embossed flowers are so pretty.
Thanks for sharing with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.
Avril xx
Just beautiful! Love the texture. Thanks for playing along with us at Shopping Our Stash!
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Chana
Wow, what nice cards. Great flowers and texture on the background.
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Greetings Carola
Three gorgeous, easily posted cards and we all need those. Your trio are elegant and textured as well as being flat. Love the embossed background, the chunky gold and the sweet flower image. Just beautiful. x
ReplyDeleteWhat lovely cards you made. Thanks for joining the Blank page Muse challenge this month.
ReplyDeleteSuch a pretty design and fabulous trio of cards xxx
ReplyDeleteGorgeous cards, Autumn, love those pretty backgrounds and the flowers with the subtle gold! Hope you'll have a lovely weekend!
ReplyDeleteAutumn, these are gorgeous! I love those beautiful backgrounds with their gold corners! (Great little technique to file away in my brain for future use!)
ReplyDeleteThese are really beautiful, Autumn!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteFabulous gilded florals - those textured backgrounds look amazing.
ReplyDeleteAlison x
You call them simple; I call them luxurious! The only thing simple about them is that they're simply beautiful! Those backgrounds are so rich in both texture and colour - love the addition of the gold!
ReplyDeleteWhat a blast to the past with your song inspiration, Autumn! I can remember singing that one around the campfire. Your cards are so elegant with the gold and the frames! Thanks for sharing your awesome creation with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge! hugs, Maura
ReplyDeletegorgeous, gorgeous- Autumn, wow the embossed and gilded background- stunning- and the flowers, too - in their softer toned frames.
ReplyDeleteThank you for this beauty -
Hugs, Dorthe
Fabulous backgrounds and beautiful embossed flowers
ReplyDeleteCarol x
These are pretty!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely NOTHING boring about these amazing cards, Autumn! that gold embossing takes them from fabulous to elegantly fantastic! I love the colors! So good to see how you've used those embossed designs, and now you have me itching to get into the Closet! (Except I have a mess here that needs all my attention.) Happy Memorial Day, my friend! I hope you are having something fun to do today! Hugs!
ReplyDeleteOooo these are really beautiful, love how you've created those gorgeous background and added a simple flower. Thank for joining us at Fussy & Fancy Friday this time
ReplyDeleteAndrea x
Beautiful note cards Autumn love the backgrounds.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing with us at Fashionable Stamping Challenges.
Warm crafty hugs from Shirl x x x
ShirlsArtwork.
Wow!! These cards are amazing Autumn! The backgrounds are simply stunning with that touch of gold at the corners. I also love the effect of the offset stamping .. it looks fabulous!! So elegant and so beautiful!! hugs xx
ReplyDeleteSomehow I missed leaving you a comment but these are stunning, Autumn! They look just like those specialty cards from Papyrus that cost a butt-load. Haha. Your embossing and gold touches are elegant but those flowers make it! Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteKate
Beautiful! Lovely backgrounds and colours
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at stamping Sensations this month
Joan
Your cards are so pretty! Thank you so much for joining us at Shopping Our Stash! Cyndi, DT
ReplyDeleteSuper wow!! I am so in love with those sparkly corners and lovely embossing. It is so vintage yet fresh. Wonderful balance and so not a boring "flat"card! These are sure to make anyone smile! Thank you so much for playing along with us in our challenge on the Blank Page Muse blog.
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Kim
Autumn, your work is always so lovely. Thanks for joining us at Blank Page Muse this month!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful cards with great backgrounds! Thanks so much for playing at our "embossing" challenge at the Blank Page Muse Blog - we hope to see you back for our new challenge!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow - these are gorgeous! The colors, the embossing are fab! Thanks for joining us at the Blank Page Muse blog!
ReplyDeleteGorgeous Cards and thank you for joining us at The Blank Page Muse Stamps.
ReplyDeleteLove your backgrounds and gold embossing use!Beautiful work!Thanks so much for playing at the Blank Page Muse blog and we hope to see you again next time!
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