Hello and welcome to my blog. This week at CASEing the Catty we are CASEing an embossing project from either catalogue. You may have hopped over from Rachel’s blog, make sure you visit all the Design Team’s Blogs by clicking on the “next” button at the bottom of the post.
I liked the background of the card on page 73 of the Mini Catalogue and the image on this card has been white heat embossed so technically this card is an embossed project.
The background uses the Gentle Waves background stamp which I’m ashamed to say, is sitting on my shelf and hasn’t been inked up yet and it’s retiring at the end of the month. It’s currently on sale for $21.
I wondered what this stamp would look like white heat embossed, even though the sample card is not embossed. I liked the look of the embossing so then I used a blending brush and Soft Sea Foam, Coastal Cabana and Bermuda Bay ink to add colour to my background. I don’t have the Viking image the sample card uses so I thought sea shells would look perfect against my ocean background.
The Seaside Seashells Dies have a co-ordinating Seashells 3D Embossing Folder so that was perfect for the embossing project challenge. The main shell is stamped in Soft Sea Foam ink. Two other seashells were White Heat Embossed then I used my blending brush again with Petal Pink ink. I’ve added an embossed sentiment and some Faux Sea Glass Shapes. My finished card looks nothing like the sample card but I hope you can see where I was going with it.
I’m sure Marvi can see where I was going although I think he might have been dissapointed there were no fish on my card.
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Peta
I love that you heat embossed the Gentle Waves stamp and I love your background colors!! You will be cased for sure, since I just received this retired stamp. I love it.
FYI–I’m getting an error when I try to PIN your card. I really want to PIN it!! Thanks for sharing, Peta!
Hi Karen, thanks for your lovely comment and thanks for letting me know my “Pin It” button wasn’t working. It’s working now so you should be able to pin my card.
Oooh, the wavy background looks fabulous embossed and inked over. The variation in colour is wonderful. The seashells layered over the top are awesome!
Love how the colours are reflected in Marvi’s eyes.
Great colour choices and a fabulous combination of embossing styles.
Love this card. Seashells are way better than Vikings anyway.
Don’t worry I’m the same. I also bought the gentle waves stamp and haven’t used it. At least yours has been used now! I love how you’ve blended the ink onto the shells etc. lovely card