Glamorous Gold birthday card

A very special birthday deserves a special card.  This card uses the gold foil sheets to the best advantage.

The photo doesn't show off the true color of the gold foil sheets, but you can tell it has shine to it.
The stamp set People Like You has these beautiful flowers.  They were stamped in VersaMark ink and heat embossed with gold embossing powder that has some gold glitter in it.  The flowers wer cut out and tucked behind the edge of the foil strip.  I think it looks like a flower box!

The gold foil was embossed with the Modern Mosaic embossing folder.  A piece of 1/8" basic black taffeta ribbon was tied on a knot.

This card was made like a file folder by using the envelope punch board.
The top inside has the greeting on the tab, and the area for writing is layered So Saffron over a Basic Black card.
The birthday greeting is from the hostess set Express Yourself.
The smallest flower was stamped in Smoky Slate ink, using a Stamp-a-ma-jig for accurate placement.

The sentiment was punched out with the Decorative Label punch and layered over a piece of  Wisteria Wonder card stock  cut out with  a die from the Apothecary Arts framelit.

I like how versatile this stamp can be when you look at each of the elements and start creating.
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Tulips for You

This pretty set, Blessed Easter, can be used for many different occasions.

It can be found in the new Occasions Spring Catalog.
I love the tulips, but would like to use them for cards that are not for Easter.  To make this stamp more versatile I cut the sentiment off and mounted it separately.  Now I won't have to ink the sentiment with the tulip stamp if I want to use a different one.

First I sponged the background colors on white card stock to create a sky and ground.   Next, the image was stamped with black ink and colored in with ink refills and an Aqua  Painter. I used a green marker to add some additional grass around the flower stems.
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To add dimension to the petals, I stamped the petals a second time on scrap paper an cut them out.They were shaped gently with my bone folder and attached to the blossoms on the card.  I like the change this little technique made in the look of the blossoms.

The Thinking of You sentiment was added to the card front.  It is from the Peaceful Petals stamp set, which can also be found in the Occasions Spring catalog.
 Recipe:
Card stock: Blushing Bride, Pear Pizzazz Whisper White.
The sky was sponged with Blushing Bride, Calypso Coral, and So Saffron ink pads.
Inks used for stems and leaves were Pear Pizzazz and Certainly Celery, and a Garden Green marker for the grass.

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