UPDATE: This card was chosen as one of the top submissions at Practical Scrappers for the bling challenge! You can click here to see the other wonderful designs.
Today's card has no stamping and uses just designer paper, cardstock, Spellbinders dies and some colored rhinestones. I was looking around Splitcoaststampers today and found a tutorial for making an embossed medallion with Spellbinders Nestabilities. So I thought I'd try it out to make a challenge card.
This project works for the squares challenge at The Shabby Tea Room, the die cut challenge at Creative Belli Blog, and the bling challenges that are part of the bloghop at Practical Scrappers and The Cuttlebug Spot. The color scheme comes from The Play Date Cafe: black and white with a pop of color. Here's the color inspiration.
Here's a closer look at the embossing. It's done by nesting Spellbinders together using low-tack tape and embossing them all in one pass.
I have several sets of Spellbinders, so I know I will experiment some more with this. Using different dies together can create a completely different look. Circles will work as well as shapes. Maybe I'll put a butterfly in the middle and bling it up for next time!
Supplies:
Cardstock: The Paper Company
Paper: K & Company
Dies: Spellbinders Classic Scalloped Squares Small, Labels One, Fleur de lis pendant set, Fancy Tags
Accessories: colored rhinestones
Wow! that embossing's brill! Love this card, especially those orange rhinestones! Thanks for making these colour splash 'sing' in the play date cafe :)
ReplyDeleteWOW ... that embossing is absolutely stunning -- great job with the challenge this week! Thanks so much for joining us in the Tea Room and I hope to see you again on Monday for our next challenge too :)
ReplyDeleteWhat an elegant card........great embossing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing at Practical Scrappers.
Sherri DT
The choice of color really brings out the color of the jewels. Thanks for joining us at Practical Scrappers this week.
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Tanya
This makes me think of an antique wood burning stove in an old kitchen - the jewels being the fire. Things are cozy, and it smells like bread or pie !! YUM !
ReplyDeleteOohhh...Love that embossing! Might have to give that a try! :) Thanks for playing along with us at The Shabby Tea Room!:)
ReplyDeleteVery pretty!! Thanks for sharing this with Practical Scrappers.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful, Lara! Love all the embossing! Thanks for playing with the PDCC!!
ReplyDeleteVery, very cool embossing technique. and I love the elegant color combo. Thanks for playing along with us at The shabby Tea Room.
ReplyDeleteWOW--great embossing! And the splash of orange is PERFECT:) Love it! TFS and playing along with us at the PDCC!
ReplyDeleteLove your card, and that medallion is great! I own or have borrowed every one of those dies. How neat to see them used that way! Lovely job on the entire card!
ReplyDeleteThe embossing is wonderful as your focal image! Thanks for playing at the PDCC.
ReplyDeleteLovely idea with the embossing and lovely use of the colors too! Thanks for playing along with us at PDCC!
ReplyDeleteLove your interpretation for the colour splash week. Simple idea but very stunning. Enjoy your day. Tracy (www.craftaddicts-tracyevans.blogspot.com)
ReplyDeleteWhat a FAB card!!! I love the embossing. The internet is great for learning new techniques, you've done a great job with this one! Thanks for playing along with us this week at the Play Date Cafe!
ReplyDeleteThe embossing looks great especially in combination with the colour combination.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous technique and your colors for the 'splash' worked perfectly!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for playing with us again in The PDCC!