Freshly Made Sketches #185 - Take Two

My card for today is my second card for the Freshly Made Sketches #185 - A Sketch by Cindy H  challenge, and here it is.

This is Cindy's sketch.

First, I dry embossed my card panel with  a wood-grain folder.  Next, I sponged my focal panel with some lilac ink in a 'slight' ombre effect.  Then I used Paper Smooches, Scripty Sayings to stamp my sentiment and added a small, layered flower and flourish to the corner.

I finished, by cutting two flags from different patterned papers and mounted the sponged panel on top of the banners and mounted the whole thing to my embossed panel.

Finally, I mounted that on to a black card base.  Here are the rest of the pictures.

As always, thank you so much for making my day with your visits and for all your comments, you are all appreciated more than you can know!  I hope you all are having a lovely weekend.  Hazel xx

Freshly Made Sketches #185

As my post title suggests, today's card is for the Freshly Made Sketches #185 - A Sketch by Cindy H.  This is my card

. . . and this is Cindy's sketch

First I used a Ranger stencil and some Dreamweaver pearlescent embossing paste to add a bit of subtle interest to the base card. Then I set about creating my little scene for my focal image.

I used a circle punch to create a mask for the sun and then sponged a selection of Distress Inks to create a sunset.  Next, I used Clearly Besotted's, 'Paired Up' stamp set to create my little scene.  I made two banners with patterned papers and mounted my focal piece on a black mat with a thin border to enable it to stand out against the background.

I mounted the banners on to the base card with thin, foam tape and then mounted the focal image over that with a double thickness of foam tape on the top portion and just some tape runner for the bottom portion as that was resting on the raised banners.

Here are the rest of the pictures.

 
I think I will keep this one to give to my DH in July for our 18th Anniversary!

As always, thank you so much for visiting and for any comments . . . you all make my day!  Have a good one!  Hazel xx