Featuring the September Kristina Werner release!

As often happens, this is not the card I planned on making. I started opening the products and picking cardstock colors and it went off in a different direction. That one will come later…

Techniques:

• I used the outline die from the Gentle Berries Stem layering dies to deboss on the Poppy cardstock. I used slightly less pressure in my die cut machine (Platinum 6), and with the embossing mat rather than the lower cutting plate. This will vary by machine.

• Once I prepared those two pieces, and figured out the layout I wanted, I stamped and embossed (in white) my greeting. I planned it to line up on the right side with the right edge of the green trees piece

• Stamping the diagonal stripe in Versamark ink allows it to be a subtle pattern. It provides some interest and movement, but isn’t too busy.

• To add to the flow of the card, I added three small trees in and around the Avocado tree block. I also added in three “berries” cut out of the White Glitter paper. In addition to adding to the flow, they also visually tie the d different colors together, by breaking beyond the block of each color and mingling with the others.
  

Colors:

The three colors of cardstock I used are bold and saturated colors, but all similar in value. This sets the stage for the white embossing and glitter paper dots to really stand out.

• cardstock: Concord & 9th Poppy, Avocado, Peacock, White Glitter.

• inks: Versamark

Kristina’s new release is out in a matter of hours! I’m a little behind my plans for working with this one, but I’ll have more coming. Have you gotten any of it yet?

Thank you for visiting! I hope you get some time to create something soon.
Links are below if you’re interested in any of the products I used.

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