Thursday, April 23, 2015

Congratulations

Today I'm sharing a card I made for our friend, Cameron, who was recently awarded tenure at the university.


I'm also going to enter this into the most recent Paper Smooches SPARKS Challenge: "Anything Goes."







I stamped the brush strokes from DC Abstract Art (by My Favorite Things) in five different ink colors. Once that was dry, I heat embossed the "Congratulations" sentiment (from Simply Said by Paper Smooches) over top. I added the splatters as a finishing touch, matted the focal panel onto a black panel, and popped it up onto a card base with foam adhesive. (Note: Paper Smooches makes a brush strokes stamp set as well called Positive Strokes Two that could be used to create a very similar design.)

I hope you like my creation for today!

Thanks for stopping by!!!

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Supplies:
Stamps: Simply Said (Paper Smooches); DC Abstract Art (My Favorite Things)
Ink: Grout Gray (My Favorite Things); Soft Granite, Tide Pool, Soft Pool (Hero Arts); Teal Zeal Memento (Tsukineko); Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)
Cardstock: White (Papertrey Ink); Black (DeNami Design)
Embossing Powder: Clear Zing! (American Crafts)
Dies: Nesting Card Templates (Lifestyle Crafts)
Adhesive: Adhesive Tape Runner (Tombow); 3D Foam Squares (Scrapbook Adhesives) 

5 comments:

Annette Allen said...

Cool background.. love this card

Diane Jaquay said...

Love your colors for this card, Lisa, I've always loved blues and greens together and this card comes together wonderfully! Thanks for visiting my blog, I hadn't even realized I won that challenge ;)

Lynn said...

Love this awesome background and a big congrats to your friend! Thanks so much for playing with us at PaperSmooches Sparks!

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

What a fabulous card for your friend! LOVE the colors and the paint strokes!!! Congrats to Cameron!

THANKS for joining in the fun and playing along with us over at PSS!!! Hope you join in the fun this week! HUGS <3

Savannah O'Gwynn said...

What a fabulous card for your friend! LOVE the colors and the paint strokes!!! Congrats to Cameron!

THANKS for joining in the fun and playing along with us over at PSS!!! Hope you join in the fun this week! HUGS <3