Stampin’ Up! Quiet Meadow ~ GDP #306 ~ Sketch Challenge

Happy Monday everyone and welcome back to my blog.
Today I am really excited to be sharing with you that I am back to playing along with the Global Design Project Team.
I took a long break last year from a lot of commitments, but I am back and ready to play.
This week we have a fabulous sketch to play along with and I hope that you can pop along and play.

Here’s a look at the sketch. Head over here to check out the post.

Here’s a look at my card for today’s challenge…

I decided to have a play with a bundle that was released with the Annual Catalogue, the Quiet Meadow bundle. With this sketch I saw the Stitched So Sweetly Dies calling out to me to be placed in the middle and when I went to play with the Quiet Meadow bundle – I just really wanted to play with the the new Timeworn Type 3D Embossing Folder that was released with Mini Catalogue.
I wanted to make it shine – so I used the technique where you rub the Versamark Embossing Folder lightly over the top of a ‘dry embossed’ image and then sprinkle some embossing powder over this and heat set – Magic!

I have made this card in two colour variations – mixing between Soft Succulent and Highland Heather. I can’t decide which I like better. I will admit, I am a bit more of a green girl so I think I know which one I would choose.

Here’s a look at the Highland Heather version. The gold embossing really does ‘Pop’ on this card however!

Here’s a close up look at the two cards together where you can see just how fun that heat embossing looks on these cards.
I did add some more heat embossing on the focal rectangles in the middle with the ‘text’ stamps heat embossed over the floral images.
I then used a soft Crumb Cake using a Blending Brush around the edges of this rectangle piece before adding it to the scalloped rectangle as a frame.
To get this ‘mat’ piece – I simple measured the inside frame of the the scalloped rectangle inside the ‘stitched lines’ to work out a rectangle size to cut as an inside mat for my frame.

I then used this to stamp and add my ‘focal’ images onto.

Here’s a little look at the inside of my card which I have kept simple some simple stamping and a sentiment in Memento black. I added a strip of Gold Foil and mounted some Basic White with tone on tone cardstock into my card insert.

I hope you enjoyed today’s card share and I am really excited to be back sharing and participated over on the amazing Global Design Project Team.

I can’t wait to be back sharing another challenge with you all.

Happy Monday everyone!

Crafty hugs! xx

Quiet Meadow Bundle (English) [155847] $92.50	Timeworn Type 3 D Embossing Folder [156505] $17.50	Linen Thread [104199] $8.75	Rhinestone Basic Jewels [144220] $8.75	Gold 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Shimmer Vellum [156471] $8.75
White Vellum A4 Card Stock [106584] $17.50	Stitched So Sweetly Dies [151690] $56.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Metallics Embossing Powders [155555] $31.00	Gold Foil Sheets [132622] $8.75
Blending Brushes [153611] $21.00	Highland Heather Classic Stampin' Pad [147103] $13.00	Soft Succulent Classic Stampin' Pad [155778] $13.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Highland Heather A4 Cardstock [147010] $15.25
Soft Succulent A4 Cardstock [155777] $15.25	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25	Crumb Cake A4 Card Stock [121685] $15.25	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00	Clear Wink Of Stella Glitter Brush [141897] $11.50