Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Hard and Soft

It is snowing gobs and gobs here in North Dakota! I am not yet wishing for spring because I'm still reveling in the soft, fluffy flakes but apparently my craft brain is.

My wonderful and amazing Aunt Jerrie from Coloring Outside the Linez sent me a package which included a new Spellbinders stencil and a couple of die cut butterflies with the following note "Ready. Set. Create!"

I can't resist a good dare. ;)

I saw this image over at Runway Inspired Sketches:


and it just reminded me so much of a butterfly with all the intricate lines. I love the great Herve Leger, who is most well known for his bandage dresses and jaw-dropping optical illusion creating dresses. So I am incorporating both a butterfly and the colors from this photo into my design. 

I also wanted to play along with Verve Stamps Diva Dare this month - which is "Vellum Visions". I did a play on hard and soft, using embossing paste for the "hard" and vellum for the "soft". 

I began by swirling shades of pink and orange Distress Inks onto a piece of white cardstock. 


Then I used the awesome Spellbinders stencil my aunt mailed to me and used Wendy Vecchi's Crackled Embossing Paste:


Next, I put clear embossing powder over the paste, and dried it with a heat tool, letting it crack and pop. 

I used the Wishing You set from Verve to create my sentiment and layered polka-dotted vellum over the butterfly and plain vellum behind my sentiment to create a delicate softness. I also added sequins from Verve's Shine Bright sequin mix




Somehow, I managed to forget to take a picture of the inside. I made this card for my friend, Jessi Fogan in honor of her birthday - so if you see it before you get it in the mail, Jessi, act surprised! :) The inside says "A Very Happy Birthday".

I also made another one to send to my aunt as a thank you, of course. Hers says "The Best Day Ever!" on the inside. :) 

Thanks for stopping by! Follow my blog and leave me a comment, and I'll be sure to return the favor. As for now, since it's so snowy outside I'm off to cuddle on the couch and eat some popcorn. Ahhhh! This is the life. 

23 comments:

  1. Gorgeous! Love how this turned out! Beautiful colours! I enjoyed reading about your inspiration too!

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  2. gorgeous card, Becca - love that stencil - didn't know SB made stencils - i'll be in ND next week so hope we can meet up.

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  3. Beautiful card; love the colors and the stencil and paste really added the wow!

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  4. Oh what a wonderful aunt you have! :) This turned out GORGEOUS!! I love the texture and the colors in the background look so soft and pretty with your butterfly!!! Thanks for sharing! HUGS

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  5. OH MY GOD I GET TO OWN THIS??? *thud* I'm gonna cry! This is absolutely stunning! And it's going to serve as an excellent reminder to heat the dang paste already, I keep forgetting!
    (seriously, you rock. You know that, right??)

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  6. This is a stunning piece of art, LOVE IT. Beautiful colors and details.

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  7. Wow Becca this is gorgeous, love the bright colours and fabulous design. Must look out for that stencil and some cracking paste! Carol x

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  8. I love the texture! Beautiful card!

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  9. WOW, these colors are wonderful, Becca! What a gorgeous card!

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  10. Becca, what a special treat to find this in the mailbox. i never expected that stencil to turn out like this. The colors are awesome and I can't believe you made the background. You are a talented guru. Hugs AJ
    ee

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  11. How beautiful!! I LOVE that stencil you used. The colors on this card are stunning!!

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  12. This is so unique and love the crackle look and the colour inspiration. The card is much more beautiful than the anorexic model:)

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  13. Jessi is one lucky lady to be owning this incredible masterpiece, Becca!! It's really remarkable!! Hugs, Darnell

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  14. Fabulous Becca. Love the colours and textures.

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  15. Oh my goodness, Becca--I adore this card! I even have that stencil which I thought was for embossing--now I can get some use from it!

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    1. You know... enough people are questioning the use of this "stencil" that I'm beginning to wonder. HAHA! I don't own a cuttlebug or sizzix and the card that came with it said you can use it like a stencil so that's just what I did. LOL. My mind works in weird ways, I guess.

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  16. OMG, Becca--How lucky are you that you have an Aunt who's crafty!! That's completely awesome (I just had to pop over to her blog!) and I'm completely envious :) This card is too much fun--love the crackle paste that you used through the stencil :) Jessi is going to love this card ;) XOXO-Shari

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  17. I like the way your mind works, you have come up with a stunning card! the crackling paste gives so much texture to your card!

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  18. Great background and gorgeous butterfly. Thanks for joining us for this month's Diva Dare.

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  19. WOW fabulous card Becca....great technique, very pretty

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  20. ooh woooww using embossing paste make your card so different lovely BG you made Becca...woooowwww I never try something like this and will not try cause I know I will messy my card and it will be only in my trash bin...Two thumbs up for your creativity and the turn out is soo beautiful...love this Becca..hugs, Monika

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  21. How gorgeous! Just love that colorful background!

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  22. Such a fabulous technique!! I love those colors you used too. Thanks so much for joining us on the Runway!

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