Bloom

 I had an overdose of fun with this card . . .

For the dry embossed background, I inked the raised side of the embossing folder with VersaMark, added the cardstock layer and ran it through the machine.  I then dusted the cardstock with gold powder, scraped off the excess with a credit card and heated it.

The flowers were punched-out leftovers from my explorations with Foamiran craft foam.  I added some gold paint, sprayed with adhesive, and tapped on some gold glitter.

Lastly, I had a ball with a new product:  Tim's Texture Roll.  The crushed gold rectangle behind the flowered branch is a piece of the Texture Roll and you get the texture by actually crushing, bending, twisting the product.  It is virtually impossible to tear, but it die cuts beautifully.  Despite the abuse you give it in order to create the leather-look texture, it is practically indestructible. 

Texture Roll comes in a few metallics along with some neutrals.  I'll be playing with some khaki and silver in a few days . . . stay tuned!

 

Cardstock:   Unknown Deep Blue, Tim Holtz Texture Roll: Gold,

                     Hanko Echizen Gold, Scrap Dark Brown

Inks:             VersaMark

Colorants:    Jacquard Piñata: Brass

Emb Pwdr:  Ranger Gold

Dies:            Goodculler Stitched Rectangles, Memory Box Stitched

                     Rectangle Trimmings, Alphabet Soup: “Bloom”           

Emb Fldr:    Taylored Expressions Weathered

Doo Dads:    Foamiran punched flowers, Distress Glitter Dust

                     Vintage Platinum