I am so excited to be back in groove and that includes sharing a project that I have created for the weekly Global Design Project Challenge.
This week the Challenge is GDP460 which is casing GDP Design Team Member Susan Wong!
To see what other creative stampers have made check out Instagram or Facebook – @global.design.project and #GDP460.
For my card I decided to work with the Round We Go Bundle and Gold Metallic Enamel Effects Basics.
I started by using strips of Masking Tape to create 3/8″ inch gold enamel panels on the Thick Basic White panel.
With each narrow strip, I applied the gold enamel using brushstrokes that created wonderful texture. Although it took time for each strip of gold enamel to dry, each level revealed wonderful texture for this card.
I applied this same technique to the card insert and the back of the envelope.
After die cutting the rosette twice, using the Round We Go die, I folded each scored line in preparation. Before completing the construction of the rosette I painted the same gold metallic enamel to the black card. After it dried, quite some time later, I folded and created the rosette. The rosette was finished with an enamel painted 3/4″ circle – the die I used was from the Kiddin’ Around Dies pack.
After I adhered the rosette to the front Basic White panel I trimmed it on the righthand side.
I used a totally amazing glue gun, that I was introduced to at a fairly recent Paper Angels training day, to assemble this rosette. (Check out Ryobi)
After securing and trimming the rosette I went on to create the greeting.
I stamped the greeting using Versamark and then sprinkled gold embossing powder over it. After heat embossing the greeting, it was cut using one of the Stylish Shapes banner Dies.
The lefthand side of the greeting banner was trimmed to align to the card base edge.
I added some small gold embellishments, from the Blooming Pearls collection, to finish the card front.
I applied the roughly painted gold enamel strip to the card insert and the back of the envelope. I love the texture this roughly painted technique has created.
I now have an amazing ‘industrial’ Ryobi glue gun that I use for these kinds of projects.
From Monday, I will start shairng projects using the Splendid Autumn Suite Collection.
Until then, happy stamping.
If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below
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