Hello again. I am jetting off to Quebec tomorrow for a 2 week visit with my sister, but I have time for one more post before I go. I do have some posts scheduled for whilst I am away, for my Design team duties, but this card was created using The Greetery products and just playing with products I had out from yesterday:

I created the foliage again using Bitty Holiday Botanicals, but this time using a different green to give a more vintage look. These were die cut and set aside.
I then found the Shortbread Shapes embossing folder and die set and played around a little. This was the most time consuming, whilst I figured out what I wanted to do, how many layers, did I want to emboss etc.
I used ‘Alabaster’ card stock from Spellbinders, and created the base shortbread shape using the die set, and then using the top and bottom detail dies.
I then ran another piece through with the die, then the embossing folder. I snipped apart the rectangles, and ran some gold wax around the edges to pick up the details.

I die cut nine more rectangles with detail edges, glued them onto the gold waxed pieces – even though covering up the embossing on these squares, I wanted to use the already created foliage.
The foliage were attached with small pieces of 3D foam.
I shall be entering the following challenges:
Make My Monday – Christmas in July
Crafts Galore – anything goes
Die Cut Divas – die cuts & Christmas in July
Merry Little Christmas Challenge – anything goes Christmas
Christmas (or not) Bingo – column B – Christmas/Red/Free





You coloring is fabulous to do such intricate pieces. Love the sampler for Christmas flowers. Thanks for playing with us at Die Cut Divas!
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Gorgeous embossed grid and I love the touches of gold! Was delighted to see this beauty in the Die Cut Divas Christmas in July gallery!!
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What an amazing amount of work went into making this card and the end result is gorgeous.
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Thanks Johanna xx
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The background die (shortbread, I think) gives a cultured feel and look to this card. Beautiful. So glad you joined us this month for our “Christmas in July” challenge at Die Cut Divas.
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That sampler design looks wonderful! The gold edges add a perfect highlight to it. Safe travels across the Atlantic – have a wonderful trip!
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Thanks Deborah – itching to get going now…. xx
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