3 Challenges in 1 Card!

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Today's card incorporates three challenges in one!  I used the colors from this week's Color Throw Down, Karen's awesome Sweet Sunday Sketch and the stamp set I used has an Asian flair to it to go with the Opus Gluei Challenge of the week- Asian Motivation!  Woo Hoo!

STEPS:

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1. Stamp the bamboo image from the Mebrace Life stamp set in Bravo Burgundy and color in with a Sage Shadow Stampin' Write Marker.  Punch with the 1 1/4" Square Punch and layer onto Really Rust punched with the 1 3/8" Square Punch.
2. Adhere squares onto a 4x4 square of Bravo Burgundy card stock and then onto your card base of Sage Shadow card stock.
3. Stamp the flower image in Bravo Burgundy and color in with the same color with a Blender Pen.  Add a little really Rust ink to the center with a Blender Pen and add a Rhinestone Brad.  Adhere to card with Dimensionals.

INGREDIENTS:

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• STAMPS: Embrace Life
• INK: Bravo Burgundy, Really Rust, Stampin' Write Marker in Sage Shadow
• PAPER: Whisper White, Sage Shadow, Bravo Burgundy, Really Rust.
• ACCESSORIES: Circle Rhinestone Brad, Dimensionals
• TOOLS: 1 1/4" and 1 3/8" Square Punches

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Faux Silk Technique

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Today's card is one we did at my technique class yesterday demonstrating the faux silk technique.  Super simple and really nice looking.

STEPS:

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1. Start with a Mellow Moss card base.  Take a piece of tissue paper (the kind you use in gift bags) cut a little larger than 4 x 5 1/4 and stamp the leaf image from the Embrace Life stamp set randomly in Jet Black Stazon ink.  Color in with the Mellow Moss Stampin' Write Marker.  Crumple it up, carefully uncrumple and crumple it up again to get it good and wrinkly. :)
2. Take a piece of Whisper White card stock cut at 3 7/8 x 5 1/8 and cover with glue stick-make sure it is totally covered but not lumpy.  Uncrumple and adhere the tissue paper over it and smooth out some but not all of the wrinkles.  Add to a mat of Basic Black card stock cut at 4 x 5 1/4.
3. Add ribbon (mine from a craft store)across tissue covered piece and adhere to card base.
4. Stamp flower from Embrace Life stamp set, color and cut out.  I used Pretty in Pink and Regal Rose.  Add half pearl from the Pretties Kit with a Mini Glue Dot to center of flower and adhere to card.
5. Stamp sentiment from Pocket Silhouettes stamp set in Basic Black on Whisper White and punch with Word Window.  Add to Mellow Moss punched with Modern Label Punch then onto Basic Black punched with Designer Label with a 1" Circle of Whisper White in the center.  Add to card.
   
   

INGREDIENTS:

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• STAMPS: Embrace Life, Pocket Silhouettes
• INK: Jet Black Stazon, Stampin' Write Markers
• PAPER: Basic Black, Whisper White, Mellow Moss
• ACCESSORIES:  Ribbon, Half Pearl, Mini Glue Dots, Tissue Paper, Glue Stick
• TOOLS: Word Window Punch, Modern and Designer Label Punches, 1" Circle Punch
  

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