leadership samples

At Leadership there is a large wall with all kinds of card samples and I took lots of pictures. I thought I would share a couple (sorry I can't give credit to who made these cards). I wanted to show these cards because they use the new beveled windowpanes. I kept looking in the catalogue at them but I didn't really understand them so seeing these samples was really helpful. Enjoy.

colour combos

I was playing around trying to get a feel of the new colours and how they might work together. This card uses the Great Friend Stamp set is using the new colours daffodil delight and cherry cobbler. The leaves are in old olive ink. I think this is a great summery, cheery combo. The cherry cobbler is particularly striking and rich. I think it will be super for Christmas cards.

This card gave me fits from the get go. I wanted to practice my watercolouring. I used the blender pens and regal rose ink for the blooms and wild wasabi ink for the leaves. Wild wasabi is one of the returning in colours which has now found a home in the subtles color family. I love the colour by itself but was unsure how to pair it. Here's my attempt with regal rose and pretty in pink.

Finally! French Filigree Fun

Finally had a chance to play with my french filigree stamp. All I could see when I looked at the stamp was gold embossing so that's the first thing I did. I did heat embossing with gold on very vanilla paper. Then I put some vellum onto it and attached them together with a very vanilla bow. It took me a while to figure out what cardstock to use. I kept thinking a rich colour like bravo burgundy or night of navy but it didn't look quite right. I finally settled with soft suede. Finished the card off with the great friend stamp set and a gold brad. You can't see the vellum that well in the picture but it softens up the harshness of the gold embossing.

Make sure to talk to me if you're not familiar with the heat embossing technique. It's a great technique to add elegance and texture at the same time!