STAMPIN' UP! THINKING OF YOU CARD IN GORGEOUS GRAPE

 

For tonight's blog hop, we are all focussing on Gorgeous Grape, which is one of Stampin' Up!'s purples.  I don't use a lot of purple in my crafting (at least not as the main colour on a project), but I like purple with gold - so, I have teamed purple with gold and white.

The starting point for my card was a panel of beautiful Ombre Specialty Paper (which has a beautiful shimmer), in Gorgeous Grape.  As the name suggests, the colour intensity fades from top to bottom.  It's a little hard to tell, since I covered up the mid-section of this piece, with my main decorative panel!

I stamped, in Gorgeous Grape ink, one of the Stitchery stamps around the border of the Ombre Paper.  This piece was adhered to a slightly larger Gorgeous Grape card mat.

For the centre piece, I cut some Basic White card, and embossed it with the Ornate Floral 3D embossing folder.  A thin strip of Gold Metallic Paper was adhered above and below this piece, to tie in with the gorgeous metallic Artistic floral die cut.  The floral piece is attached to two circles stamped in Gorgeous Grape, using a Watercolor Shapes stamp (then die cut using Layering Circles Dies).

I added a small doubled-over length of Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon, under the gold die cut.  A couple of glue dots helped secure the ribbon in place.  I managed to smudge the ink when stamping the stitches in the top right-hand corner of my card front ... hence the strategically-placed butterfly!  I die-cut the butterfly using a Nature's Thoughts Die, and the lighter section of the Gorgeous Grape Ombre Specialty Paper.  A couple of Metallic Pearls bring a bit more gold detail to the card.

The sentiment, from the Art Gallery stamp set, was stamped in Versamark ink on a piece of Gorgeous Grape card.  I then heat-embossed it, using white embossing powder and my heat tool, and cropped it using a label die from the Art Gallery bundle.

Next up on tonight's blog hop is Diane Furniss.  If you click on the button below, you will be taken to her blog:

If you come across any broken links, or would like to see a comprehensive list of all participant's in tonight's blog hop, head over to Catherine Proctor's blog.  Cathy does a great job every week, of co-ordinating our Colour Creations blog hops.

Listed below are all the products I used to create my card.  If you live in Australia, and would like to shop with me for your Stampin' Up! supplies, you can get to my online store by clicking on any of the thumbnail images below.

Product List

Art Gallery Bundle [156227] $87.25	Watercolor Shapes Photopolymer Stamp Set [156968] $37.00	Stitchery Cling Stamp Set [155074] $37.00	Stamparatus [148187] $85.00	Basic White A4 Thick Cardstock [159230] $14.25
Gorgeous Grape A4 Cardstock [147011] $15.25	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Ombre 12" X 12" (30.5 X 30.5 Cm) Specialty Paper [155784] $17.50	Gold & Rose Gold 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Metallic Specialty Paper [156844] $8.75	Gorgeous Grape Classic Stampin' Pad [147099] $13.00
Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Basics Embossing Powders [155554] $31.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00
Artistic Dies [155371] $61.00	Layering Circles Dies [151770] $58.00	Nature's Thoughts Dies [153586] $50.00	Ornate Floral 3D Embossing Folder [152725] $15.75	Metallic Pearls [146282] $12.25
3/8" (1 Cm) Gorgeous Grape Sheer Ribbon [154572] $12.25	Adhesive Sheets [152334] $17.50	Stampin' Seal+ [149699] $21.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Mini Glue Dots [103683] $8.00