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Elegant Pansy card

Description

A textured ivory card has a pansy stamped and embossed in gold on a rectangle of cream card. The flower is coloured with brush pens giving a delicate water colour effect. This is mounted on a rectangle of dark red card and then on the greeting card. A gold border sticker and red ribbon complete the design.

Materials used

• Textured ivory deckle edge single fold greetings card 150 mm x 203 mm (6 in x 8 in)
• Dark red card 114 mm x 144 mm
• Cream card 100 mm x 130 mm
• Pansy stamp K774 by PSX
• Gold inkpad
• Gold embossing powder
• Heat tool
• Border sticker in gold
• Tombow brush pens in pink, yellow and green
• Red ribbon
• Adhesive

Method

Stamp and emboss the pansy in gold on the cream card.

Colour the pansy with Tombow brush pens. You can use a small paint brush dipped in water to obtain the subtle washes. Use the pen where you want the dark colour and blend the colour out with a wet brush.

Mount the stamped cream card on the rectangle of red card with adhesive.

Mount the red card on the greeting card with adhesive.

Add a border sticker about 5 mm from the edge of the red card.

Pierce two holes in the spine of the card and thread the red ribbon through.

Elegant Pansy card made by Trish Caudle.
Pansy stamp K774 is reproduced here by kind permission of the copyright owners Personal Stamp Exchange and may not be reproduced elsewhere without their permission.

Please note that this is an old project. It is left here for the interest of the reader. Some of the materials used may no longer be available. We regret that we can not help you find a source of supply for these.