Thursday, May 29, 2014

Make it Monday #166 - Debossed Backgrounds

Hello friends.  Because I needed another graduation card, and because I STILL had the "Life is Beautiful" stamp set out, I decided to combine the two along with the challenge this week at Papertrey Ink's "Make it Monday".  Dawn McVey has a great video on how to do a technique called debossing, and I love it!  Quick and easy, and adds a really nice touch to the backgrounds of your cards.  Here's what I came up with:




I started by stamping the smaller butterfly from "Life is Beautiful" with Raspberry Fizz, Aqua Mist, & Winter Wisteria inks (all PTI), and then did the debossing (click to enlarge the pictures to see better).  I used the same graduation stamp again from Paper Inspiration that I used on a couple cards I showed you last week, and also stamped and debossed a butterfly over the sentiment.  I forgot to take a picture of the inside, but I also debossed a few butterflies there too.  (yes, this technique is a tad bit addictive!)  I layered and pop dotted my sentiment to the background and added a graduation cap (PTI die) and some bakers twine to finish.  My friend asked for a "girly" graduation card, so I think this will fit the bill nicely!! :0)

Make sure you check out all the other great entries and Dawn's video over on Nichole Heady's blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by today, and have a wonderful Thursday.  (We're babysitting Beamer today, so 3 dogs is making our house just a bit wild!  My youngest (19) asked if this is what it was like when she and her 2 sisters were little, and gave a big groan when I said "yup"!  :0)

7 comments:

Diana K said...

Oh my goodness. This is amazing! Never would have thought of using this colour combo, but it's stunning.

Kay D said...

Oh wowza! If I pretending I was graduating, could I get one of these beauties? I SO love those butterflies!

Anonymous said...

Marcia, you have really out done yourself now!! This card is FANTASTIC!!! I am blown away. Such an awesome graduation card. I would love to get this card!! Thank you so much for the comment and the advise. Heading right to the store.

Marybeth said...

Amazing Marcia!!!!! Wow ! What a great graduation card. Well done!

Irish Cherokee said...

Nicely done Marcia.

Nancy Penir said...

Ditto all of the above! Love the color combo, the gorgeous grad card and the stunning debossing!

Patti said...

Wowie!! What an amazing card! I not only love the color combo but the way you highlighted your center butterfly is over the top great!!

Patti