Jul 19 2007
Baroque En Francais
Hello! 
I was needing to use some of my new SU! goodies, so here’s the result of that. I had originally intended on having the textured guava cardstock as a cardbase, so I stamped the baroque bg stamp on it using guava ink. When I lifted the stamp, I found that because the cardstock was textured, it left the texture on the solid rubber. Well, I couldn’t possibly let that go to waste, so I stamped it again on some vanilla cs, and got this yummy textured print! I guess this could be considered the kissing technique, using textured cs instead of another stamp. COOL!
I set aside that guava cardstock for another time, and decided to use this one. I overstamped it using the new En Francais bg stamp in river rock ink, then trimmed it and distressed the edges. Using my Spellbinders cutting, embossing and stenciling dies, I made a vanilla embossed panel, and an artichoke embossed scalloped panel for my focal image.
In keeping with the textured theme, I stamped the vanilla panel with the linen bg stamp using river rock ink. I used the new brocade basics set, and stamped the flower, leaves and sentiment using guava and artichoke inks. The flower was created by simply stamping that “half flower” side by side. The flower center is a 1/2″ punched circle from paper included in the secret garden scrappin’ kit. It is up on a dimensional. A bit of stickles finish off the flower center.
I wrapped a piece of the new Theater ribbon across the bottom of the vanilla panel, added a couple thumbtack brads, and adhered it on some popup glue dots. I distressed the edges of the vanilla focal panel, and adhered it to the artichoke scalloped panel, then pierced three corners, and mounted this on dimensionals to the guava card base.
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Tomorrow I will not be doing a Friday Favorites, but I think you will definitely want to be coming back for the next few days, as I will be sharing some sneak peeks from CHA!! WAHOO!!
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Your card is great!!!! The textures are so subtle…great job!
This card is great, love how it came out. Can’t wait to see the sneak peep
Oooohh…this is so very pretty! TFS~!
Well, gosh, I was so on the fence about textured cardstock. Thanks for the push off.
This is so gorgeous! (ALL of it)
BEAUTIFUL card T! Love the colors and distressing! Love it all!! WAHOO see you tomorrow at CHA!
Everything you used is on my list and you make me want it NOW! This is just beautiful, Trudee! The kind of card I love to see! Thank you!
Oh my, your cleverness and creativity are are so on display with this gorgeous card! What a wonderful result from playing with your new toys. Can’t wait to read your CHA reports. :o) Linda
Fabulous. Love the textured bg.
Love your kissing textured BG……..what fun to discover a new technique…..accidently. TFS with the rest of us. Love everything about your card with your new SU toys.
You’re amazing! This card is just beautiful and I love the textured Baroque. I think you’ve just sold me on that!
Beautiful card, and I love the “kissing” of that background!
Beautiful work!!
Beautiful creation once again! TFS!
How gorgeous Trudee! Oh man! I need those two background stamps! Gorgeous!
What a happy discovery Trudee (i.e. stamping on textured CS)! I love how shabby chic this looks!
Linda
So pretty, T! Love the texture (and those brads, lol)!!