Tuesday, 24 September 2019

Trees or leaves at Cardz 4 Guyz

Our latest challenge at Cardz 4 Guyz is Trees or Leaves - and don't forget to make it a card you would comfortably send to a man or boy!

I've used the die and embossing folder set that came with a recent issue of Papercraft Essentials.


For the lower part of the leaf I took white card and used a coarse sponge to "stipple" layers of yellow, orange, green and light tan ink over it then spritzed it with gold pigment powder mixed with water. You can't really see the sheen on the photo but here's a close up  that might give a better idea of it.


I used an opaque lemon embossing  powder and Versamark  ink on the brown card to stamp and emboss the sentiment - I experimented with several combinations of ink and powder and this gave me the closest I could get to the cream background card.

I am sharing this with

Allsorts Challenge - Trees and Leaves
Alphabet Challenge - masculine 
Uniko challenge - anything goes/autumn 
Crafty Cardmakes - Autumn colours

13 comments:

Liz said...

Beautiful card, Jane, perfect for sending to,a man. I remember seeing these lovely Papercraft Essentials freebies, but resisted the temptation to buy the magazine. After seeing your card, I should have let the magazine fall into my basket! xx

Evelyn said...

This is beautiful. I love that leaf!

Evelyn

Mrs A. said...

Very masculine card. The way you have created the leaf is fab. I can see the sheen. Hugs Mrs A.

Barbara Godden said...

Gorgeous card love the embossing folder, the simplicity of the design makes it a "star" although that leaf is gorgeous.

Lynda said...

Great colours Jane - love that embossing folder too. Thank you for joining us at The Alphabet Challenge :) Lynda DT

crafty-stamper said...

Great embossed background but love the beautiful Autumn leaf
Carol x

Dawn Phillips said...

Really pretty Cas Card hun. Love Dawn x

brenda said...

A lovely CAS design to your pretty Autumnal creation, many thanks for joining in with our 'Trees and Leaves' theme at Allsorts challenge.

B x

Mervi said...

Lovely and beautiful autumn card.
Thank you for sharing over at Allsorts "trees and leaves"- week;-))m

Debbie Mageed said...

Beautiful Autumn CAS card and great for any guy! Love the embossing in the background. Thank you for playing in my Masculine challenge at the Alphabet Challenge and hope you can join us again soon.

Sian said...

A lovely card. Thank you for joining us at The Alphabet Challenge. Sian (DT).

Sazzle Dazzle said...

Wow! Bursting with autumnal elegance and love the added background texture.Thanks for playing along in the uniko challenge

Hannelie said...

Stunning card! The embossed BG is just perfect !
Thanks for playing along at Uniko !