Friday, February 20, 2015

She is Clothed in Strength - Friends with Flair


"All cats are possessed of a proud spirit, and the surest way to forfeit the esteem of a cat is to treat him as an inferior being." 
                                                                                    --------------Michael Joseph



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Hi, Friends.......

I am here with a card I made for Unity - Friends with Flair.  I used the color palette for the current Waffle Flower Photo Inspiration Challenge:  


Doesn't that color combo look intriguing???  I have had a lot of fun playing with it.  

For today's card, I used the Unity - She is Without Fear, an itty bitty I chose as a prize one time.  (THANKS, Unity!!!)   I really love this encouraging scripture verse.  

In preparing for making several cards for the Waffle Flower challenge, I gathered a bunch of my scraps that were in the palette and prepared some backgrounds.  This one features my layered, double embossing technique.  I dry embossed with my Darice - Checkered folder and then heat embossed several times with gold powder.  This really heightens up the texture!

I stamped my sentiment with Versamark and heat embossed with deep turquoise powder.  Then I rubbed each edge of the sentiment panel on the pad and heat embossed with gold powder.  I colored in the petals of the flowers with my Wink of Stella glitter pen for a little extra pizazz.  :)  You can see the gleam a little bit in the angled photo below.
     

One thing about spending time making the background special....which I LOVE to do!!....is that the card needs very little extra embellishing after the sentiment is added.  Love that....because I wouldn't want to cover it all up.  :)  

Hope you have enjoyed my card.  And I hope you will enter my giveaway.  I was going to publicize it around to get more people to see my blog,  but I decided with a giveaway this big I wanted to make it especially for people who actually come to my blog to see my projects and not just casual visitors.  So, I don't mind if you tell others about the giveaway, but I am only going to have an announcement at the top of my blog.  :)  

I have some new followers....YAY!!!....but I will introduce them in a different post.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!

<3
Janis

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20 comments:

  1. Hi Janis, love this colour combo. The double embossing looks great. It does make a great background for your lovely card. Hugz

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  2. That scripture is just beautiful. I love the golden embossing against your blue background and totally agree with you...the gorgeous background eliminates the need to fill up the card with extras. Wonderfully done! Hope you have a great weekend...and thanks for your funny pics on your posts...you got me again...giggling aloud at the desk! xx Donna K

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  3. This is just beautiful,love all you have done here.xxx

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  4. The embossing is so rich looking. Beautiful.

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  5. Very pretty - love the gold embossing.
    isoscia at aol dot com

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  6. Very stunning & lovely card ... looks like you spent hours making it.

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  7. Very pretty card. Great embossing.

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  8. Very nice card, I love the gold embossed background!

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  9. Very nice design with rich colors. Lovely!!!

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  10. What neat layout and ideal very pretty!

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  11. Oooh, another great double embossed background! I really like the look of the gold embossed squares! AND.....especially love the gold embossed edging to your sentiment panel! So much sparkle and shine! You always get such a great shot of the glittery, glimmery goodness in your posts!

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  12. I love how you've showcased this sentiment, Janis. Fabulous embossing.

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  13. Very pretty. I like all the gold embossing.

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  14. stunning creativity here. thanks for inspiring as I don't use sentiments as a focal point but want to and love makin own backgrounds. this is a great way to bump up the techniques and show off the sentiment. Lovely card x here from FWF

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  15. Such a pretty card! Thanks for joining us at the Waffle Flower Photo Challenge!

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  16. Gorgeous, beautiful card, love the background.
    Thank you for joining us at Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
    Luv
    Debby

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THANK YOU so much for taking the time to leave a comment. Your kind words encourage me so very much!!!

Have a lovely day!
<3
Janis