Saturday, April 16, 2016

I can't believe it's been a couple of weeks since my last post! Life sure does seem to get in the way of the fun stuff :-) For this post, I thought I'd demonstrate the design process for one of my new spring card sets, White Picket Fence and Wildflowers. I have a fence embossing folder that I'd been wanting to try out, and have a wildflowers border embossing folder that I absolutely adore. The two together got me thinking. Somewhere in my collective memory I conjured up an image of an iconic American dream--a white picket fence in front of every house, made more beautiful with flowers. So that's what I made.

First, I embossed an A2 kraft card with the fence folder, 


then colored the fence with a white paint marker. I randomly--more like messily--colored some of each part of the fence with a dark brown colored pencil to make the fence look weather-worn and "rustic." It's hard to see in this photo, but is more visible in the photo of the completed card below.



Coloring the embossed fence with a paint marker pretty much negated any embossing, which was fine with me, since the next step was to emboss the same part of the card with the wildflower embossing folder.



Surprisingly enough, the double embossing did not make holes in the card, perhaps because I used a paint pen, which thickened the area a bit? To color the wildflowers, I just used good ol' markers. 




The white paint underneath does change the tint of the markers slightly, but not enough to discourage me! The card felt a little plain, but I couldn't come up with an apt sentiment, so I stamped on a pretty little purple butterfly and called it a day! 



I took a collection of my card sets to a women's event at church, and the picket fence cards were the first set sold! The lovely lady that bought them is so pleased that they will work for different occasions, including birthdays, get well, and a quick hello. And as with any Prettyfolio product, the set included fully lined, coordinating envelopes.




So there you have it--a double-embossed card set great for many occasions! Please visit my Etsy shop, Prettyfolio, or my new website, www.prettyfoliocards.com, to browse all my products. Enjoy!

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