You’re the Best!

I’m on a mission to get cards created for the challenges I’ve been thinking about all month. Today’s card is for the Pinkfresh Studio Monthly Challenge, and the emphasis is on frames. In addition there is a color palette to use as well.

I knew right away I wanted to use one of my new hot foiling plates, and it’s thanks to two big wins at Pinkfresh Studio that I have the foiling plates to design with! “Lush Vines” is one of my favorites. Although I’ve foiled previously, I’ve never tried to color with Copic markers on the Hammermill paper I use for foiling. Turns out it’s easy as can be.

The first step was to create the oval frame with one of Ellen Hutson’s Essential Ovals. After marking where it would go, I colored jus the parts of the design that would show through the frame. Once that was done I die cut the next largest oval in gold and adhered just the frame around the oval. Then I attached that piece to the foiled piece with dimensional tape.

Up to that point everything was going as planned, but I hadn’t decided on a sentiment. It was clear that part of the sentiment needed to go on top of the oval and I had a collection of Pinkfresh “Brushed Sentiments” already foiled. The “You” fit in perfectly, and I finished the sentiment with a phrase from Altenew’s “Build a Flower: Magnolia” which I embossed in gold and cut with an “Itty Bitty Strip” from My Favorite Things.

There have times recently when the finished card is totally unlike my original vision, but this time it’s just about perfect!