10 March 2017

Take the Rough with the Smooth - Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Happy Friday!

I've seen a play on Egypt this week and I heard all about how they preserved body parts etc. It was performed by my eldest son's class and was a joy to watch.  The outfits were amazing!

On with the Daring Cardmakers Challenge for this week.  Joanne set the challenge to combine something rough/bumpy with something smooth/shiny.

I used a DCWV DIY Stencils Stack for my make.  The 12x12 stack of papers comes with reusable stencils. I used them to create a border around my card with my home made embossing paste.  It's so easy to do and I made this one with the addition of glitter and metallic paints - luscious!



RECIPE FOR GLITTER EMBOSSING PASTE: I mixed one portion paint, 1/2 portion glue, 2 portions talc (you can use bicarbonate of soda, I found it gives more texture) and 1 portion glitter.  You can use fine or course glitter but I used the fine as it's what I had.

The paste only took about 15 minutes to dry naturally and in that time I die cut my feathers and inked them with chalk ink before assembling the card.  A glittered pearl and ribbon finished it off.


I hope that you'll join in with the Challenge this week and see all the fabulous inspiration from the rest of the Design Team HERE on the Daring Cardmakers Blog.

Enjoy your weekend,
Shabneez

Products Used:
DCWV DIY Project Stack Stencils
Dovecraft Feather Dies
Versamark Chalk Ink
Docrafts Metallic Gold Paint
Everything else from my stash

24 comments:

  1. Hi this is a stunning card I love the design. Take care. Hugs Jackie

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  2. Great embossing paste idea. Thanks for sharing this and the link to join the party at Daring Cardmaking blog. X.

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  3. What a brilliant card Shabneez, I will have to pop over to the card making blog xx Janis xx

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  4. Great card, the border looks luscious! Creative Blessings, Tracy x

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  5. The embossing paste turned out beautifully Shabneez and the die cut feathers look fab - lovely card!

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  6. Lovely design, love the effect of the embossing paste.

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  7. Fabulous card Shabneez. Such great design and detail.
    Laine
    xx

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  8. Super card Shabneez! Love the texture too, so clever making your own paste.
    Janice x

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  9. Great use of texture on the card as a border!

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  10. Wonderful card design Shabneez, love the texture and colours.
    Thank you for joining me, am now your latest follower.
    Pam x

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  11. Fab card Shabneez. Great border with your own paste - must try it myself. Thanks for your lovely comments on my blog.
    Fatima x

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  12. A fabulous card Shabneez. Your textured border and the feathers are wonderful. Good to see you having fun with mixed media xx

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  13. Awesome card Shabneez. The border is fabulous. My eldest son has studied Egypt this term too- he loves history so has loved the topic. Cathy x

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  14. hi shabneez... love your super little card ... you have inspired me to use some textured paste ... lol ... must put it on my "to do list" lol ... I have copied your home made recipe hope you don't mind ... I did buy some ready mixed all purpose filler but it is a bit thick ... hope all is well ... thank you so much for visiting my blog ... have a great week ... happy crafting and love sandy xx

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  15. This is a fabulous card Shabneez, love how you've used the textured paste. Janice xx

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  16. This is brilliant Shabneez, the texture paint round the border reall sets it off. Janice xx

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  17. Gorgeous card and thanks for the the tutorial on how to make your paste glittery - will give this one a go x

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  18. Delightful Shabneez. Sylvia x

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  19. This is absolutely a fantastic card! I love that you shared your recipe for embossing paste. Thank you for joining in with this month's DCWV Stackaholic challenge!

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  20. Hi Shabneez....Brilliant card....Love the border....great recipe for the embossing paste....Joolsx

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  21. Fab card Shabneez, a great interpretation of the challenge :) I've made DIY texture paste before but never glittered, thanks for the tip. The play sounds very interesting. Hugs - Debs x

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  22. Loving this card and your recipe for glitter paste. I've never used this before bit will defo be trying it out! TFS!

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