Fancy Fold Easel Card

Friends of Speedy TV's 

 (FOSTV) new challenge this week (#108) is an

 Easel Card.  

I've used one of Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps' new releases this month as my focal point for this card. 

 It's the Umbrellas and Fans 2014 set.

  

I love this technique which I learned from Shirl at

 Creations By Shirl,

 thank you again, Shirl.  

You can find her tutorial here

Here's the photo journey of this card:

Black card stock is heat embossed using Recollections Sparkle Clear Gold powder 

Showing all the various sections of this card cut using Shirl's directions on her blog.
 The bamboo stamp is from MFP's  Wealthy Fish 2013 set.

The fan was fancy cut at the top to extend over the top of the fold

Panels were layered at attached with ATG

The inside sections were attached to the card base with the ATG

.

Sentiment is from  the Lotus Blossoms 2013 set

The banding was actually cut to fit this lace I had in my stash, layered with a piece of black rat tail which was woven through the "coin" by cutting 2 slots in the image and attached with 1/8" scor tape.

The "coin"  on the banding is from the Lucky You 2013 set

Black liquid pearl dots were added to "stop" the top panel and to keep it upright.
Gold liquid pearls dots were added on the image panel as an accent.

                                                           

FOSTV Challenges

I'm going to relax more!

That is my New Year's Resolution for 2014 

and it is also the challenge at

 FOSTV

 for #106 this week.

  Well, actually, "New Year's Resolution" is the challenge!

 The "background" was actually a scrap - something I had made for another DT project and didn't like the way it was turning out.  I tossed it aside thinking I might use it sometime, guess what, I really did use it. 

 Miracles never cease.

It was dry/wet embossed using a Cuttlebug D'vine Swirls folder, Versamark Embossing Fluid and some Clear Gold Sparkle Embossing Powder (Recollections - Michaels Crafts).

 I knew I needed to cover up the edges where I applied a little too much powder so the decision was made that this was the perfect location for the main image.  

 Lavender lace (stash) was added to the bottom of the panel and a strip of gold metallic ribbon (also from my stash) was applied with 1/8" scor tape at the top edge of the lace.

After checking for placement of my sentiment and image, I added some black bling flourishes 

(Recollections -Michael's Crafts).

The swan image is a sneak peak at the Swans 2014

 and the 

"Relax" sentiment is from the

 Umbrellas and Fans 2014 set. 

 Both of these sets will be released in January! 

They are awesome.  

The swan was heat embossed with Recollections Ebony Opaque Embossing Powder.

The leaves in the background are from the

  "Be Virtuous 2013"  set.  

The Relax sentiment and the leaves were stamped with Black ColorBox Pigment Ink.  

They were cut with a Spellbinders Wavy Rectangles die.

 The leaves were cut on my Cricut (Picturesque, I believe - I keep a box full of leaves in various colors and sizes and just grab them as I need them), and "colored" with Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers

 (DG2, DG3 and DG4).

I laid out the flowers and leaves for correct placement before attaching them to the base (which has now been fully assembled with my ATG and 1/4" tape).

The finished project!

Remember to play along to win this stamp set this week.

There are such great sets to win and remember if you use a Mark's Finest Papers and Stamps set you increase your chances.

Good Luck!

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