Happy Hello

 Hi! It's me, coming back with a happy hello after a bit of time away from the craft table. I hope you're happy to see a new week and a new post! 

It's time for Team X and a new board from Betty at Tic Tac Toe Challenge #292!

I had ideas for other options when I set out to create, but I found one option that I was excited about so I pulled out cream card stock and ran with it.

I love techniques, so I tried something a bit new with today's card. There are many floral stamps with matching embossing folders and stencils. Have you ever thought of stamping an image and then using a different embossing folder layered on top? I wish I could remember where I saw this idea - I sure didn't think of it! But I'm so glad that I tried it. Here's the result. 

I stamped the Soft Blossoms floral spray image (Altenew) on cream card stock with black ink, and colored it using markers. I needed a large image or pattern on the embossing folder, and I chose the Floral Fence of Togetherness folder (Spellbinders), finding it to be just right, as it is also large in size, 5.50 x 8.50 inches. 

I ran the colored image panel through with the folder and I love the way it adds a subtle texture behind the colored flowers, while adding a rich pattern in the background. This folder features flowers vining  across the bottom, and just two or three more flowers growing up the left side. 

The sentiment from the Altenew set was heat embossed on black card stock. Black spatters were used to tie the ink and contrasting black mat together. 

I chose the middle row across: Floral, FREE, and White/Cream.

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TicTacToe Challenge
NBUS - my new to me Floral Fence Embossing Folder 

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