Natural Botanicals (for CSF 877)

Hi there! Today at Create with Stamping Friends we are CASEing (Copy and Selectively Edit) the Catalog on page 114. This is an interesting layout that I may not have noticed if not for this challenge. The feature stamp set is Natural Botanicals. And it includes heat embossing on foil! Can you do that? Yes! I am not sure I’ve tried that before, but it turned out beautifully!

Here’s the challenge:

And here’s my card:

It’s a pretty close copy of the layout. Instead of Strawberry Slush I used Secret Sea. And instead of using a brayer to color onto Wood Textured Specialty Paper, I embossed cardstock with the Birch Wood 3D Embossing Folder. When you like the look of a featured card but don’t have all the components, you just improvise!

Cuts & Measurements:

• Thick Basic White Cardstock base, 11″x 4-1/4″ folded at 5-1/2″
• Secret Sea DSP from the 6″x 6″ In Color pack, 5-1/4″x 4″
• Secret Sea Cardstock, 4″x 3″
• Cloud Cover Cardstock for label layer, 1-7/8″x 7/8″
• Secret Sea Cardstock for label, 1-3/4″x 3/4″
• Silver Foil Sheet, cropped with Stylish Shapes Die, 2-2/8″ diameter

Directions:

• Glue the Secret Sea DSP to the front of the Thick Basic White card base.
• Run the 4″x 3″ piece of Secret Sea Cardstock through the Cut & Emboss Machine with Birch Wood 3D Embossing Folder.
• Cut the embossed piece into 4 pieces, each measuring 2″x 1-1/2″.
• Leaving about 1/16″ between the 4 pieces, adhere them to the card front with Dimensionals.
• Stamp the leaf from Natural Botanicals onto the Silver Foil circle with Versamark ink. Sprinkle it with white embossing powder and heat set it with a Heat Tool.
• Before gluing the circle down, heat emboss “hello” from Beautiful Butterflies with Versamark Ink and white embossing powder onto the Secret Sea label. Layer the label with the Cloud Cover layer and glue to the lower right quadrant.
• Add the silver circle to the center of the 4 quadrants using Mini Glue Dots.
• Add three Secret Sea 2025-27 In Color Flat Pearls.

As dark as this color is, there is a gorgeous shine to the whole thing that I love! I hope you like my rendition of this Catalog CASE! To see more inspiration and ideas, hop on over to Create with Stamping Friends!

Come back next week to see another Catalog CASE!

 

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