Monday, March 1, 2010

Red Ink on Kraft

I saw some lovely paper at the store which had red damask against a kraft paper. I wanted to see if I could re-create the effect. This is what I came up with..


I couldn't get the same color of red on the kraft. I tried several distress inks and ended up using the fired brick.

The background image is the elegant brocade stamp from Hero Arts. The sentiment is from Verses (Grow Old) and the flowers are Prima. I used the friends cling stamp from hero arts on kraft cardstock. I heat embossed with white embossing powder and punched leaves to accent the flowers.

I hope you are having a fabulous Monday.

Suzz

19 comments:

  1. Suxzz... this is so elegant. I love the white highlights on the red - really makes it pop. And the shte flowers with red centres are lovely

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  2. this is GORGEOUS, suzz! looks like real patterned paper... mission accomplished! :D

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  3. Beautiful! Love this .... Will have to add it to my Favs over at Flickr.

    Hugs
    Suze x

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  4. I love this red on kraft look too! This background looks just amazing!

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  5. wow! what a beauty, Sue!!! LOVE how you made the leaves. amazing details, too!

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  6. Love the red and white on the kraft!

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  7. beeootiful! love those little leaves

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  8. Beautiful card, love the flowers and stamped leaves, so pretty.

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  9. really like the way you made the leaves with the white embossing the overall look is so elegant

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  10. So elegant, Sue! Reds are hard....have you tried Adirondack's Cranberry? That's my favorite red.

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  11. Love the red on Kraft, Sue!! GORGEOUS!!

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  12. Wow wow wow! This is a really elegant and opulent look with the flourish stamp in red on kraft. The flowers and the way you grouped them is gorgeous.

    You sound like me. I can't concieve of spending $1.50 on a piece of fancy paper but I will go home and spend two hours trying to re-create it :-)

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  13. Love your creation! The red looks great on kraft and the white dots just pop! A perfect experiment!

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  14. This is just beautiful, Sue. I really love the quote stamp - where did you get this one - I can do a search for "Verses + Rubber stamps"? I'm thrilled that you're taking part in the CCC again AND that I'm on the receiving end of your beautiful art!

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  15. Wow, is this gorgeous, Suzanne?!!! I love the brocade stamp and the way you've done all that stamping and embossing. Very beautiful. I would never have thought to use Kraft paper.

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  16. Absolutely stunning Sue. The background is gorgeous and I love the white embossing on kraft for the punched leaves.

    Really lovely sentiment and flowers too.

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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  17. This is so beautiful Sue! I love it.

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