For some crazy reason, I LOVE doors/doorways. When I travel, I always find myself taking photos of beautiful doorways and I love those posters of doors. Hmmm – wonder what that means! LOL – Today’s inspirational photo (below) from the Add A Little Dazzle Dazzling Diva Challenge was a huge inspiration! I loves the colors and the style! I wanted to recreate the brick look and the feel of the door without doing a literal interpretation so this is what I came up with.
Today is Day 3 of the Add a Little Dazzle and Neat & Tangled Blog Hop! Both Design Teams partnered up to bring you lots of inspirational projects showcasing the Neat & Tangled line of stamps, dies, and digital stamps with Add a Little Dazzle Craft Metal Sheets. You can play along with the Dazzling Diva Challenge #52 – See the Inspirational Photo Below. In addition to the fun and inspiration, there will be prizes to give away!
Whether you are looking for holiday card and gift ideas or everyday crafting ideas you will see a little bit of it all during the Blog Hop. Some Designers will even be playing with digital images and pulling out Silhouette Machines and some extra fun goodies. Make sure to join us every day this and make sure to join in for a chance to win a prize. Lets have some fun!
If you’re a frequent visitor to my Blog, you know I am happiest when I’m distressing my projects and creating some type of Vintage look so I used the MFT Brick Wall Stencil with new Distress Stain Sprays along with Distress Inks for the background and Brushed Bronze Craft Metal with the Damask Background Stencil for the center.
- I taped down the Brick Wall Stencil from My Favorite Things over Manila Cardstock. (The center was going to be covered by the Craft Metal so I taped it there.)
- I sprayed Distress Stain Sprays in Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain, Black Soot and Tarnished Brass over the Stencil, heat setting in between layers.
- Once they were dry, I removed the stencil and used a Mini Blending Tool to apply Frayed Burlap Distress Ink over the remaining areas of the stencil to blend the color.
Can you tell how addicting these Distress Stain Sprays are?! Yikes!
- I spritzed Crinkle Ribbon with Water and sprayed Distress Stain Sprays onto it. The Colors I used were Rusty Hinge, Tea Dye, Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain.
- I crinkled it and Heat Set it.
- There was lots of Distress Stain left on the Craft Sheet so I spritzed a few tags with water and dragged them through the Ink and Heat Set them. (You’ll be seeing them on other projects, I’m sure!)
- I used a strip of AALD Brushed Bronze Craft Metal for the center. First, I embossed it using a Damask Background Stencil and a No More Shims Pad and then adhered it onto a strip of Dark Chocolate Craft Metal and then adhered it to the center of the “Brick Wall.” The Metal gives the project a rich, elegant feel.
- I adhered a piece of the dyed Crinkle Ribbon to the side of the Craft Metal Strip and secured it behind the card stock using Glue Dots.
- I tied a bow using the “How to Tie a Double Bow using your Fingers Technique” (See Video Here) and then adhered it to the project with Glue Dots.
- I stamped “Happy Birthday” from the Neat & Tangled Photo Booth Stamp Set in Jet Black Archival Ink onto a piece of Manila Cardstock and punched it out using the SU! Modern Label Punch. The edges are sponged in Frayed Burlap Distress Ink.
- I used the Modern Label Punch to punch out a piece of Brushed Bronze Craft Metal and cut it in half. After applying Adhesive to the back of the greeting piece, I reassembled the Brushed Bronze punched piece so that it framed the greeting. The whole piece was adhered to the center of the card with Stampin’ Dimensionals.
- Neat & Tangled Copper Penny Satin Sequins were applied to the front of the project with Glue Dots.
- The Manila Cardstock piece was attached to a 5-1/2″ x 8-1/2″ piece of SU! Chocolate Chip Cardstock that was scored and folded at 4-1/4″.
- A piece of SU! Very Vanilla Cardstock was adhered to the inside of the card.
Challenges:
Dazzling Diva Challenge #52 (Inspirational Photo Below)
Be sure to visit each of the designers on this blog hop!
Neat and Tangled
Add a Little Dazzle
Anna Kossakovskaya
Taheerah Atchia
Kate Capper
Lydia Evans
Martha Lucia Gomez
Lee Ann Barrett
Lee-Anne Cross
You Are Here → Cathy Parlitsis ←You Are Here
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Wow very nice!
Thank you, Lenora! 🙂
Such a beautiful card design!! I just love all of that distressing! 🙂
Thanks so much, Vicki! Me too! 🙂
Beautiful card, love the way you created your brick wall and the look of the metal against it.
Sue
Thanks a lot, Sue!
super creative!
Thank you, Rubeena! 😀
So much great texture on this card.
Thanks, Sue!
Perfect take on the inspiration photo Cathy 🙂 Great job.
Kate xx
Thanks, Kate! 😀
Very cool design! Great texture and interest.
Thank you, Amy!
Your bricks and ribbon is amazing!
Thanks so much, Donna! 😀
this is beautiful. I love the brick wall and the embossed metal piece.
whoever gets this card will feel so loved – you took time to make them a wonderful card.
thanks for sharing.
Awww – thanks, Marylouh! What a nice thing to say! 😀
Wow..this card is amazing…love your tutorial and all the details you shared!!
Thanks, Lynda! I appreciate that! 😀
Awesome project. Thank you for the fabulous tutorial.
Thanks so much, Jean! Enjoy! LMK if you have any questions 🙂
Love everything about this card! Thanks for the tutorial on how to do it, also! Two great companies with some fantastic products here!
Thank you so much, Michele! 🙂
This card is a work of art 🙂
Wow! Thank you, Debbie! I’m honored! 😀
Awesome card design!
Thanks so much! 🙂
I love the brick look with the metal. Very pretty.
Thank you, Viki! 😀
You totally matched up your creation with an inspirational photo!!!
Love the vintage look and beautiful use of distress inks, love how you embossed the panel out of metal sheet, such an amazing creation. Thanks for tutorial too:)
Thank you so much for your kind words, Vinita! You made my day!
Gasp I love this. My friends tease me that I like “dirt colors”. I guess I do because the colors of this card really look yummy to me.
Me too, Vicki! I love grunge! 😀
very pretty!
Thanks for stopping by, Amy! 🙂
Cathy, a lovely Birthday Card! It has been totally inspired by Add A Little Dazzle Challenge #52 Inspiration photograph! Love the inlay and the brick work, perfect! Neat & Tangled Photo Booth stamp set sentiment was the perfect size choice for your card. Thank you and Thanks for being part of this wonderful blog hop!
Thank YOU, Susan, for your kind words and the blog luv! I appreciate you taking the time to comment! So glad you liked it! 😀
Thank you Cathy for reading and replying to our comments, this has taken me by surprise! A have a great day!
Thank YOU, Susan!
I truly appreciate each and every comment! They make me smile and give me a great idea of what you guys like so I know what to focus on when I’m creating.
Thanks so much for all of your kind words. 😀
Hugs,
Cathy
super elegant and fabulous card!
Thanks a lot, Amante! 😀
Such a beautiful card and love the tutorial on how to get this effect!
Thanks, Beverly! I appreciate it! 🙂
Love all the textures on your card, the metal sheet in the center is just stunning!
Thanks, Melissa! I love that metal! 🙂
Neat & Tangled + Add A Little Dazzle + your incredibly creativity = a most stunning card! In awe over how gorgeous this is….
~c
Thank you so much! Your kind words are SO appreciated! I’m so glad you stopped by! 😀