A new year and #newbeginnings. To celebrate the event, I gathered festive pinks and reds and ventured into new territory myself.
The background has a wax imprint, made with some wax paper and an embossing folder. The imprint needed to be ironed so the wax can melt - this makes the pattern transfer into the paper. When I colored the background with distress oxides - Picked raspberry and Festive berries - wax resisted the color and a pattern was created. There's an old Youtube video on the technique, I will link it when I find it again.
That of course created a lovely texture on the paper - the wax imprint is never 1-on-1 with the embossing folder, as the wax paper will crease and those creases will imprint themselves onto the card base.
A huge bouguet of die cuts, mostly gelliprints, and a wax seal round up the design.
Entering it into these challenges that inspired me:
Creative Crafting Uncles Challenge: #48 Christmas / New Year
Tuesday Morning Sketches: #737 Annual AG
Crafty Chicks: #696 All occasions
Alphabet Challenge: T is for texture
Thank you for your visit and see you again in 2024!
Wow striking colours - I love the idea of that wax paper - might have to try that technique soon. Thanks for sharing with us at Krafty Chicks
ReplyDeleteBeautiful card! This is a lovely technique!
ReplyDeleteThanks for playing along this week at Tuesday Morning Sketches
Debbie - TMS DT
Debbie's Dash of This and That
Spectacular card with great bold colour!! I’ll have to search up the wax technique, it created a gorgeous background. Thank you for playing with our All Occasion theme with the Krafty Chicks Challenge.
ReplyDeleteDiane - KCC DT
Very striking card.
ReplyDeletePop over to the SNIPPETS PLAYGROUND for a little New Year surprise. xxx
Sorry Alice . . . forgot to do the link . . . see Hugs, Sarn
ReplyDeleteHERE for your surprise! Hugs, Sarn xxx
A very striking design - love your background.
ReplyDeleteThanks for joining us at The Alphabet Challenge.
Helen x
DT