Anniversary, Big Word Love, Birthday, Brusho Watercolor Powders, Congratulations, Distress Inks, Distress Oxides, Paris Background Cling, Paris Bonjour, Stampendous, Tim Holtz

Today~I Give You Paris!

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Faith Hill sings a beautiful song called “Paris” and the chorus begins with “…tonight I can’t give you Paris” but today I CAN give you Paris!  Aren’t the morning shadows of the blinds so striking in this photo??  I used my lovely set by Stampendous called Paris Bonjour which also has coordinating dies and a pretty fleur-de-lis stencil.  I began by sprinkling black and yellow Brusho crystals onto a panel of Bristol Smooth card stock, then spritzed with water, allowing the water to move the ink.  I tipped the card to let the colors run, then blotted off the excess dampness.  Setting that aside to air-dry, I heat-embossed in black the stunning Eiffel Tower onto a scrap of Bristol Smooth, then die-cut it.  I did the same with the little stand of trees but with Versafine Onyx Black permanent ink.
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Stampendous has a FABULOUS Paris background stamp and I stamped that onto my dried Brusho panel with Versafine Onyx Black, then laid down the fleur-de-lis stencil and sponged a little Iced Spruce Distress Oxide ink just to add a bit more interest.  I sponged Black Soot Distress Ink around the edges of my panel and then, after die-cutting another Eiffel Tower from black fun foam, I adhered them together. I sponged more Black Soot around the edges of the Tower and mounted it onto my panel.  I used bits of foam tape to attach the little stand of trees which I’d colored lightly with shades of gray Zigs.
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I felt the card design was busy enough so I just mounted the panel to a base card of white, then dropped sequins from above, rearranged them a tad and attached them with dots of Glossy Accents glue.
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The very last touch was to stamp the sentiment from Stampendous’ Big Words Happy stamp set onto a scrap of paper, sponge around it with black distress ink and trim the ends to mimic a little banner.  I mounted that on a narrow strip of fun foam.  SIGH!!  Although this card is “dark” it makes me happy and I hope it does you too!  🙂

36 thoughts on “Today~I Give You Paris!”

  3. Wasn’t it Frank Sinatra who sang “I love Paris in the springtime”? B E A U T I F U L ❤

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  7. Your map background reminds me of the real Paris. It’s easy to get lost…What a cool look you achieved!!!

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  13. The onyx really makes the tower pop off the card.
    It’s been many years since I was in Paris – at a time
    when life was so much safer. Still remember
    the fantastic icon. thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com
    Illinois

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  16. Thank you, Mary! I actually heat-embossed it with black then sponged black around the edges to soften the cut edges; I love how black it is too! 🙂

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  29. THANKS!! It’s really the nicest Eiffel Tower stamp I’ve ever seen!! Stampendous really rocked it with this theme!! 😀 Thank you for stopping by! 🙂

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  32. Striking photography with your totally awesome card!!! Very arty with a touch of grunge. Love this!!!
    ❤ J

    jwoolbright at gmail dot com
    HerPeacefulGarden.blogspot.com

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