Recipe Monday....on Wednesday Night

Sorry my Card Recipe is so late... I tried to finish earlier, but I am really slow lately! This week's Card Recipe is a new technique I discovered in my convention swaps.


The first card shown is a very close CASE of this linked card on Stampin Addicts by Mary Beth West/mbstamper. She allowed SA/me to use her technique as the Technique Challenge this week (click here for challenge and instructions), and we named it Emboss Re-LIFT. It is a lot of fun, so I think we will make this Scenic Season stamp set card at November Technique Class. (I frayed the taffeta ribbon ends on purpose...You may choose not to fray.) Thanks for sharing this great technique Mary Beth!

So I mentioned that I enjoyed the technique, right? I also decided to do last week's Color Challenge on SA shown here. It was Old Olive, Kraft, Real Red and Soft Suede. The Emboss Re-Lift technique softened the Real Red, and provided a nice contrast to the paper pierced leaves and shiny berries completed with Crystal Effects. It is a fun change for the cardinal to be the incidental part of the image I think.