Sunshine Smile - stencilling with glitter and gilding flake, alcohol marker, embossing

 

Glittery, gilded sunbeams illuminate my thoughts of you. My card features a stencilled background using loose glitter and gilding flake, Copic marker colouring on the image, and an embossed die-cut sentiment. The stamp set, stencils, inks, and enamel dots are from Kraftin' Kimmie Stamps, the die and sequins from Simon Says Stamp, the glitter and gilding flake from Nuvo - Tonic Studios, and the embossing powder on the die-cut from Emerald Creek. 

I used Totally Taupe ink from Kraftin' Kimmie to stamp Summer Aviva on Copic card. After I stamped the first, I noticed a small blue spec on the dress, transferred from something else on my desk, so I restamped. I decided on a purple gown just because I like purple. I wasn't entirely happy with the flowers so later added tiny flower sequins for a fabulous dimension and glimmer. The flower sequins are actually white when on their own but look pink around the purple.

I used double-sided adhesive sheet on a cardstock panel with the Summer Sunbeams stencil then applied loose glitter, Desert Sunset, and gilding flakes, Radiant Gold. I love the texture difference with this, though the sparkle in the glitter is real hard to see in the pictures. It's super amazingly sparkly. 

Inside, I stamped the sentiment and added a small stencil detail from Pattern Parade using Whimsical Wysteria. The cardbase is Stampin' Up Tempting Turquoise. 

For the sentiment on the front, I used a Thinking of You die from Simon Says Stamp, stacked it with a white and black cut then embossed it with several layers of the Fairy Wings kit and a final layer of Iridescent Shimmer from Emerald Creek. The die-cut looks like porcelain with a subtle sparkle. Since I knew I would lose the dots for the i's, I used Kimmie dots and added three more to the bottom along with a single as a broach for Aviva. 

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