Dance Like Nobody is Watching

Yes.  I do that.  No, like, for reals.  Sometimes when nobody actually IS watching and sometimes when people are!  It's fun.  Try it some time.  It's absolutely fabulous, actually!  And that, my friends, is what inspired my Crafter's Companion card for today!



For this card I actually have a bit of a tutorial for you to create the fun colored embossing look that I used on the feathers.  I used the Falling Feathers set and the Friends and Family Sentimentals for my card today!



To begin, I stamped and embossed both the sentiment and the two feathers with VersaMark nink and white embossing powder.   I prefer Stampendous embossing powder, but I know there are lots out there!



I then began coloring using the lightest Spectrum Noir markers in my color scheme first.  You can see in this shot I've already added a pale pink to the top of one feather and I'm adding the pale green tone to the second.  I did do both feathers at the same time, going back and forth, as the feathers overlapped a bit and I wanted to be sure to include both color sets.



I used three tones for each feather.  With the darkest, I not only did the fluffy feather parts, but I pulled that color up through the center of each feather to give some center definition and focus the color down the middle.  I like the strength this gives the feathers.

After that, I simply trimmed the black cardstock to size and then completed my card!  This is really a rather simple way to achieve a really beautiful look!



I hope you give this little technique a try!

Have a Happy!