Season of Peace

I was reading someone's blog the other day, and they were lamenting about all the stages their card took before being finished. Starting one way and ending up totally different. Well, this card took so many twists and turns, and I'm still not happy with it. Arrrrrrrgggghhhh!!! I wanted to use this sparkly My Mind's Eye Paper (Gorgeous stuff irl) with this dove and the colors fit with the #5 Inspiration Challenge on SCS today. I just couldn't get my layout the way I wanted it. You wouldn't believe the different changes this has been through. I had my dove colored and layered right off. No problems there....well, until I saw that the edges were too white with the gold trim and tried to run a sponge just over the edge....well, of course it got on the image itself...*groan* Why didn't I just use my gold leafing pen like I did around the sentiment!! *kicking my self here* Oh well, I wasn't about to stamp, color and cut the three layers again.

I stamped the Season of Peace (Artful Stamper) dove onto Neenah Natural White, with Versamark, and embossed it with Detail Gold ep. I then colored it with copics. Now, you have to be careful with the gold, because the copics will take away the shimmer. I added a bit of sparkle with my quickie glue pen and glitter, sewed around the edges, and added Dew Drops to the corners and flower. Each panel is popped up with dimensional tape too.

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Supplies:
Stamps -Season of Peace (Artful Stamper), Peace Sentiment (Wordsworth)
Paper - Laundry Line (My Mind's Eye), Neenah Natural White, Rose Dark (Prismatics)
Ink - Versamark, Frayed Burlap, Aged Mahogany (Ranger Distress Ink)
Accessories - Dew Drops, Copics, Detail Gold ep, Small Oval Punch, Corner Tag Punch (SU), Sewing Machine, Dimensional Tape, Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen