yesterday did someone steal the cranes?

I have an Asian inspired CAS card to share today I made for a friend’s birthday.

I’ve been meaning to try this perfect pearls embossing technique ever since I found the tutorial by Bex on the Flying Unicorn Forum.  I decided to use it on a chippie rather than a die cut mostly because I have loads of chippies and really need to start using my stash (basically because I have no room to buy any more!). 

To make up my card I’ve followed the current sketch over at CAS(E) this Sketch.  As my card is a CAS one I am entering it in the current challenge at Crafty Catz.  As I have flowers and a bird I’m also linking it up at Brown Sugar where their theme is in the garden (although I admit we get the occasional egret but no cranes in our garden).

Ingredients:

Chalks & Powders etc

Ranger Melt Art Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel ~ Black

Perfect Pearl ~ Blue Patina, Forever Violet & Green Patina

Embellishments

Dusty Attic Chipboard ~ Crane #2

Inks & Paints etc

Inkssentials Emboss It ~ Clear

Tim Holtz Distress Ink ~ Aged Mahogany

Tim Holtz Distress Paint ~ Black Soot

Tsukineko Encore! ~ Gold

Papers

Bazzill Cardstock Monochromatic ~ Bazzill White

Core’dinations Cardstock Smooth ~ Black Cat

Embossed Paper from stash (maybe Christina Re)

Stamps

Stempelglede ~ Grunge Flourish Hearts

Challenges

Brown Sugar # 150 ~ In The Garden

Crafty Catz #283 ~ Clean & Simple

CAS(E) this Sketch ~ Sketch #127

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