Ten months ago I wrote in THIS POST that I was given the great honor in the paper-crafting world to join the "Dirty Dozen" on Splitcoaststampers. Splitcoaststampers is an on-line paper crafting community where crafters can learn new techniques, chit chat with each other, share their art work, and so much more. One part of this community is "The Dirty Dozen". This is an invitation only group of crafters whose work is seen as exemplary so they are asked to be part of the Dirty Dozen. The requirements of the Dirty Dozen is to create six cards for six months centered around a different theme each month. The cards then are uploaded into the "Dirty Dozen Gallery" and only fan club members are allowed to see them. After six months, Dirty Dozen members are allowed to post them elsewhere on social media or their blogs. Well, it has been six months since I completed my first challenge, so I can finally show me my first set of cards!
The fourth Dirty Dozen theme was "That's Rough". Members were asked to add texture to their cards such as sand, grit medium, glitter, etc. These are my submissions:
Stitched Wall Hanging
The texture in this card is both the stitching and the dry embossed background.
To make this card, I used the Spellbinders Stitching Die "Stitched Wall Hanging". I cut all the pieces, stitched and assembled the card. The background is a Cuttlebug embossing folder. I added sequins and pearls for embellishment.
Hello Stitched Flower Card
My next card also uses a stitching die and embossing folder, but here I added even more texture with the burlap.
To make this card, I used the Spellbinders "Stitched Flower" die. Once again I cut all my pieced and stitched them up with embroidery floss. I dry embossed a white background using a Cuttlebug embossing folder, then I cut a strip of burlap paper and glued that on top. From there I just randomly placed the flowers along with some pearl embellishments and a sentiment.
Baby Card
In this card I used lots of glitter and embossing powder to create my texture.
To make this card, I created a starry background using a Spellbinder's stencil "Star Bright" and Lumiere by Jacquard "Pearl White" Light Body Acrylic. The image and sentiment are retired Stampin Up! "Buggies and Booties". The sentiment is embossed in Black Glitter embossing powder. A silver glitter ribbon, twine, and baby rattle charm was added for embellishment.
Wedding Card
My next card gets its texture from the black velvet designer paper in the background. It's hard to tell in the photo, but the black florals is velvet and is so luxurious to the touch.
To make this card I cut a piece of the velvet designer paper and glued it to the card base. The bride and groom image is from Inkadinkado "Wedding/Marriage". I popped the main image panel up on dimensionals and added a black ribbed velvet ribbon for even more texture. Black adhesive crystals were added for embellishment.
Unicorn Shaker Card
For my next card, the texture is inside the card. You can't feel it, but you can see it!
To make this card I used the "Be Unique" Sweet and Sassy stamp set and coordinating dies. I created a cloudy background with a Tailored Expressions Cloud Stencil, then I adhered my images. I put glitter on the rainbow and used black glitter embossing powder on the word "magical". The rainbow clouds have white flocking. Sequins were put inside the card to create a shaker effect.
Iris Card
For my last card I used mediums, flocking and raised die cuts for my texture elements.
To make this card I used the Spellbinder's "Bearded Iris" die. I cut the pieces, then using a stylus curled the pieces and assembled the flower. I put orange flocking powder inside the flowers. The background was created using Spellbinder's "Hummingbird" Textures Stencil and Lunar Paste. More texture was added by using gold embossing powder on the sentiment.
