Embossing Gel Try

Hi, y'all.

Today's card isn't what I had in mind when I started.

I had a NBUS  stencil from Penny Black and thought embossing paste would work well with it.

When I pulled out my box with the embossing pastes, gels, etc.,

I saw the NBUS translucent embossing gel and thought of all 

those backgrounds needing to be used.

So I picked the one I thought would be best for these flowers

and almost chickened out.

It was such a pretty background that I hated to take a chance on ruining it!

Do you ever do that?

Well, I took a deep breath and proceeded, telling myself that I could always do another background.

Well, it didn't work.  Aargh!

The flowers were totally lost on the background.

But I didn't want to waste that background.

After all it was one of my favorites.

I remembered my dear friend Loll having a similar experience with a stencil.

She cut out the flower and put it on a  CAS card.

So I used ink to stencil the design on a piece of white cardstock

(you can't go wrong with white. It goes with everything).

I cut out the gelled flowers and popped them on the stems.

Saved!

Maybe not what I originally intended, but fit to send.

This month's CAS Mix Up challenge

My mixed media are stamping, embossing gel through a stencil, ink through a stencil, 

fussy cutting and die cuts.

I'll take this over to Simon Says Monday Challenge: Touchy Feely too.

Thanks for the visit and special thanks for your comments.

Enjoy!

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Lots of Thanks (SSS)

Ink:   VersaFine Onyx Black, Mowed Lawn, Sun Sugar (D)

Paper: Primrose Petals (SU), White (Neena)  

Other:  Flower Dance Stencil (PB), Texture Paste Transparent Gloss (Ranger)