"Emboss it" at A Gem of a Challenge

Happy Saturday all!

I hope today finds you well, i'm on my annual summer fitness kick so I started a new workout DVD called "30 Day shred" and my god my body aches in place i didn't realise I had muscles lol, i can barely walk down the stair! - ouch!

So anyhoo, today see's the start of a new challenge at A Gem of a Challenge and this week we would like to see you "emboss it".

This was a bit of a challenge for me as embossing has never been one of my most favourite techniques, I barely own and embossing folders or embossing powder but lucky I found one which matched perfectly with my image (I think the folder was a freebie off a mag)

So here's what I did:

I used one of the adorable new vintage images from Janet's lovely store, this one is Martha.

I used my promarkers to colour her in.

The papers are quite old, I think they are by Prima, and I used flowers from WOC and some Silky Crush ribbon and a charm from The Ribbon Girl.

For the embossing I used Core'dinations Whitewash and sanded it back to show the butterflies. I also used it on the inside too.

My card is quite dark and somber looking today .... unfortunately it's for a Sympathy card  ... never the easiest to make are they.

I hope you like my card and I would love to have you join our challenge this week.

Loadsa hugs xx Cara xx

I'd like to enter my card into the following challenges:

4 Crafty Chicks - Flowers
Happy Campers - Metal (hope my charm is ok for this ladies?)
Tuesday Throwdown - Embossing
Whoopsi Daisy - Shabby Chic or Vintage