SSCC Flowers Challenge

I have dear friends that live in Bozeman, Montana. We visit when we can but never often enough. I miss them bunches. I made this card for their anniversary. I loved this image as soon as I saw it and even though Magnolia calls it 'brother and sister', it looks like Lowell and Marcia to me. The shaped card was cut with my new Grand Calibur and the Grand Label 4 dies. I'm sure I'm going to get a lot of use out of this machine and dies, but my best use will be shaped cards. I did have to run the die through the machine and then back out again to get the die to cut through two layers of my thick cardstock, but it was up to the challenge. Then I cut one piece out of designer cardstock to attach to the front. The ticket was stamped in VersaMark and embossed with Zing Gold Embossing Powder. I've said it before, I Love This Stuff. It doesn't seem to stick outside the stamped area as much as other powders do. I do use an embossing buddy, but it never seems to stop all of the extra scattered powder so I end up using a paintbrush and inevitably, I rub off some of the good powder. Zing works really well for me, I sprinkle it, blow on it to remove excess powder, tap it once or twice and I'm good to go. And I like the fact they have metallic and glitter as well as opaque colors. Their Halloween colors - lime green and orange are wonderful.

Paper: DCWV The Blossoms & Butterflies Matstack; Stamps: Magnolia Sister & Brother, Whimsy Sentiment; 3D Crystal Lacquer Ivory; Cloud 9 Design Hearts; Spica Pink; Spellbinder Grand Labels 4 and Spellbinder Classic Hearts Die; Zing Metallic Gold Embossing Powder; Copics: [Skin Him E01, E00, R20, Her E00, E000, R20][Pants B95, B91, B93][Dress R85, R83, R81][Shirt YG93, YG95, YG91][Hair Him Y02, Y00, Y04, Her C7, C5, C3][Shoes Him E35, E34, Her 3D Lacquer Ivory]