TTT- Faux Metal Peacock Easel Card

Greetings fellow crafters and welcome to another Tip Top Tuesday Challenge. For this challenge we are using metal or Faux metal.  So there is such a story to tell about this card....4 weeks of trying to figure out how I was going to make faux metal. 

I love challenges and well...this WAS quite a challenge! Once I was inspired by the peacock image by Too Cute for Jessica I was then in a conumdrum about how to put it into a format for a card. Weeks and weeks of picking up that peacock and gettng nowhere and then putting it down on the craft table and walking away from it for a few days. This went on and on and on.....

So for better or worse here is my faux metal card creation...

You can find a tutorial on how to make around easel card here. You can also find more tutorials on my tutorial tab here.

I won with the card

 

3/26/2014

This is my first Easel Card! I chose to make a round one. So lots of firsts for this challenge! You can find a tutorial to make your own Round Easel card under the Tutorial tab at the top.

i used black gesso and opalite to create the faux metal look. Lots of layers and then ran the body of the peacock through the cuttlebug using Swiss Dots embossing folder. I printed out the peacock patterned cardstock by finding a picture from Google.  I copied, pasted, sized and printed.

Here's a side view of the card.

I used my cricut for most if not all the peices on the card.See the product list below. I hope you enjoyed veiwing my card and are inspired not only to try some fauz metal techniques yourself but also to join in our challenge. You can find the Tip Top Tuesday challenge here.

Products:

Peacock feathers

Hero Art sentimtent stamp

Copper brads by Recollections

button from my stash

green and Tourquise ribbon

Viva Decor pearl pen in Copper, Bronze, Silver & Gold

Devine Swirl cuttlebug embossing folder

Swiss Dots Cuttle bug embossing folder

jewelry wire and small pearl stickers for the eye and headdress of the peacock

Bazzill Cardstock

card base Sweet Treats Cricut Cartridge

scalloped border Elegant Edges Cricut Cartridge

medium circle Plantin Schoolbook Cricut Cartridge

Pretty Peacocks cut file by  Too Cute by Jessica

Challenges:

Totally Papercrafts-Shaped cards

Craftyhands-Buttons and Bows

The Pink Elephant-Recipe (Lots of layers, Ribbon and Green)

Fantabulous Cricut Challenge-Green

Created With Love-Girly

Melonheadz-Girly

Craftin Desert Divas- Buttons, Ribbon, Twine or Brads

Crafty Boots-Feathers

Ladybug Crafts Ink TLT Challenge- For A Special Lady

Tuesday Throwdown- Tic Tac Toe (Bling, Buttons, Diecuts)

OWH Midweek Throwdown-Circles

Now it's your turn....go make something beautiful!