Hi there! Today I’m sharing these two projects over on the My Favorite Things YouTube channel featuring the I Really Miss You Die-namics. I created two cards with one ink blended panel.
I blended the background using distress inks in Speckled Egg, Evergreen Bough & Chipped Sapphire onto bristol cardstock. For the first card I embossed the Baccarat background in gold. For the second card I created a background using the Cable Knit Sweater Stencil with pumice stone ink onto Fog cardstock. I added a the cute little bird and branches from the Winter Songbird stamp set.
You can check out the video tutorial HERE! Thanks so much for stopping by!
6 Comments
Lori Spitzer
November 16, 2020 at 5:07 pmYup… /Bah-ka-rah/ is how you pronounce it (maybe soften the first “a” just a scosh). Here is some more info: “Borrowed from French baccarat, baccara [19th c.], likely named after the French town Baccarat (noted for glassmaking) in Grand Est, of ultimately unclear and debated origin [1291?].” That’s unconfirmed and from a really fast Google search.
Love the card. I just ordered the die. I already have the baccarat background ordered from about a week ago. I ordered the birdies with the baccarat. I LOVE how doing the embossing on the punched word panel looks. I would have made that a background but you made it the front/center. That’s why I am not the pro designer! (wink)
The key to being a successful language learner is just to get over the fear of making mistakes. Just speak. Strike up a conversation w/ someone. In France I had lunch or more often coffee meetings in cafes w/ people. For 30 we’d speak English to help them and for 30 we’d speak French to help me. Or if they wanted a more formal arrangement and they strictly wanted to speak English, they’d pay me to sit and speak English w/ them. But that did not help me, so I was choosy about those events……..Anyway, kids have less of a fear about how they appear, generally. Glad for your son’s success!
Thanks for the video. Gave me a nice break!
Lori S in PA
Maureen Reiss
November 16, 2020 at 5:52 pmBeautiful cards!!!
Isabelle
November 16, 2020 at 7:11 pmYour cards are, as usual, beautiful and very inspiring !
In Switzerland, we learn German and English during our normal school time, and believe it or not, but after learning it during 9 years, I just cannot make a proper phrase in German anymore, I forgot everything ! So I can understand you, it’s a complicated language. But as Lori Spitzer said in her message, just speak freely to the people. You are making the effort to speak their language, you are the one to be congratulated !
Marja Schellenberg
November 17, 2020 at 11:36 amSuch a wonderful cards as always. Great blending. Greetings Marja
Suzi Metcalfe
November 18, 2020 at 8:36 pmI think you are totally brave to immerse yourself in German! Good on you! Kids are different, aren’t they? Their gray matter is like a sponge. Well, you may have not yet mastered German, but you are the master of getting rainbows onto
cards! I would not have seen strips and automatically thought, “rainbows!” I love it that you did! Super fantastic cards! TFS!
Henriëtte
November 20, 2020 at 8:00 pmAwesome cards and such a great idea how you used the die.
Bacarat is a French word and with many Frence words ( I think all words) you don’t pronounce the t at the end,so yes you say bacara.
Great to hear that your son is doing so good. And don’t be afraid to speak German, begin with the things you buy in the supermarket or ( when possible in with Corona) sit down and have some coffee and order it yourself . It’s not that difficult. Go girl you can do it!!
Thank you so much for sharing your awesome work, stay safe and have a great weekend.