Unity August Sketch Challenge & CAS-ual Fridays Embossing Challenge

Unity have a monthly sketch challenge where you are required to use stamps from one of their Kits of The Month (KOM).  Here is this month's sketch:

My card also happens to have some embossing on it and fits into this weeks' CAS-ual Fridays challenge to use embossing (dry or wet) on your card.

I happen to have the August 2010 KOM and decided to try and use it with this sketch and I landed up with another CAS design.

Paper: PTI cardstock; Hero Arts orange layering paper; Neenah
Ink: Tumbled Glass & Broken China & Spiced Marmalade Distress ink; Versamark; Memento Tuxedo Black
Stamps: Unity August KOM
Other: Clear embossing powder: gems (Kaisercraft); Dimensional Squares; PTI Edgers Die #1

I used the PTI edgers die (one of my favourites) on a piece of white Neenah cardstock and also purple PTI cardstock.  On the white piece I stamped the background birds in Versamark and embossed with clear embossing powder.  I then used the emboss resist technique with two shades of blue distress inks.   I adhered that onto the purple cardstock I had also die cut and then adhered that onto the white notecard.

The little pink heart is clear embossed on pink cardstock.  The actual bird is simply stamped with Spiced Marmalade on orange cardstock and trimmed before adhering to the notecard using dimensional squares.  And I finished the card off by placing three little gems under the sentiment.

I hope you like my little card!  Wishing you a wonderful day!