This Week.....A Threefer!

Monday.....that means another CCC and SSSS.  And....another birthday card off my to-do list.  I had a "duh" moment, and realized that I may as well be creating some cards (that I'd be doing anyway) for these challenges.
CCC this week (Week 12, would you believe???)  is "chipped enamel," which happens to be a favorite of mine, and one I've done often.  At SSSS, the theme is "show us your layers," which we're free to interpret and are encouraged to have many layers to our pieces.
So, here's my multi-layered, chipped enamel birthday card (and I'm not saying for who):

Layer One: the card base

Layer Two: the chipboard shape covered with tissue tape

Layer Three: the birthday greeting

Layer Four: ornate plate and leaves

Layer Five: large flower

Layer Six: small flower

Layer Seven: brad

OK, I may be pushing it, calling the brad a layer, but it is on top of the flowers, isn't it?

What I used:

large flower...........faded jeans DEP (distress embossing powder)

small flower...........broken china DEP

brad in flower center.......................mustard seed DEP

double leaf.............pine needles DEP

single leaf..............peeled paint DEP

brads on ornate plate.....................peeled paint

and, my personal favorite.....the ornate plate, on which I used not one, but THREE DEPs:  shabby shutters, peeled paint, and old paper.

I LOVE the way the three DEPs look together, but it is a bit wasteful since you can't return the excess to their containers.  But I used very little, applying each color randomly.

(I saved the excess anyway, in a separate container.  I'll put all future mixed DEPs there, and someday use it and be surprised.)