Hi, crafty friends. Recently, I went through a creative block and it was lasting longer than I’d like. Since this is my job, I don’t have time to wait for it to come back. Whenever this happens, I find I can get out of it by just playing. My son’s crayons were laying out on my craft desk next to THIS embossing plate. I started to think what would happen if I laid paper on top and rubbed over the texture. One thing I’ve learned from Mr. Distress Ink (Tim Holtz) is as soon as you ask yourself a creative question like that, you should already be experimenting. So that’s exactly what I did…
I started with the a piece of regular white cardstock and found it to not work very well. I found some thinner cardstock but I still wasn’t happy with the results so I switched to the thinest vellum I had and I was happy with the results. I used THIS embossing plate and laid the velum on top, securing it to the plate with some removable tape. I used a dark pink and purple crayon and rubbed back and forth quickly over the vellum. It’s just like the leaf rubbings in school that I used to do. It was so fun and I loved the result. Since it’s on vellum, it gives a soft look but I like bright and bold, so I adhered it to a piece of white cardstock to make the colors pop…
I finished off the piece by adding a few of THESE frames cut with white cardstock on top with a white heat embossed sentiment from THIS stamp set. I adhered everything to a top folding note card and finished it off with a sprinkling of white hearts cut with THIS die…
For the second card…
I did the same technique but used a rainbow of crayons with THIS embossing plate. I added a white heat embossed sentiment from the same stamp set as the first card and added a few of THESE to the sentiment strip. I die-cut a white frame from THIS die set and adhered the piece to a black note card. Here’s a closer look…
I hope this inspires you to give this technique a try or just play to get out of a creative block. Try experimenting with other materials such as stencils or embossing folders for different texture options.
Thanks for joining me today. Have an awesome day.
March 9, 2018
Love love love. So excited to try your rainbow birthday card. I get such a happy feeling from it. Thank you.