Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS new card kit from Simon Says Stamp… To create this card, I created the background with the kit’s embossing folder. I gold heat embossed the images and sentiment from the kit’s stamp set and stamped the color layer from the stamp set on top to color them in. I used the kit’s mini ink blending tool to dab away any harsh lines between the color ink...
Hi again, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS new card kit… The kit contains multiple white tags so I thought it would be fun and different to create a tag card. I started by applying Distress Oxide ink to the inside of the kit’s embossing folder. I applied it on the flat side, not the raised side. Next, I spritzed it with water, laid my tag inside and ran it through my die cut...
Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s card was inspired by a card I taught at CREATE (back in April) in one of the make it and take it booths. If you are not familiar with CREATE, it’s an event hosted by Simon Says Stamp every year in Columbus, Ohio. It’s two days filled with creative fun. The card we taught had an embossed image that had some ink blending on top and finished off with...
Hi there, crafty friends. Today’s card features THIS new card kit… To create these cards, I started by embossing THESE Color Blend Panels with THIS embossing folder (all included in the kit). After adhering the panels to top folding white note cards. I stamped the sun image from THIS stamp set from the kit twice. One i yellow and one in orange. I fussy cut them out and adhered them to the embossed panels...
Hello there, crafty friends. Today’s cards were inspired by the last day of THIS Embossing Folder class from Online Card Classes where Jennifer McGuire taught a lesson on embossing folders and gelli plates… I love this technique as it creates two cards from one technique. For each set of cards, I would ink up THIS gelli plate with Distress Oxide inks, press the embossing folder on top of the gelli plate into the ink...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s cards were inspired by day four of THIS Embossing Folder class from Online Card Classes where Cathy Zielske shared using two embossing folders on one card… To create this card, I started by ink blending a white panel with Distress Oxide inks. Next, I ran it through my die cut machine with THIS embossing folder. Then I ran it back though with THIS embossing folder. It’s hard to see in...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s cards were inspired by day three of THIS Embossing Folder class from Online Card Classes where Yana Smakula shared embossing on die cuts… To create this card. I started by stamping THIS text background on a gray piece of cardstock and adhered it to a top folding note card. I cut a piece of green card stock with THIS die and then embossed it with THIS embossing folder. I ink...
Hello, crafty friend. Today’s cards were inspired by Day Two of THIS new Embossing Folder class from Online Card Classes… Jennifer McGuire shared how to add ink to embossing folders which I did on today’s card. To create this card, I started by applying blue Distress Oxide inks on the inside (raised side) of THIS embossing folder, spritzing it with water and laying a blue A2 panel on top and running it through my...
Hello, crafty friends. Today’s cards were inspired by Day One of THIS new Embossing Folder class from Online Card Classes… Mindy Eggen shared some examples of partial embossing and I thought I would experiment with THIS glossy Color Blend Cardstock. I LOVE the results. I used THIS stamp set and THIS coordinating die set for all of the sentiments. For the first card… I used THIS embossing folder to emboss the bottom of the...
Hello, crafty friends. I have a retirement card to share today featuring THESE layering stencils, THIS embossing folder, and THIS sentiment set… To create this card, I applied ink through THESE layering stencils on a yellow A2 sized panel. On the last layer, I applied THIS gold paste for the flower centers to give some shine and dimension. Next, I embossed a piece of pink cardstock with THIS embossing folder. I cut it and...
