Tag Archives: embossing
- Background stamp – Hero Arts “Branch Background”
- Sentiment stamp – Hero Arts “Year Round Sentements”
- Leaf stamp – Hero Arts “Scattered Leaves”
- Patterned paper – Karen Foster Designs “Lime Twist” and My Mind’s Eye “Indie Chic: Citron”
- Bling – Darice “Earth” gems
- Clear Embossing Powder
- Ranger Distress Inks
- Cardstock – Bazzill and BoBunny
I created this main background paper by combining the Karen Foster paper and branch background stamp listed above. I learned this technique from Day 2 of the Online Card Classes Pattern Play class, which has really been a great class. Thanks for stopping by.
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- Stamp – Flourishes “Orchids” set
- Embossing folder – Cuttlebug “Circle Frame and Rosemary” set
- Die cuts made from Spellbinders Nestabilities “Labels Twenty”
- Patterned paper – Basic Grey “Little Black Dress”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Pearls – Memory Box
- Ribbon and glossy textured cardstock from my stash
This is a pretty orchid image that I stamped with a Flourishes set I’ve had for some time. I colored it with Twinkling H2Os, so there is some sparkle. I also added some outlining with a Sakura Gelly Roll Sparkle pen to a little more sparkle, albeit subtle. I gave this card to my husband for our 19th anniversary. Thanks for stopping by!
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- Digital image – Sweet ‘N Sassy “Blue Morpho Butterfly”
- Embossing folder – Cuttlebug “Poppy” by Anna Griffin
- Stamp – Hero Arts “Mother’s Day Message”
- Die cuts – Spellbinders Nestabilities “Standard Circles Large” and “Eyelet Circles”
- Cardstock – BoBunny
- Ribbon – Creative Impressions swirl organdy
This was a fun challenge for the Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps Midweek Throwdown this past week. We had a Tic Tac Toe game and had to choose a “row” of elements to make a card. I chose Embossing, Blue and Ribbon. I colored the image with Copic markers and mounted it on an embossed background. Then I tied it up in a bow. Thanks for stopping by.
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- Patterned papers – My Mind’s Eye – Indie Chic Collection – “Saffron ‘Birds’ Batik Paper” (both sides)
- Sentiment stamp – Hero Arts “Year Round Sentiments”
- Embossing folder – Cuttlebug “Chuck”
- Border punch – EK Success “Open Scallop”
- Ribbon – May Arts
- Cardstock – Bazzill “Sugar Daddy”
I do like to work with challenges that provide a recipe to work from! This week’s Operation Write Home Midweek Throwdown challenge was to use the following recipe:
- Two patterned papers
- One embossing folder
- One border punch
- Ribbon or twine
As is typical for me, it is well past mid-week–but I’m still up for the challenge! The design is simple and linear, showing off the different textures and patterns across the card. This will be a nice birthday card for a hero to send home. Thanks for visiting!
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- Stamp – Stampendous “Flower Fields”
- Die cuts – made with Spellbinder’s Nestabilities “Labels One”
- Patterned papers – Basic Grey “PBJ” collection – “Hip Fab” and “Picnic Basket”
- Bling – Queen and Company “Twinkle Goosebumps”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Embossing powder
- Ranger Distress Ink markers
I made this card for the OWH Virtual Cardmaking Party that is in progress for the President’s Day weekend. The first challenge over at Scrappin’ Intervention, is the make a card featuring a chevron pattern. I had a number of choices in my stash, but this Basic Grey paper caught my eye. I heat embossed the image with black embossing powder and then used a waterbrush and my Distress markers to color the flowers and leaves. Thanks for visiting today.
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- Washi tape – Queen & Co. and We R Memory Keepers
- Die cut – made with Spellbinder’s Shapeabilities “Butterflies” (embossed areas colored with ColorBox Fluid Chalk inks)
- Stamp – Rubber Soul
- Ink – Tsukineko Delicata “Golden Glitz” ink pad
- Cardstock – Bazzill
I made the background for this card with rows of Washi tape, which was a part of one of my lessons in the Clean & Simple 2 class I’m finishing up at Online Card Classes. The effect it creates looks like patterned paper. I popped up the die cut butterfly with dimensional adhesive, after coloring the embossed areas with chalk ink and a sponge dauber. A very simple, yet cheery, card! Thanks for visiting today.
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- Flower stamp – Hero Arts “Outline Flowers”
- Sentiment stamp – Hero Arts “Whimsical Happy Birthday”
- Ranger Distress Markers
- Crystal Stickers – Mark Richards Enterprises – Clear Round 2mm
- Cardstock – Bazzill
- Kraft card base – Paper Accents
- Stampendous Detail White embossing powder
I made this card based on a lesson in the Clean and Simple 2 class I’m taking. I stamped the background in VersaMark and heat embossed it with white embossing powder. Then I chose a few flowers to color with Distress Markers. I also heat embossed the sentiment and popped it up on a banner at the top of the card. I added a little bling for the flower centers of the smaller flowers and that’s it! This will be nice to add to my Operation Write Home box. This week’s OWH Midweek Throwdown is for birthday cards, since there is a little shortage of birthday cards to send over to the troops. Thanks for stopping by today.
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- Sentiment stamp – from Hero Arts “Live Life” set
- Border stamp – Lawn Fawn “Belinda’s Borders”
- Stencil – Studio Calico “Chevron” Huey’s Mask
This is the first card I made for the Clean and Simple 2 class offered at Online Card Classes. I misted the cardstock with a homemade ink solution I made with Distress re-inkers. I decided to accent the card with a border that repeated the chevron design of the stencil. I heat embossed the border with white embossing powder. I drew a dashed line across the bottom of the top portion. The top and bottom chevron portions are popped up with dimensional adhesive. This was a very fun, clean and simple card to make! I’ve taken a number of classes from Online Card Classes and I would highly recommend them. They provide a ton of inspiration, techniques and instruction. Thanks for visiting today.
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- Die cuts – Creative Imaginations “Assemblage;” Spellbinders Nestabilities “Classic Ovals” and “Lacey Ovals”
- Embossing folder – Darice “Doily Lace”
- Cardstock – Bazzill
The OWH Midweek Throwdown challenge this week was to create a card featuring Spring flowers. That’s always a favorite for me, so I just had to choose which flowers to use on my card! This is a very simple design because the flowers really are the focal point. Thanks for visiting today.
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- Die cuts – Made from Spellbinders Poseabilities collection: “Snowflake Wonder” (four layered together)
- Stamp – Rubber Soul “Holiday Whimsical”
- Embossing folder – Cuttlebug “Snowflakes”
- Cardstock – BoBunny
- Brad – Creative Impressions
This was a fun card to make by layering all of the die cuts together to make a snowflake and fastening them with a frosted brad. I layered the embossed snowflake paper on top of the dots to make it even more Wintry. I was inspired by the current challenge at Freshly Made Sketches: #65. Thanks for stopping by.
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