Sometimes I get all caught up in the fun of playing with all my punches, ribbons, and accessories, that I forget to go back to the basics…. ink, stamps, and paper! But I shared this card with my Stamp Club recently and loved the elegance of it and the simplicity.
Tips for making this card:
- Pick your favorite color and feature it on your card and then stick to simple neutrals to break it up. In this case, I just used Rich Razzleberry and Whisper White… and it turns out, that is all the color you need!
- Keep it from being too flat by spicing it up with two of my favorite tricks: Heat Embossing and Sponging!
- I started by heat embossing the Blended Bloom flower in the lower left corner of my Rich Razzleberry cardstock. To do this:
– Lightly wipe over the area with the Embossing Buddy (it is a little cloth pouch with powder inside), this de-statics the paper and makes sure the embossing powder only sticks to the stamped lines and doesn’t give you speckles in other places!
– Stamp your image using Versamark Ink (the clear watermarking ink)
– Generously dump embossing powder over the stamped image to make sure all the ink is covered in powder.
– Tap off any excess powder onto a piece of computer paper or the grid paper mats are perfect for this! And then dump the excess powder back into the container.
– Use the heat tool to blow hot air over the embossing powder to melt it into the shiny awesome raised image that you want! - Once you have your embossed flower, tap a sponge dauber into Rich Razzleberry ink and then swirl it over the center of your flower to get the darker middle. Easy as that!
- Sponge all the way around the edges of the stamped card for a darker edge.
- Do the same thing with the sentiment by heat embossing, I used the “A Happy Hello” from the Tin of Cards stamp set (LOVE IT!) and added a bit of the trim from the same stamp set in Rich Razzleberry ink.
- Then just adhere your layers and you are done!
See, I told you easy… and fun too!
Hmm… speaking of easy, this is inspiring me. I think I may use this same general idea to create some swaps for OnStage Local – Stampin’ Up’s new live events that is the replacement for Convention and Regionals! I’ll be headed to Vancouver, WA tomorrow for this fun event starting with a leaders dinner Friday night and then the main event on Saturday! We’ll be getting a sneak peek at what is coming new in January 2016 with the spring Occasions catalog and Sale-a-Bration! Woo hoo! Can’t wait to see and then share. 
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So the weather was great but that wasn’t great for photos. 
