Elegant Embossed Vellum Card

Its been a busy week and I’m suddenly realizing how much I still need to catch up on!  I’ve been reorganizing my craft room to make space for all the new catalog goodies that just came in…of course in the process I’ve discovered items that I forgot I had and really need to use more!  One of those items is Vellum! 

I have had a pack sitting on my shelf for a while and had completely forgotten about it, so a few weeks ago, I ran a Terrific Techniques class all about Vellum.  This card was one of my favorites from the class:

You start out by running a piece of vellum through your Big Shot with an embossing folder (in this case I used the Flower Garden embossing folder).  Then on the back side of your vellum, I grabbed my Sponge Daubers and sponged my colors as if to color in the embossed image.

The cool thing is that by sponging the back side of your vellum, it gives a pretty, soft glow to the front of your image.  And when you think you have made it too dark on the back, it turns out to be just perfect on the front!

Adhere your vellum to the front of your card by glueing it to the front of a white cardbase and add a strip of patterned paper to the edge for an accent.

I finished it off by punching out a sentiment from the fabulous Petite Pairs stamp set and sponging it with the same Wisteria Wonder sponge dauber I used for coloring in the back of the flowers.  And if you don’t have this stamp set yet, don’t forget it is available for 25% off until June 30th!

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So grab your vellum and embossing folders and experiment with what fun designs you can create.

Fun with Texture Thank You Card

As I was playing with ideas for thank you cards for February, I decided to get inspired by the Sycamore Street designer paper from the Sale-a-Bration flyer for my colors and then start adding texture as I went along.

The most obvious bit of texture was my chevron embossing folder that I used on the top half of the card.  Then I added some ribbon to get something different from paper in the lower half of the card.  And then my favorite – heat embossing!

I inked up my Thanks sentiment from the Vintage Verses stamp set with Versamark, and then before stamping I inked it up again with Rich Razzleberry ink.  Then, stamp, cover in clear embossing powder right away, and apply heat with your heat gun.  Ta da!  Embossed ink in whatever color you want!

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Vintage Verses Thank You Recipe:
Stamps: Vintage Verses
Ink: Rich Razzleberry, Versamark
Paper: Whisper White cs, Rich Razzleberry cs, Baja Breeze cs, Sycamore Street designer paper
Accessories: Sycamore Street Ribbon (Tangerine Tango), Clear embossing powder, Heat gun, sponge daubers, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Super Simple Valentine’s Card

Alright, I’m back with another project using the stamp from the Happy Valentine Heart bundle.  I showed you yesterday a Valentine Treat idea but I wanted to play with the stamp for a card.  This was the first quick card idea I came up with:

And as always, it is super hard to see but I used my 2-way Glue Pen and some Dazzling Diamonds glitter to fill in the little cupid heart.  Maybe this picture will show it a bit better?

Or not… but you get the idea.

I swear I always start getting into a stamp/paper/embellishment right as it is going away.  So, reminder today is the LAST day to order this bundle or the My Little Valentine/Simply Sent bundle.

See the details on these bundles in the online store

But I think this stamp is kind of adorable so you may see it pop back up in the next few weeks between now and Valentine’s Day.

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Happy Valentine Heart Card
Stamps: Happy Valentine Heart
Ink: Raspberry Ripple
Paper: Twitterpated designer series paper, Crumb Cake cs, Whisper White cs, Raspberry Ripple cs
Accessories: Big Shot, Adorning Accent embossing folders, Full Heart punch, 2-way Glue Pen, Dazzling Details, Stampin’ Dimensionals

Snowman Snowglobe Holiday Card

My son keeps telling me that it isn’t wintertime because there is no snow.  Apparently to his 2 – going on 3- year old view of the world:

fall = leaves fall off the trees and winter = snow.

That a pretty close approximation!  Unfortunately we don’t get too much snow up here in Seattle.  So I thought I would make my own “dreaming of snow” card today!

I stamped this cutie of a snowman from the No Peeking stamp set and then decided to punch him out and make him his own snowglobe!  I sponged the edge of the circle with Midnight Muse ink for a subtle edge and then made a base out of the Curly Label punch.  Finally, add some snow by using Dazzling Details glitter glue.

He looks so happy in his little globe, don’t you think?

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Snowman Snowglobe Card Recipe
Stamps: No Peeking
Ink: Basic Black marker, Gumball Green marker, Real Red marker, Midnight Muse
Paper: Gumball Green, Basic Black, Whisper White
Accessories: Big Shot, Perfect Polka Dot embossing folder, 2 1/2” Circle punch, Curly Label Punch, Dazzling Details, Stitched Satin Ribbon – Gumball Green, Stampin’ Dimentionals, Sponge Daubers

Birds of a Feather Thank You

Every year there is a pack of designer paper that I completely overlook until I get the paper in for my new catalog DSP paper share.  Then, as I pull out the sheets to cut it down to 6×6 pieces, I discover some hidden gem.  This year, Birds of a Feather is that paper pack!

So, I wanted to make some thank you cards for folks who ordered at a recent workshop, and so I pulled out this paper and started playing around.

And since I was so torn on which pattern of the paper I liked more for this card, I had to make a second version with a different pattern from the same pack.

I don’t know if it is the colors or the “cute” feel from these designs, but I’m totally digging this paper set!

Did you know? You can see a big picture of each pattern in a pattern pack online?  It took me a while to realize that even though the information page looks like this with tiny strips of samples from the pattern, you can still get to bigger pictures.  So start out on the product page like this:

If you click the “More Images” link under the picture, you can flip through bigger pictures of each of the patterns!

 I know it took me a while to figure that out so hopefully that helps someone else!

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