Northwest Stamper

Tag: adhesive rhinestones

  • Trying Out The Latest Embossing Folder–Framed Tulips!

    I’ve seen the different ways some folks have rigged their embossing folders to allow for texture around the edge of their card with a spotlight in the center.  It usually looks really cool and so I was excited to see a new embossing folder in the Occasion mini that takes all the work out of doing exactly that.  Plus, with the extra pop the texture gives your project, you can totally get away with a single layer card that looks fancy at the same time. Smile

    In this card, I embossed the Whisper White cardstock and then used a Pink Pirouette marker to add some color between the outer embossed frame and the bases of the embossed tulips.  Then I used that Pink Pirouette marker and an Old Olive marker to color in the Because I Care hostess stamp set.  I then took a Regal Rose marker and added some darker pink spots to the flower blossoms for some extra depth.  I used Early Espresso for the sentiment and then finished it off with some Rhinestone bling.

    This whole card can be created in 5 min but looks way prettier than one of those smiling monkey cards you find at the grocery store!

    Tip: If you are using a clear mount stamp set for this card, you can fit the sentiment and the flower stamp on one clear block.  This lets you get the image positioning just right before you stamp and so you don’t have to worry about stamping just right after you’ve already stamped one image and no need for extra tools like the Stamp-a-ma-jig!


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  • A CASE’d Hello from Conventions Past

    Today I thought I’d share a card that is a direct CASE of a card we made at Convention in 2009.  I was asked yesterday if I came up with my project designs on my own or find them from somewhere else.  The answer is both.  And often I look at projects I’ve created in the past and switch up the colors or embellishments to suit what I have on hand at the time.  This is one of those examples. 

    So, here is the card we made at convention:

     

    And so I switched out the Crushed Curry base and ribbon for Old Olive.  Used Melon Mambo, So Saffron, and Soft Suede markers; and added some of the adhesive rhinestone bling to create this version:

    It’s a bit more subdued than the first version but I like it just as much.  I think it’s also a great card to do at a workshop too.  If you are in the San Francisco Bay Area, I’d love to show you and your friends how to make this card for free.  Send me an email and we’ll pick a fun day for at girls night in!

    Until then, Happy Stamping!