Emboss Everything

Stamp University was a great success on Saturday.  Thanks to all the lovely ladies who participated.  It was a lot of fun and I particularly enjoyed seeing everyone complete their folders, as they now have a great paper craft resource to turn to whenever creating a special project.

Here's a cute, but simple, card I made as a sample of embossing with the Big Shot.

The base is Crumb Cake, with a layer of Early Espresso embossed with the Tulips Embossing folder.  Very Vanilla was embossed in the Vintage Wallpaper folder and cut into rectangles.  Yes, I've deliberately measured the pieces so they are identical!

Finally, the Fashionable Hearts Embosslit in Cherry Cobbler makes the feature, all topped off with some of our lovely Pearl Jewels.

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Thanks for stopping by!
Karen

Mojo Monday 288

This is my card for this week's Mojo Monday sketch.

I love this colour combo with Artistic Etchings. It lends itself to vintage style and is quite soft and lovely.

After embossing the Very Vanilla cardstock in the Big Shot, I've used a sponge to rub over the embossing with crumb cake ink on it.  It just highlights the raised image nicely.

The sentiment is from a set that's only available to demonstrators - I think we were given it as a freebie at Convention last year - and as there was a graphic on the stamp I chose to ink only the word using a marker.  This is a great way to get partial images from larger stamps.  Simply use a marker on the bits you want, then breathe on the stamp to moisten the ink before stamping onto cardstock.

The medallion was stamped in Early Espresso.  But notice how it's so much lighter than the Eifel Tower?  That's because I stamped it on scrap first then stamped again onto Very Vanilla without reinking.  You can usually get 3, possibly 4 stamps out of one inking giving you 4 tones of the same colour, and a great way to add depth and interest to your projects.

When cutting multiple "flag" or "banner" ends in DSP, put all the pieces on top of eachother and cut at the same time.  That way they'll look uniform when you go to line them up.

Stamp Set
Artistic Etchings (Item #121478 wood or #120573 clear)
Workshop Words Too (demonstrators only)
Cardstock
Crumb Cake, Early Espresso & Very Vanilla. You can buy these individually but did you know they also come in an assorted pack?  20 sheets of A4, 2 each of 10 colours for only $11.95 Item #121699.
Ink
Crumb Cake #126975
Early Espresso #126974
Designer Series Paper
First Edition #121878
Accessories
2 3/8 Scallop Circle Punch #119854
1 3/8" Circle Punch #119860
1 1/4" Circle Punch #119861
Corner Rounder Punch #119871
Big Shot #113439 with Vintage Wallpaper Embossing Folder #120175

I'm taking a short break from PaperLady to tour Tassie so while I've set up a few projects to post, they may be interspersed with some of my travels.   I'll try to find things with a crafty bent that I think you'd like to see.

Happy Friday!
Karen

Just plain gorgeous

Everything about this card appeals to me.  It's basically a CASE of an SU design - that's what I love about SU, there are so many things to copy!!   Anyway, there's quite a lot of processes in this card but it was a joy to make.

Stamp Set - Notably Ornate
Ink - Versamark, Crumb Cake, Basic Black & Rich Razzleberry marker with the Spritzer tool.
Cardstock - Certainly Celery, Rich Razzleberry
Paper - DSP Newsprint
Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder & Big Shot
Basic Black embossing powder
Fancy Flower Punch
Antique Brads, Black Brads
Grosgrain Ribbon - Rich Razzleberry
The leaves are from the Bird Punch
The small flowers are from a retired punch with 3 flowers in a row

Have a great week!
Karen