Embossed with love

Good morning all, I hope you are having a good week. I am continuing this weeks theme of Embossing, but today I'm highlighting dry embossing using an embossing folder.

I chose the materials for today's card so that the embossing would really stand out, so although I won't say it's my favourite combination, I don't think it turned out too badly.

I started by putting a piece of an XCut Adhesive Metal Effect Sheet in to an flower border 6 x 4 embossing folder, not sure where this one came from, so it was probably a magazine freebie.

I ran it through the Bigshot and then i cut around the shaped border so that I could place it on a black note card and you would see some of the card behind. I just wanted to make sure there was plenty of the black on show to calm down the bright gold metal effect. 

I added the Altenew Layering Die Cut Roses, which I had cut from black and gold cardstock, using foam pads, and teamed them with a few die cut leaves also in black card.

Then to finish the card, I cut a sentiment using Clearly Besotted word dies and added this to the front using a glue pen.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Celebrate in Gold, Black and Red

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good weekend. I didn't get any crafty time this weekend, but we did go out with my son and daughter-in-law for a pub lunch yesterday, and it was delicious. 

Today's card was meant to be all black and gold, but somehow ended up with red too. It's a combination I don't often use, but I do think it works.

I started with the background and used a couple of the new A6 background stamps from Crafti Potential at Craftstash. I bought these a few weeks ago, and must admit I really like them. The ones I got are called, Quatrefoil and Fleur De Lis, and as you can see, the Fleur De Lis is designed to fit inside the Quatrefoil.

I heat embossed these using Versamark Ink and Bright Gold Detail Embossing Powder from Creative Expressions on to black card. Then using the Altenew Layering Rose Die, from a recent craft magazine, I cut the flower and leaves from gold and black card.

I used an A6 red aperture card blank and popped the background inside, then added the flower and leaves in the bottom corner. I wasn't sure which sentiment to use, but in the end went for the Celebrate word die from Clearly Besotted.

I used the die to draw an outline on black card and cut this out by hand, and then added the red die-cut word on top. Then I finished off with a few red pearls.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Many Happy Returns

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good week and are looking forward to the weekend, I know I am lol.

I thought I would give you a break from the critter cards today and share one I made for our aunt's birthday, which was on Wednesday.

For this card I used the Altenew Layered Roses die, that came free with a Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine. 

I used three different shades of pink card and cut the flowers, then I cut the leaves with two different shades of green card.

I used a coordinating pink notecard and covered about two thirds of it with white card. Then I added a strip of black card that I had white heat embossed a sentiment on.

I arranged my flowers to one side, and raised some on foam tape and then finished the card off with a few sequins from a Simon Says Stamp card kit.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Mothers Day Roses

Good morning all, I hope you have had a good week. Are you looking forward to the weekend? Jude and I are off to the Creative Craft show in Birmingham this Sunday, so should be a nice day.

Today's card is the one I made for mum for Mother's day on Sunday. I used the Altenew Layered Rose die collection, from a recent copy of Simply Cards and Papercraft Magazine.

I used 3 different shades of pink card for the flowers and made the centre layer from a pink metallic card. This does give the flowers a lovely shiny texture.

I used a Stencil from The Works across the middle of a white panel, and stamped through it with Worn Lipstick Distress Oxide Ink. Then I cut the panel out with an MFT Stamps, Blueprints Stitched Rectangle die.

I added my flowers and leaves to the panel and then cut a sentiment with a Cut and Make Relatives die, and layered this 4 times to make it stand out.

I added the Mum die-cut to the panel and then used a sentiment stamp from a Clearly Besotted set called Love You Tons.

Then all it needed was a few pink pearls and I placed it all on an olive green card blank.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx

Altenew Layered Roses

Good morning all, are you having a good week? I hope so, and I hope you are getting some good weather wherever you are.

Today's card is made using those beautiful Layered Rose stamps and dies from Altenew. I still can't believe that these were free on the Simply Cards and Papercraft magazine.

We have been wanting to try some Altenew stamps for a while now, but every time we see some they are out of stock!!! But these ones are lovely. I had a little play with different inks and different colours, but really loved the blues.

I used an A2 card blank and then layered white card on the front. Then I used some blue flowered washi tape along the top.

I grouped the roses together and then stamped the leaves and cut them out. Then I arranged them around the flowers.

I used one of the greetings that came with the set and cut it out with an MFT banner die from a blueprints set, and then finished the card with a few sequins from Lucy's Cards, this mix is called Robin's Egg.

Hope you like it, take care and I'll see you soon.

xxx