Technique – dry embossing

Featuring dry embossing

Note of encouragement

Hi again!

Next up today is another card created with products kindly sent to me by Penny Black from their new Scent of Spring release.

I have been wanting to try out the new-to-me dry embossing/colouring technique that I saw Cindy (@crncards) demonstrate over on Instagram.

After dry embossing the image, you colour the debossed images and then swipe an ink pad over the whole panel. In theory, this should result in coloured images against an inked background….

For my first attempt, I decided to start with an easy take on the technique! I embossed a panel of gold card with one of my favourite embossing folders – Dots and Dashes (65-020) and then rubbed my Broken China Distress Oxide ink pad over the debossed side. Sure enough, the colour from the ink pad did not get into the debossed image!

I think this may be the best technique to showcase embossing folders and I’m excited to step up and colour my images next!

Anyway, I turned my practice panel into a card by adding the die cuts from the Note Edger set (51-812) and sentiments from the Note Builder mini stamp set (31-046).

You may have spotted that I added a few dots after the die cut word and before the stamped sentiment (using a cocktail stick) – this is because I felt that the Note Edger wasn’t fully centred across my card but I didn’t have much gold card left to cut another one. I think my dots balanced it out, do you?

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Fluttering

Hello everyone!

It’s been a couple of weeks since I made a card – I think my Easter Egg challenge was quite draining, but at least my little tree looked good!

Anyway, I made this card for this week’s Freshly Made Sketches and Color Throwdown challenges using products kindly sent to me by Penny Black.

The butterfly was created using the fabulous Flutter die (51-810) and stencil set (25-023). The CTD’s palette  is green, pink and yellow and I knew I wanted to use the latter two colours for my butterfly. So, to ensure the centres of the wings didn’t turn orange, I used a couple of masks when I was applying the yellow ink.

I die cut a couple of the Airy branches (51-423) from an old panel I had created using Distress Mica Stains and then adhered everything to a base that I had embossed with the Variegated Folder (65-008).

To complete my card, I added a sentiment from the Trust Me builder set (30-710) and a few pearls.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Love, light and floral wings

Hi there!

I’ve spent a lovely day in my craft room making cards with some beautiful products kindly sent to me by Penny Black from their latest release, Scent of Spring.

First up is my entry into this week’s Freshly Made Sketches challenge. The butterfly was created using the beautiful Floral Wings stencils (25-022) and die (51-809). I find it easier to cut the butterfly from white cardstock first before using the stencil set. I used various purple distress inks on the wings and then used Cosmic Shimmer Luna paste for a couple of the layers – so shimmery!

For the background, I masked off a square and blended distress ink on my card base before embossing it with the Noted folder (65-005).

To complete my card, I added a sentiment from the Love & Light mini stamp set (31-037).

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Yellow petal egg

 

Hello there!

Today I’m playing along in this week’s Color Throwdown challenge where the colour palette is pink, yellow and green. Wonderful for Easter and spring cards!

I picked up the Birch Press Design Layered Petal Egg die set in a sale recently and have been looking forward to using it – today was the day! I took inspiration from this card I made three years ago and paired it with the Birch Press Design Oval Leaf Branches Contour Layers dies and a few Poppystamps flowers.

I adhered the adorned egg to a panel embossed using the Nellie’s Choice Egg embossing folder and added a sentiment by Simon Says Stamp to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

Daffodil delight

Hi there!

A few weeks ago I made a card to celebrate the arrival of the first daffodil of the year in my garden and I’ve been wanting to use the fabulous Spellbinders/Simon Hurley Daffodil Frame die set again.

So today was the day. I decided that I would use this card as my entry into the Spellbinders Cardmaking Star contest and wanted to just use Spellbinders products (although non-Spellbinders products were permitted).

Once again, I cut the main daffodils image from the frame and used it with the separate flower and leaf layers.

I created a pot using half of the central section from the Infinity Punch & Pierce plate and then coloured all images with distress inks.

I made a stencil from the Essential Stylish Ovals die set and lightly blended an oval on a white card panel. I then embossed the panel using the Flower Frenzy folder and arranged the die cuts. I added a sentiment from the Butterfly Sentiments stamp set to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.

 

Spring Teapot

Hi there!

I was so surprised to see a daffodil appear in my garden this week – it seemed so early.. although my narcissi have been up for a while! And then I saw a LOT of daffodils in my neighbours’ gardens – spring is springing and I’m ready for it!

The palette for this week’s Color Throwdown challenge is peach, yellow and green – perfect for a daffodil card! I pulled out the fabulous Spellbinders/Simon Hurley Daffodil Frame die set and got cutting! I’ve loved this set since it came out so I was delighted to pick it up in their Christmas sale. As the die set has separate flower and leaf layers, I knew I would be able to cut the main image from the frame and use it in different formats – which is just what I’ve done here!

I paired it with Memory Box’s Grandma’s Teapot and coloured all the images with distress ink.

I arranged the die cuts on a base that I’d embossed with a Spellbinders’ folder and I added a few die cut flowers to teapot as well as a Memory Box sentiment to complete my card.

Thanks for stopping by!

LucieG.