Tag: Embossing
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Spellbinders Monthly Clubs
What is Included in a Monthly Club Spellbinders monthly clubs run the gamut from dies to wax seals to stencils and more! Today, I am going to share some projects made with their September Glimmer Hot Foil Kit and Embossing Folder (2D) Kit of the month. They also have a 3D embossing folder membership. The…
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Cute Critters Christmas Challenge
Every once in awhile, it is fun to switch things up and do something I hadn’t planned. This post is all about that serendipitous path to making a cute critters Christmas challenge card. The August challenge at Caffeinated Christmas Card Challenge is to use a cute critter. Lawn Fawn always comes to mind for cute images, so…
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Making a Card with Leftover Mixed Media Pieces
Yesterday’s post was about using one stamped image, and one die on several cards. There was a leftover stamped and watercolored image. This piece is what makes the butterflies on this card. The post, with three cards, is here. Cutting up mixed media pieces gives a new life to the work. The butterflies are die-cut from…
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3 Cards Using the Same Stamp and Die
Maybe it is because I am lazy but when I have a stamp already out that I like to use, I will make several projects before cleaning it and putting it away. In this case, the project is cards. And because I have a short attention span, they need to be different from each other.…
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Watercolor Takes Practice
Recently, I completed two Altenew Academy classes on watercolor for card makers. After viewing the two different instructors’ creations, the main takeaway is that watercolor takes practice. In my case, a lot of practice! The workshops are titled Botanical Illustration Inspired Watercolor, taught by Jaycee Gaspar, and Artists’ Watercolor 101 for Paper Crafters with Emily…
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Floral Stamp Three Ways
Large image stamps are wonderful for cards, art journals, and scrapbook layouts. The floral stamp from the Sweet as Honey Hero Arts set measures about 6.5″ from the base of the stem to the top leaf. Stamping the image and heat embossing it on different types of paper allowed for exploring three different ways to…
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The Background Determines the Aesthetic
When designing a card sometimes the background determines the aesthetic. Both of these cards use the same Hero Arts’ Cobblestone Bold Prints stamp. The lighter-colored card was stamped with black ink onto white cardstock. The cobblestones were shaded with gray colored pencils. The card pictured below was stamped with Versamark onto watercolor paper without cleaning…
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Bubble Wrap Embossing
Accidental Embossing An interesting thing happened when I laid a piece of mini-bubble wrap onto the card front when running it through the die-cutting machine to cut a smaller panel. I was trying to maintain the shape of the white splatters and hoped the bubble wrap would absorb enough of the pressure to keep the…
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Polychromatic Watercolor Layers on Cards
There have been many blog posts here about watercolors and cardmaking. However, they usually discuss specific media and techniques to achieve pleasing results. Today’s post is a little different because the focus is on polychromatic watercolor layers on cards. Polychromatic means multiple colors. The inspiration for this card and a variation of this technique is…
Scrappinthread by Beverly Tiemann 