Embossed and Foiled Cards

Hello everyone and Merry Christmas!  I've got a couple of embossed and foiled cards to share today.  

Supplies Used: Beautiful Bouquet 3D Embossing Folder 32949, Arch Border Frames Metal Cutting Die 30420, Big Sentiments 1.0 A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22336 , All Occasions Sentiments A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22339, alcohol inks, foiled cardstock, acetate

Circle Card

To create this card, I cut 3 circles of gold foiled cardstock and  embossed them in the Beautiful Bouquet embossing folder.  I also embossed the white cardstock in the same folder. I have a small paintbrush that I keep with my alcohol inks, and I used this to paint on some alcohol ink onto the flowers and leaves.  It's difficult to get these inks to blend well, so I had to just "let it be" after the inks went on.  Once the ink was dry, I swiped my VersaMark ink pad over the top of the painted pieces.  Then I added some clear embossing powder and heat set it.  The powder landed in various areas of the foiled circles, but I quite liked that and left it that way.  However, you could use a dry brush to remove the powder from the non-inked areas.  Next, I cut black circle mats to back the inked circles and attached them together.  To assemble the card, I matted the white embossed background with black cardstock, and adhered it to my card base.  I pieced the circles back onto the white background where they matched the embossing, and added the sentiment and glitter dots.

Arched Card

This card started off much like the first.  I embossed the gold foiled cardstock and then painted on the flowers and leaves with alcohol ink.  I then swiped my VersaMark inkpad over the front and added the clear embossing powder.  Once this was heat set, I repeated this process.  I had also embossed a piece of acetate, and I found that I liked the look of the acetate over the gold foil so I used a double sided adhesive to attach these together around the outside edges.  Next, I cut the arch out of the black card front, and matted this over the foiled acetate image.  Then I attached this to my card front and added the sentiment.

I hope I've been able to give you a little inspiration today as that is a beautiful embossing folder!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Gnome Tags

Hi everyone, I am always late at making tags for Christmas gifts and usually have to scramble to find something to use.  But this year, I was inspired by the new Build a Gnome die set from Paper Rose Studio, and am ahead of the game now!

Supplies Used: Build A Gnome Small Metal Cutting Die 32484 , Banner Trio Metal Cutting Die 25921, mini pompoms from the Dollar Store.

I started these by doing all my die cutting first.  I cut the tags from white cardstock and some from foiled cardstock.  After cutting out the noses, hands and beards, I laid them out on a sticky surface and coloured them all in with my Copic markers (C0, C1 for the beards, and E00, R00 and R20 for the hands and noses).  I went through my stash of used scraps and cut out the bodies, arms and hats.

Once everything was die cut, I started assembling all the gnomes, mixing and matching colours.  I punched a small hole on the upper middle of the tags and attached a ribbon or wire before attaching the gnomes to cover the holes.  Finally, I cut the pompoms in half and glued them in place.  I love how colourful and playful these tags are and they can be used for any time of the year.

Thanks for stopping by today, and I hope you're having a great day!

New Larger 5" x 7" Pop Up Box Card. *VIDEO*

Hi everyone, I'm back with another pop up box card, but I've recreated this one to fit a 5 x 7" envelope and to accommodate a lot of images.

Supplies Used: White Christmas Cut Aparts Paper Pack 32886, White Christmas Basics 6x6 Paper Collection 32934
 

So the finished size of this box card is 5" x 7" when its folded down flat.  There are 4 cross pieces where images can be attached, so any die cut images or stamped images would work well here.  It can be used for any occasion too, of course.  So check out your stash of supplies - I'm sure something in there will work!

I've made a video to show you how easy it is to make this card, so I hope you'll come watch it.  

PLEASE CLICK HERE to see the video and the PDF is located in the description box below the video. 

Thanks for stopping by today!

Snowglobe Shaker Card *VIDEO*

Hi everyone, I've got another video for you today.  I've made this style of snowglobe card before and have done videos on it, but I wanted to step it up a notch so I've made it into a shaker card as well!  It's so much fun!!

 

Paper Rose Studio supplies:  Christmas Cheer Embossed Die Cuts 32532, Large Christmas Snowflake Layered Metal Cutting Die 17727.

Now I had used the Lots & Lots of Circles die, but I think it may have been discontinued.  But any set of circle dies will work for this and just in case you want the measurements of  the circles I used, the outside diameter is 4 3/4" and the inside of the white rings is 4 1/4".  I have several more examples of cards made using the  Christmas Cheer embossed die cuts so I hope you'll come take a look.  

To watch the video, PLEASE CLICK HERE.  Thank you for stopping by and I hope you're having a great day!

3D Pansy Embossed Cards

Hello everyone, I've got 3 cards to share today, all of them made from the new Perfect Pansies 3D embossing folder from Paper Rose Studio.

Supplies Used: Perfect Pansies 3D Embossing Folder 32946, Etched Pansy 1 Metal Cutting Die 25666, Fancy Script Layered Hello Metal Cutting Die 32478, All Occasions Sentiments A5 12pc Sentiment Sheets 22339

Isn't that a lovely embossing folder?!  For the first card, I simply embossed some white cardstock and trimmed the panel down a bit.  The finished card is a 5 x 7, and I used some blue glitter cardstock paper to mat the embossed panel. I used the Etched Pansies die to diecut 3 pansies and then coloured them with Copic markers.  I shaped the flowers a little on an old computer mouse pad, using some ball styluses.  I added a border of the blue glitter cardstock to the panel, and adhered the pansies with glue.  I mounted the sentiment on foam tape and adhered it just above the border.  

For the second card, I swiped Speckled Egg Distress Oxide ink all over the inside debossed side of the embossing folder.  This is the side where the pansies are depressed into the folder.  Then I added my white cardstock to the folder and ran it through my die cutting machine.  I then repeated this process adding two more layers of Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink to the debossed side of the folder.  I was careful to position my cardstock on the embossed side of the folder before closing it, because you don't want to smear the ink (although I did manage to do this a bit!).  I also found that a quick mist with water onto the inked side of the folder helped to spread the ink a bit.  But doesn't that card front remind you of Wedgewood pottery?  For the Hello sentiment, I die cut it from white cardstock 3 times and glued them together. I covered the top layer with Nuvo Crystal Glaze and then sprinkled on some white glitter.  When it had dried, I mounted this onto a vellum shadow layer that I had covered the back of with the Tumbled Glass Distress Oxide ink.  I used my heat gun to gently dry the ink, and after attaching this to the card front, I added the supporting sentiment.

For the third card, I embossed some white cardstock as usual, and then added some inks with small brushes to the pansies and leaves.  I trimmed this panel down and added the same blue glitter cardstock in behind it.  I cut the Hello sentiment 3 times from white cardstock, stacked and glued them together, and used a Copic marker to colour the top layer.  I added the Nuvo Crystal Glaze to the top layer again.  Finally, I die cut a vellum shadow layer and adhered the sentiment to this and then added it all to the card front.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope I've given you some inspiration on how to use this folder - it's a gorgeous embossing folder!!

Jolly Holidays 2.0 Cards - Two Takes. *VIDEO*

 Hi again, and thank you for stopping by.  I've got two cards to share today, both using essentially the same supplies.  The first card is a simple card and the second one has been stepped up a bit on the inside.

Paper Rose Studio Supplies Used: Jolly Holidays 2.0 Embossed Die Cuts 32388, Floral Holly Christmas Wreath Metal Cutting Die 32469 , Ben's Plaid 3D Embossing Folder 32157

So you can see the fronts of the cards are almost exactly the same, using very similar products.  But the inside of the second card has been stepped up a bit and has more space for adding those beautiful die cut images.  Now this style does not have to be just for Christmas of course, so remember to think of what else you may have in your supplies.  

I've made a video for you if you would like to see how these were made.  PLEASE CLICK HERE to see the video.  Thanks again for stopping by and I hope you're having a happy, creative day!