Fall Fest, For All Things - Grateful for You Card

Fall Fest - Grateful for You

October 5, 2014

Next weekend I am headed to St. George to attend Jill Olsen's Fall Stampin' get together. It should be a fun time filled with lots of ideas and techniques. I've talked my mom into attending as well and I am excited for a girls weekend.

I've been getting some SWAPS together for the event. Below is one of my swaps. This card is perfect for fall and features a fun and simple technique on the pumpkins. I'm going to call it emboss & color - if you are aware of an official or better name please let me know. Here's how I did it.

1. Stamp your image in versa mark. I stamped the tall pumpkin from Fall Fest.

Pumpkin is heat embossed with whisper white embossing powder - it's hard to see.

2. Cover image in white embossing powder and heat emboss. I added a few tiny flecks of gold embossing powered to the white for a little bit of shimmer.

3. Color in the embossed areas using Blendabilities markers. I used shades of Pumpkin Pie for the Pumpkin image and Old Olive for the stem. The most fabulous part ... the marker does not wipe off. It's permanent. It kind of gives a watercolor look to the embossing and it visually adds more dimension than a flat color embossing powder. It is a bit time consuming for a swap card but I like the overall look.

Pumpkins from Fall Fest - heat embossed and colored with Blendabilities.

Something for Baby Cards & Tags

September 19, 2014

The last of the projects we made this month for club is a set of matching baby cards and gift tags. Each card was slightly customized for gender however either design works well for any new baby.

These cards and tags are fairly self explanatory however the onesie was first cut out with the onesie framelit and then the paper was embossed with the large polka dot pattern.

I've seen similar card ideas floating around and I love being inspired by others and putting my own little twist into the project. This version is a 4x4 card and features the Something to Say stamp set and Lullaby designer paper. I used the leftover card stock and positive onesie shape to create the tag. No waste!

Seasonally Scattered - Thanks Card

September 18, 2014

Here is the THANKS card we created at card club this month. I used a similar technique on one of the cards I made for the convention display boards. If you missed it you can see those cards using the Seasonally Scattered stamp set here.

Some tips and tricks: I used Stampin' Write markers to color the image and then turned it into a tag using the scallop tag topper punch and the PL corner round punch. The hardwood background was stamped on the left 2/3 of the card and then I used the delicate designs scallop lace to emboss the right edge of the card. The pearls have been colored with a pumpkin pie blendability marker.

This Fall themed card also features 3 of the new in-colors.