Cards

Vellum Embossing and fussy cuts

I’m still in my use up scraps/old paper packs trend, but I am also trying to do some research for my April Crafting Retreat.   So, you can see some paper from the Emporium paper, but I’m mostly focused on the vellum flowers.vellumflowerupcloseHere is a close up shot.  I’m not sure if you can see it, but I stamped versamark ink on vellum and covered with white (or silver) embossing powder.  Being careful to not overheat the vellum, I set the powder with my heat gun then fussy cut out each of the flowers.  (I did 4 silver and 4 white)  vellumflower1I then played with our alcohol markers and colored on the back (side without the embossing) with Z2449 Cerulean Blue light.  Some I colored lightly and others with many “layers” of ink.  After I added the color, I tried and move some of it with the blender pen.  I really didn’t like this.  Ideally I would have liked a mister with rubbing alcohol, but all of my spray pens had ink/color in them, so instead I used a dropper and “dropped” rubbing alcohol on the back of the flowers and let gravity pull it around to the edges.emporiumscrapcard11I  hope to revisit these vellum flowers (hopefully finding a flower punch that coordinates with a cricut cartridge so I don’t have to fussy cut).  Instead of a dropper, I’ll be prepared and have a spray pen available to “move” the alcohol marker ink.

That’s it for now.

Happy Crafting!

 

More “Scrap” Cards

Are you tired of seeing these yet?  I’m really enjoying them!   This will be my clean up day to show you the rest of the embedded embossing cards, then I will show off some of the cards I created while doing research for my weekend crop projects. emporiumscrapcard4 The cards were fun to make, and something I could do in between Mom duties.   Not sure what happened with the color balance on this next card, but you can see the layout pattern regardless of the colors being “off.”

emporiumscrapcard1Only layered a punched vine on this one, but to me it says simple elegance.emporiumscrapcard5Happy Crafting!

 

Using up Scraps Day 3

I don’t know about you, but in my life I am lucky to get a few minutes of uninterrupted craft time.  It’s all good.  The kids will be grown and out of the house before I can blink, but at times I wouldn’t mind finding a cubby where I can hide and still be able to craft!  So,  here are some more cards following the same embedded embossing technique that I’ve been doing the last few days.  Enjoy.emporiumscrapcard7

I was enjoying seeing how many layers I could make to try and use up the paper faster.  It seems to regenerate every time I get the bag out the next time.emporiumscrapcard9

I even cut up some of the bulk paper from this Emporium pack (old CTMH paper) to use as mats for the card bases.  I really do have a lot of this paper left!emporiumscrapcard6

I’m loving the honey comb embossing folder from CTMH.  (Z1995)

 

Happy Crafting!

 

Using up scraps – Cards day 2

Here are some more cards I created from the old CTMH Emporium paper pack.  I swear I didn’t even make a dent in the number of scraps that are still in the bag.  (I even double matted some too!)emporiumscrapcard8

I did more embedded embossing, which is currently a favorite technique.emporiumscrapcard10emporiumscrapcard13
Happy Crafting!

Embedded Embossing – Scrap Cards

I’ve been encouraging my club gals to use up their old paper packs instead of just pushing them to the back of the shelf.  So, in trying to give them inspiration, I will have a few blog posts showing my use of the CTMH Emporium paper pack (and many pages of bulk paper for that kit).  emporiumscrapcard14

The squares, strips of paper and a few butterflies were found in the kit bag, so I only had to punch the green branch and create the buttercup flowers.  I did not add any cardstock, everything (except the card bases) came out of the Emporium paper kit bag.
I glued the blue B&T paper (background and texture) and the vineyard berry CS (Card Stock)  to the chocolate CS base.  After the glue dried I used the Dot Embossing Folder (Z1924)  and embossed the card base.  I pop dotted the butterfly and glued the branch and flowers on top of the embedded embossed base.  Presto – finished card.emporiumscrapcard12

Followed the same basic ideas for this card.  I had punched the circles out of the brown B&T papers and thought the negative would make a nice background .emporiumscrapcard3

Here’s the last card for today.  I am really enjoying using up “old” paper packs.  Some of the kits seem to have a never ending supply of scraps.

Happy Crafting!