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Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

It seems impossible to get a good photo of all this shine.

I used my favorite 3D embossing folder for the leaves.  For the 7 1/4" Monarch

sized card, I used the embossing folder twice.  Where they meet was a good place

to put the sentiment strip.  The sentiment is from a very old Hero Arts set and

probably not available any more.

After embossing, I lightly sanded the raised portions with a sanding block.

I love how this technique highlights the raised veining in the leaves.

The sentiment is heat embossed with gold.  It's a super shiny card!

Challenges:

Can You Handle the Pressure - Embossing folder with a twist of green

Tic Tac Toe Challenge #154 - I used the center column, Green, Free, Slimline

 

Card Recipe

Stamps:  Treasure the Moments (HA)

Ink:   VersaMark 

Paper:   Neenah, Solar White, Metallic Confections Foil (TH), Gold Foil

Other:  Fallen Leaves EF (SZX), Dreamy Butterfly Die (MB), Sanding Block

Enjoy!

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Sending Thanks

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I'm past due on getting thank you cards out for Christmas gifts.

Here's a few.

Using some embossed and lightly sanded foil with a Glimmered and Stenciled Butterfly.

Two from last year's January Calendar.

I stamped more flowers on the first one.  So glad I wrote down what I used!

I won two packages of Washi Taper from The Peace on Earth Challenge in November.

One package had this beautiful glittery Washi.  I used a NBUS sentiment set to

stamp, emboss and die cut the thanks.  A very sparkly & shiny card!

On a happy note, my friend Bobby Hagen and her hubby stopped by for lunch yesterday.

We had such a nice visit and chatted so much that we forgot to get a photo.

Hopefully we can get together again while they're in NC.

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Metallic Confections (TH), Silver Foil, Black (SU)

Other:  Layered Leaves EF (SU), Sending Die (SSS), Small Butterflies Foil Plate, Dies & Stencils (Pinkfresh Studios), Glimmer Hot Foil System (Splbndr), Grand Greenery Die (MFT)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  Full Bloom, 

Ink:   Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cherry Cobbler

Other:  Stitched Square Die (SSS), Sentimental Elle-ments Die (AE) , Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  Full Bloom

Ink:   Cherry Cobbler, Old Olive

Paper:   Neenah Solar White, Cherry Cobbler

Other:  Stitched Rectangle Die (SSS), Yana's Special Sentiments Glimmer Plate & Die (Splbndr),Glimmer Hot Foil System Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 4)

Stamps:  Perfect Pairs Essentials (PTI)

Ink:   VersaMark

Paper:   Neenah, Solar White

Other:  Washi Tape, Gold EP, Perfect Pairs Essentials Die (PTI)

Enjoy!

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Foiled Friend

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

I've been having a lot of fun embossing foil!

I love this 3D embossing folder and it makes such a quick and easy card.

A pass through the Big Shot and a light sanding is all it took.

The butterfly was die cut from a snippet left over from another embossed background.

Earlier this week I Zoomed with friends and we all embossed and sanded (or not)

foil and shared what we'd done.  A fun technique is even more fun when shared with friends!

Here's a few more that I've done.  (Did I mention that it's habit forming?)

For the Christmas stash.

And using the other half of the embossed piece.

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe (card 1)

Stamps:  Friendship Messages (SSS)

Ink:   Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah Natural, Gold Foil (Hobby Lobby), Metallic Confections (TH)

Other:  Fallen Leaves 3D EF (Sizzix), Sanding Block, Gold EP, Sanding Block, Dreamy Butterfly (MB)

Card Recipe (card 2)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper:  Metallic Confections (TH), Neenah 

Other:  Texture Fades Botanicals EF (TH), Sanding Block, Dreamy Butterfly (MB), Subtle EF (SU)

Card Recipe (card 3)

Stamps:  In The Meadow (PTI)

Ink:   Whisper White

Paper:   Tonic Silky Sky Satin Cardstock, Neenah, Vellum

Other:  Winter Snowflakes Textured Impressions EF (Sizzix), Sanding Block, White EP, Silver Twine

Card Recipe (card 4)

Stamps:  

Ink:   

Paper: Tonic Silky Sky Satin Cardstock, Neenah, Dazzling Diamonds Glimmer, Silver Glimmer (SU)  

Other:  Winter Snowflakes Textured Impressions EF (Sizzix), Sanding Block, Snowflake die (IO), Wonderful Words Holiday Die Collection (PTI)

Embossing with Foil & 3D Folders

Hi there.  I'm so glad you stopped by!

A while back my friend Marcia did this fabulous post that got me all fired up

to try the technique.

Warning! It's hard to stop at one!

The technique is simple.  Use your 3D embossing folder to emboss a piece

of foil cardstock.  Take a sanding block and lightly sand off some of the shine on

the raised design.  You can cut the A2 card front sized foil in half and get a

second card.  Here's a link to Jennifer McGuire's video showing the technique.

Using the other half of the embossing.

Had to try it with this fantastic blue foil.

So then I had to go shopping for some more 3D Embossing Folders so 

I could share this technique with friends.

Barb's cards

Carolyn's cards

Jan's card

Linda's cards

Then Nance came to play.  You can see one of her cards here. 

And I'm not through yet!  More to come.

Challenge:

Krafty Chicks - Christmas

Dies R Us - Anything Goes Dies that are sold at DRU

Jingle Belles - Cardstock Christmas

  

 

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Enjoy!

Card Recipe (Green)

Stamps:  Bitty Holiday Wishes (MFT)

Ink:   Gumball Green, Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah, Foil Cardstock (HL), Gold Glimmer (SU)

Other:  Gracious Leaves 3D EF (MB), Mistletoe Bundle Dies (MB), Tis the Season Die (Creative Expressions

Card Recipe (Blue) 

Stamps:  Special Sentiments (PB), Sketched Flowers (SSS)

Ink:   Tempting Turquoise, Encore Gold

Paper:   Neenah, Silky Sky Satin Cardstock (Tonic), Gold Foil, Silver Foil cardstocks (SU)

Other:  3D Texture Fades Botanical EF (TH), Dreamy Die (MB), Flower Stens #1 (TH)