New At SU August Blog Hop Elevated Embossing Dashing Designs

Welcome to the New At SU August Blog Hop as we showcase embossing folders and elevate them to the next level with fun techniques and designs. Our wonderful Design Team is excited to share their projects and ideas to help you make the most of your embossing folders.

For my card design today, I wanted to create a fun birthday card using the new Sweet Peas stamp set from the 2024-2025 Annual Catalog. To help step up the design, I chose to use the Dashing Designs 3D Embossing Folder to add texture and detail to the background. I chose to use Versamark ink on the inside of the embossing folder and run the Soft Sea Foam cardstock through the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine so that the Versamark ink transferred to the raised parts of the embossed design. I then applied Clear embossing powder and heat embossed it to create a slightly glossy shimmer to the background. I love the distressed look it gives to the background which adds to the fun of this card design.

Products Used:

Sweet Peas stamp set (item #163621)

Nested Essentials Dies (item #161597)

Dashing Designs 3D Embossing Folder (item #163483)

Shy Shamrock Cardstock (item #163795)

Soft Sea Foam Cardstock (item #146988)

Shy Shamrock Classic Ink Pad (item #163808)

Basic White Cardstock (item #159276)

Memento Tuxedo Black Pad (item #132708)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Basics Wow Embossing Powders (item #165679)

Shy Shamrock Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #163825)

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154885)

Poppy Parade Stampin' Blends Combo Pack (item #154958)

2024-2026 In Color Resin Dots (item #163389)

Mini Stampin' Dimensionals (item #144108)

Measurements:

Shy Shamrock Cardstock

Card Base - 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" (Scored at 4 1/4")

Medium Rectangle die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

Soft Sea Foam Cardstock

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4" Embossed with the Dashing Designs 3D Embossing Folder 

Basic White Cardstock

Sentiment Label die cut with the Nested Essentials Dies

Peas images stamped with the Sweet Peas stamp set and fussy cut with Paper Snips

I love heat embossing, so I thought it would be fun to use this technique with the embossing folder to help step up the background. After applying the Versamark ink to the front of the inside of the embossing folder, I carefully placed the Soft Sea Foam cardstock inside the folder and gently closed it before embossing it with the Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine. I noticed that the Versamark ink was heavier in some areas on the card front than others, which meant that when I applied the Clear embossing powder and then heat set it, the background had an uneven look with the glossy shimmer from the embossing powder. I really liked how this gave the embossed layer a distressed look and gave the design a tone on tone look. For the focal layer, I stamped the sentiment with Shy Shamrock Classic ink on the right side of the Basic White sentiment label and adhered it to the Shy Shamrock rectangle layer to frame it before adhering it to the embossed card front. To create the sweet peas images, I stamped them with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto Basic White cardstock and colored them with Stampin' Blends Markers. Next I fussy cut the images out and added them to the card front using Mini Stampin' Dimensionals. To complete the card design, I added several Shy Shamrock Resin Dots. This cute birthday card is so much fun and is sure to brighten someone's special day.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore using embossing folders to add texture and detail to your projects. There are so many wonderful techniques you can try to help step up your projects and have some fun. 

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Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
Independent Stampin' Up! Demonstrator

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