Stamping Inkspirations March Blog Hop Embossing Techniques

Welcome to the Stamping Inkspirations March Blog Hop as we showcase projects created using Embossing Techniques. Whether you love heat embossing or dry embossing, there are so many different ways to create with these wonderful techniques. You will be visiting with our wonderful Design Team Members as they share their projects and ideas to help inspire you to create your own wonderful creations.

I love embossing, so I decided to combine heat embossing with dry embossing to create my card design. For this card I chose the Love & Happiness Bundle which includes the beautifully detailed Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder, which also includes coordinating dies. For the sentiment, I heat embossed the image from the Celebrating You stamp set with Gold embossing to add an elegant touch to the design. 

Products Used:

Celebrating You stamp set (item #158028)

Love & Happiness Bundle (item #157642)

Subtles 6"x6" Designer Series Paper (item #155229)

Blushing Bride Cardstock (item #131198)

Very Vanilla Cardstock (item #101650)

Soft Sea Foam Cardstock (item #146988)

Versamark Pad (item #102283)

Metallics Embossing Powders (item #155555)

Pearl Basic Jewels (item #144219)

Stampin' Dimensionals (item #104430)

Measurements:

Blushing Bride Cardstock

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

Card Front - 5 1/4" x 4"

Very Vanilla Cardstock

Layer 1 - 5 3/8" x 4 1/8"

Embossed Heart die cut with the Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder

Sentiment Label die cut with the Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder (dies)

Blushing Bride Designer Series Paper

Two large flowers and two small flowers die cut with the Bouquet of Love Embossing Folder (dies)

Soft Sea Foam Cardstock

Four leaves die cut with the Bouquet of Love Embossing Folder (dies)

This pretty card design can be used for a variety of occasions. I had considered using one of the sentiments from the Love & Happiness stamp set from the bundle, but decided instead to use the Celebrating You stamp set. The card front was embossed and the heart die cut using the Bouquet of Love Hybrid Embossing Folder and I attached it to the Very Vanilla cardstock layer with Stampin' Dimensionals. For the Very Vanilla heart I die cut and embossed it and placed it inside the heart opening of the card front. After heat embossing the sentiment with Gold embossing powder onto the label, I attached it to card front across the Very Vanilla heart with Stampin' Dimensionals to pop it up. To embellish the card design, I added a flower to each end of the label using die cut flowers from the Blushing Bride Designer Series Paper and added leaves die cut from Soft Sea Foam cardstock. I used Basic Pearl Jewels to create the centers of the flowers and added three of the smallest pearls to embellish the Very Vanilla embossed heart. 

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog. I hope that my card design will help inspire you to explore the wonderful world of embossing to help you create your own beautiful projects. There are so many amazing possibilities to explore. 

Now it's time to visit Karen's blog and see what she has to share with us. Just click on the Next button to visit her blog or use the Roll Call List below to find your way. We would love it if you would leave us a comment and let us know what you liked about our projects. I hope you enjoy the rest of our blog hop. 

Roll Call List

Angie McKenzie  ●  Aurélie Fabre  ●  Jill Chapman

Jo Blackman  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Tricia Butts

Karen Henderson  ●  Mo Rootes   ●  Jan Musselman

Susan Webster  ●  Sue Allen  ●  Chris Smith

Teri West  ●  Gez Carpenter  ●  Danielle Kassing

Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Terry Hamilton  ●  Vickie Littlewood

Lorraine Tierney  ● Annette Ball  ●  Marieke Bart

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Until Next Time

Happy Stamping,

Tricia Butts
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Global Stamping Friends September Blog Hop Color Challenge

It's time for the September Global Stamping Friends Blog Hop and this month we have a Color Challenge to share.  We were all given the challenge to create a project using the following colors: Whisper White, Smokey Slate, Pool Party, Night of Navy.  

I really enjoyed working with these colors and I decided to focus on clean and simple card designs that would work well for masculine cards. it is always a challenge designing cards for the men in our lives, so I thought this would help me step outside my comfort zone a little.

Stampin' Up! Tabs for Everything Photopolymer Stamp Set item #143907

I chose the Tabs for Everything photopolymer stamp set (item #143907) as it was a new set in the 2017-2018 Annual Catalog that I had not had a chance to use yet. It has a coordinating Circle Tab Punch (item #143754) but I decided to focus on using just the stamp set. 

For my first card I decided to create a birthday card with a geometric feel to it, using circle punches and the Layering Squares Framelits Dies (item #141708). I chose to use Smoky Slate cardstock for my card base and used Night of Navy and Whisper White cardstock for my layers. I embossed the Whisper White cardstock with the new Polka Dots Basics Textured Impressions Embossing Folder with my Big Shot. I stamped around the raised polka dots randomly with Pool Party, Smoky Slate and Night of Navy Classic Ink with one of the circle stamps to add a little color to the background.

Stampin' Up! Tabs for Everything Birthday Card

I stamped the images onto Pool Party cardstock and Smoky Slate cardstock using Versamark ink and heat embossed with White Embossing Powder. I punched the images out using the 1" Circle Punch. I stamped the images for the square onto Whisper White cardstock and then die cut it with one of the smaller square dies from the Layering Squares Framelits dies. The matte layers were die cut from Smoky Slate and Night of Navy cardstock. The mattes for the circles were punched with the 1 1/4" Circle Punch from Night of Navy cardstock. I used Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up the stamped elements.

Stampin' Up! Tabs for Everything Birthday Card Close Up

Thrifty Tip: Cut the mattes for the square and circles from the layer of Night of Navy cardstock to save cardstock. The cut outs will be hidden by the Whisper White cardstock.

My second card could be used for a variety of occasions and this style of card is great to have in your card stash in case of an emergency. I love the way the "thumbs up" image works with the sentiment and the Best Badge Punch in Night of Navy creates a great focal point for the card design. I used the Oh My Stars Textured Embossing Folder (item #143710) to add texture to the layer of Pool Party cardstock attached to the Thick Whisper White cardstock card base. I used Smoky Slate cardstock as an accent color with the thin strip across the middle and the matte around the sentiment circle. I used  Stampin' Dimensionals to pop up the circle and badge punches to add a little dimension. 

Stampin' Up! Tabs for Everything You're Amazing Card

Even though both of these cards were created with the same stamp set and the same color palette, they both look very different. It is a good example of how you can create a variety of cards with a limited supply list and I enjoyed the challenge. I hope you have enjoyed my projects as much as I did creating them.

It's time to move on to the next blog and visit Sharleen Luciano here to see what she created for this color challenge.

Here is the list of participating blogs in case you get lost along the way:

Blog Roll Call

1. Courtenay Heuston

2. Stephanie Nash

3. Anita Wifladt

4. Tricia Butts

5. Sharleen Luciano

6. Kimberley Anne Morris

7. June Olsen

8. Jan Musselman

9. Anastasia Radloff

10. Rachel Macleod

11. Ellen Woodbridge

12. Karie Beglau

13.. Lisa Ann Bernard

14. Marieke Bart

15. Christina Walker

16. Angelique Stempelkeuken

17. Sarah McDermott

18. Amanda Bates

19. Jenn Curtis Charles

Thank you for taking the time to view my projects. I hope you will visit again soon.

Until Next Time

Happy Stampin'

Tricia Butts

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Supply List

Cardstock: Whisper White, Thick Whisper White, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Night of Navy

Ink: Versamark, Pool Party, Smoky Slate, Night of Navy

Tools: 1" Circle Punch, 1 1/4" Circle Punch, 1 3/8" Circle Punch, Best Badge Punch, Oh My Starts Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Polka Dot Basics Textured Impressions Embossing Folder, Layering Squares Framelits dies, Big Shot

Misc: Stampin' Dimensionals, Snail Adhesive, White Embossing Powder