Vintage Valentine Card

Today I want to share with you a fantastic technique for adding faux rusted metal embellishments to your cards. I used this technique to create the beautiful vintage Valentine card below.  Allison Okamitsu did a wonderful video on this technique which you can see here.  Thank you Allison! 

Here are the Ingredients you'll need for the Vintage Valentine Card:

Stamps: You Plus Me
Ink: Soft Suede, Cajun Craze, Encore Gold, Crumb Cake, Early Espresso
Cardstock: Basic Grey, Soft Suede, Early Espresso, Naturals Ivory
Extras: Sweetheart punch, Gold Embossing Powder, Pool Party Embossing Powder, Versamark, Hearts Template, Heat Tool, Doily, Gold Button, Linen Thread, Sahara Sand Lace, Spritzer, Rubbing Alcohol, Early Espresso reinker, Soft Suede reinker.

Fill Spritzer with the Rubbing Alcohol and add 6-7 drops of the Soft Suede/Early Espresso reinkers.  Shake and spritz onto Soft Suede cardstock that has the Heart template on it.  It will lighten as it dries.

Happy Stamping!  Kathy

Embossed Embossing Folder Technique

Summer is a fun time to try new techniques. This fun card highlights the technique Embossed embossing folder.  Using the Summer Silhouettes, the Petite Petals stamp set, and a sentiment you can create this beautiful card! Here's how you do it!

You'll need:

                   Stamps                                                         Ink
            Summer Silhouettes                                   Blackberry Bliss
            Petite Petals                                                  Hello Honey
            Lots of thanks                                             Mossy Meadow
                                                                                  Versamark
                                                   Punch
                                               Petite Petals

                                                Card Stock
            Pistachio Pudding  -  4 1/2 x 11 in. scored at 5 1/2 in
            Whisper White -  4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in, 1 1/8 x 5 1/4 in, 3 1/2 x 4 in
                             scrap enough for 4 punched flowers
            Wild Wasabi -  4 x 4 1/2 in
            Perfect Plum -  5 1/4 x 2 3/4 in

                                                    Extras
                   Deco Framelets                        Embossing Buddy
                   Rubber Brayer                          Heat Tool
                   Dimensionals                            Monoadhesive
                              Decorative Dots Embossing folder
                               Iridescent Ice Embossing powder
                 Big Shot with magnetic and multipurpose platforms

Directions:

Emboss the Perfect Plum cardstock using the Decorative Dots Embossing folder. Rub the cardstock with the Embossing buddy. Lightly ink in the raised areas of the embossed cardstock using the brayer and the versamark ink. Add Iridescent Ice embossing powder to the cardstock and tap off. The areas that were inked will hold onto the embossing powder. Use a paint brush to brush off any unwanted embossing powder from your image. Heat emboss to set. Add to the base of the front of the card.
On the long strip of Whisper White cardstock, stamp two leaves using the Mossy Meadow ink and leaf stamp. Add to the top part of the front of your card using monoadhesive.

Remember to finish the embossing
technique before assembling. (I forgot!)

Take the 3 1/2 x 4 in Whisper white cardstock and the Wild Wasabi cardstock and cut them using the Bigshot and the Deco Framelets. Stamp the Whisper White Deco cut cardstock using the images and inks. See picture for placement. Save a small area for you sentiment. Layer your Deco cut stamped Whisper White cardstock onto the Wild Wasabi Deco cardstock and add to the front of your card using dimensionals.
                                       

Stamp the inside piece of Whisper White cardstock with a few leaves and flowers. Add to the inside of your card.

Stamp and punch out four petite petal flowers using Blackberry Bliss ink. Use the dimensionals to add three flowers to the front of the card and the fourth to the inside.

And there you have it! A beautiful card and a fun new technique.

Enjoy!