I'm up on the a2z Scrapbooking blog today with a Clean And Simple card that goes along with our May challenge. I used multiple colors of embossing powder for my Forest Background stamp.
This next card isn't CAS at all, it has heat embossing and cream lace like the first, but I stamped the Antique Rose on text paper, watercolored the image with Distress Inks, and then took a patterned paper from Stampington and Company (you get free paper in each mag). I inked the paper and stamped on some text, added green stamped paper, brown vintage lace and gold accents with puffy stickers from American Crafts and gold ribbon from my stash. Lots going on here.
I tore and curled the edges of the text paper and I'm really happy with how it turned out, it's prettier irl with the gold and pinks and brown. Are you a Clean And Simple Crafter or a Vintage Pile-on-the-fun crafter? Happy Monday! Chark
Thought I'd give you a little sneak peek at the project I have over at a2z Scrapbooking this week. You can head over there to get a better look, but I do want to tell you how much I love gold embossing! I bought some Zing gold powder and used it on my butterflies from Hero Arts and it turned out beautifully. I ended up embossing lots of stamps in this gold just because!
I stamped on watercolor paper and painted the background and the butterflies.
Hope you'll emboss some of your Hero Arts products and join us this month in the February Challenge. You could win $25 to the store, where all the new Spring Release goodies from Hero Arts are available! And, don't forget, you can whisper my name to get a discount just for my readers. Ok, you actually type in CHARK15 to get 15% off, but it sounds more fun this way. All month we're highlighting embossing of all kinds to inspire you. My friend, Barb, has a beautiful heat embossed project up over there today—pop over for a visit! From the new Spring Release, I think I may need to get a monogram stamp like this to make some gifts for relatives.
And I already bought this fun set (there are congrats and thanks and hello sets too) and can't wait to get started. So versatile! Send the owner of a2z an email and ask for a product if it's already sold out. She can get more! And you can get your 15% discount! Love new stamp goodies!
It's my birthday too, yeah! Ok, it's not my birthday, but I do have a birthday card to show you.
This is definitely meant for a guy, because I got my inspiration from a tag from my son's jeans. It had glossy black patterns on black with the name in gold. I added black pearls, cuz I figured black was manly even though they were pearls. I used a Hero Arts Arrow stencil and Versamark ink, then heat embossed in clear. Then I trimmed that panel and added a gold embossed sentiment from Papertrey Ink. I added the gold paper (DCWV foil cardstock) and the pearls from Doodlebug Design. Ta-Daaa! Dude birthday card. Here's a little Beatles' song to get you singing, can you guess what it is?!
