Hello and here is to a NEW week……Hen peckin’ pinkie here! Now I have a WOWZER for you today (and I hope that you feel the same) I am trying to focus a bit more on “techniques” to teach you and I hope that you are a sponge and soak this up!
I will be limited on words but I have some great pictures for you! Please feel free to leave a comment – I do hope that you try this as it if not only FUN but it is something that you can do with so many framelits…..
This bundle, Colorful Seasons is truly one for ALL seasons. I know that this has been blogged a bunch when it first came out…..so I waited until I had a WOW and I really like this fun and modern layout.
The layout is one that you can use with soooooo many colors and soooooo many different themes but here are (2) key products to make this a fun process.
1 – The Multipurpose Adhesive Sheets – why? – I adhere the card stock to it and then trimmed off the excess. This made it so easy to adhere it all to 1 piece. I first added the adhesive sheet to a piece of printer paper (that was 5 1/2″ X 4 1/4″) because it was super thin and I knew that I needed to cut through the cardstock, the printer paper and the adhesive sheet with the die cut.
2 – The Grid Paper – After I exposed the sticky side that was on the printer paper….I could use the grid paper to line up the card stock to ensure the lines would be straight….
You can see that I made (2) of these cards….and I tried to make the color scheme very different and unique….To me, it still is super clean but there is a fun and unique twist.
The other learning curve is the embossing. I love to heat emboss and I know that the WOW is always there with you as well, it is magic! The key is to heat emboss 2 times .I tried 3 and it was a mess…the details of this die cut were just too intricate. Trust me on this one. Below is a collage that I put together for you.
You will see that in the last picture they are warped…no worries – just put them in a book and they will get flat in no time. By doing many layers of embossing…the effect turns into a totally different look and feel of how we regularly emboss…making it an embellishment of metal fun!
I know that I am jumping ahead but can you see that I put vellum behind the leaves? Yep, I did. I truly wish that you could hold this in your hand as the vellum is stunning …I used tear -n-tape to adhere/anchor it to the color block card stock fun.
Adhering it this way it was not only easy (as we all know that the trick with vellum is the adhering part) so you do not see your adhesive. Having this wee bit of vellum really is stunning behind the leaves. It just gives a softness that does make a statement.
The fabulous sentiment, “just breathe” is also on vellum and heat set with the copper. I matted it with the vanilla (cause’ John said so) to make it show and pop! I carefully added some adhesive on the backside of some of the letters – again to hide the adhesive but the copper adhesive dots were the big help to hold the vellum.
For this card I used fun foam to raise the whole panel (the die will easily cut through the fun foam). Fun Foam is so inexpensive and you use every little piece to the end (just like stampin’ dimensionals)…I highly recommend you having a couple of sheets i your craft room…..you’ll be happy to have it on hand.
Let’s move to the other color combination. The colors I used are in the line up at the end of the post. You can clearly see the sky is the limit with color options…Have fun! ****(I noticed after I published this ,,,I have the wrong green listed – it should be Tranquil Tide…..NOT Emerald Envy)
In the second picture, you will see that I adhered this card panel to the card base making it flat. I couldn’t tell which one I liked better, do you have a preference…? They both work great but I think that I like the effect of the whole panel raised as it makes the vellum more noticeable!
Let’s chat about an envelope… I decided to do something total different and heat emboss the envelope. I was super happy with the end result and the envelope laid perfectly flat..to my surprise!
I was scratching my head as what to do for an envelope flap..so – why not, jazz up the front!
Now to another fun tip… As I am sure you have many embellishments that you simply do not use. As you can see in the picture below, I took VersaMark and applied to the embellishments and sprinkled the embossing powder over top and heat set them. Presto… a fun embellishment that works perfectly with this card.
There you go, a fun card that I hope that you can see….is doable and different. Please let me know what you think and which one is your favorite.
My thoughts and prayers are with all that are affected by the hurricane. Our Country sure has dealt with a bunch as it is so scary!
Enjoy the day and I hope this post has inspired you to take something that is very simple and add a fun twist to make a WOW! It was not only FUN but it was a great experience learning a different technique…
Beautiful. I adore the mix of blue, brown and copper. Love the color blocks with the “inlaid” leaves!
Thanks Mary, it was super fun to do! Having the grid paper to line up the different cards stocks makes it so easy. Thanks for popping in…..
Oh these are beautiful. Love your description and your instructions. I think my fav is the retired embellishments heat embossed. Thank You so much!
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Thanks Nancy… I was super happy with the embellishments as well. It’s a great way to repurpose things that were not going to use. Enjoy your day.
You are so clever. Love all your heat embossing and the vellum. Your copper leaves and embellishments are the star of the show. Just love it.
Yippee! I do hope you and your stamping buddies give it a try. I will only caution you that it is addictive… Enjoy your day!
So many for tips!!! My fav is the copper embellishments! And I love the card with the fun foam! You are a trooper to keep going with Pinkie!!!!
Hello my Maryland friend… I am hanging in there but I will say Pinky is sure slowing me down.I can only push myself a little bit each day.I must admit I feel rather silly as I have total mobility and that other hand.
Thanks so much for popping in and leaving a comment. Maybe when we have our girls weekend in October we can make some of these beautiful leaves!
Thanks for the tip on the embellishments! Great job, no one could guess you are in a cast!
Oh Vickie… You may be laugh out loud! I am trying little by little each day to at least do something creative.I hope you liked this card as I thought it was fun to do.I can already think of a way I could step it up…Maybe it’ll be another post!
Fun cards and I am not sure if the flat or the one on fun foam is my favorite way. Love the tips and will have to look to see if I have some embelishments I can recolor or emboss. I am not sure I understand why you used the copy paper when you also had vellum. Maybe I didn’t read it right. My eyes are still overglazed! I cut over 350 pieces of cardstock and DSP last night for my thank yous to the rescuers in Houston. I still need to cut 12 more since I used the wrong color. Then stamp and color the pigs. Then, make twice as many cards to go to the other fire/ambulance/police station that serviced part of the housing addition we lived in. Plus, part goes to the church to give to their people who helped so I might be making more on top of that. My note for inside to thank them from an Iowan who lived in Houston will be on the computer and just glued in. I am stuck with some bigger squares of cardstock – maybe I can use them in a project like you did as I love leaves and have not embossed much lately. I did get copper embossing powder that might be fun to play with. Oh, I just noticed the blue and green one has different sizes of pieces so I hope this will work! Yeah, I know easily entertained!
Hi Chris once again thanks for popping in… You are so amazing to do all of those cards for the amazing people of Texas! I know that not only are they going to love and appreciate them I also know that it brings you joy as it should!
I used the thin copy paper to adhere the color blocked pieces so I could see the grid through the copy paper… Does that make sense? That way I was insured that my angles were all straight.
Oh, I get it now with the explanation for Pam too. Sorry, I was still thinking inside the box. Makes perfect sense and I still would not of thought of it.
I found a dog stamp and it has, “You are so PAWsome!”in the same set. Now I can do more for the ones helping with the pets.
This card is stunning!! Thanks for the great tips. You are not letting “pinkie” hold you back. Also, John gave you good advice, the sentiment really pops!
Your comment made me smile… I will often say John gives me the advice when I’m in doubt. He always gives me great advice!
Thanks for popping in and I hope you get this fun car to try.
Beautiful cards! I love your tips especially the retired embellishment embossing tip. Can’t wait to try it. Happy day to you.
Hello Mary Ann… I bet by now you’ve already tried to make the embellishments! Sorry I’m a little behind and leaving comments…I hope you have tried it and I also hope you give this card a try because it was fun to make.
I love the look of multiple metals on the leaves. Trust me on this one… If you use a very detailed diecut – only use two layers of an embossing powder!
Great idea for using up some of my vast supplies of cardstock . I appreciate you being so generous with your tips and tactics with your wounded paw problem ! True stamping trooper !!!
Love the leaves !
Hello my North Carolina friend! I bet you were receiving rain today…
You are so right– it is a great way to use up colors and also have fun putting different colors together. I hope you give it a try. Thanks for popping in!
Susan, You have been producing some lovely cards! Thanks for all the new and different ways to use products and for sharing all your great knowledge. I will pray for your healing of your wrist. With breaking two bones in such a short time, I am wondering if you have had a bone density test. Just something you might check on with your Doc. Get well
quickly.
You know… You are probably right– I should get a bone density test.
I will say I’m not a good candidate for broken bones as it really does slow me down.
I am thrilled that you have been enjoying the cards. It is fun to try to use different cards with different techniques. Enjoy your day!
I love technique posts and this is one I am super excited about. Not sure I am understanding they copy paper step but maybe it will make sense when everything is in my hand.
I am sorry I was a bit unclear about that… I left a message above with Chris R’s.
Here you go… The reason why I used a thin piece of paper was I could see the lines from the grid through the paper. That way as I put my color card stock one I could just match up the lines to do a irregular shapes.
I know the shapes that I used we’re not very dramatic but it’s a great way to get straight lines. Give it a try…
Wow! Simple but not so simple cards. I love that you showed us how you embossed the leaves and the dots. You know and embossing. We try not to cross each other’s paths.
Now wait a minute… Every princess should love to heat and boss!
That way you can have shiny things to give to your princesses!