Showing posts with label Impressibilities. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Impressibilities. Show all posts

Friday, 18 March 2011

Anniversary card

I discovered a different way of dry embossing today and so decided to try it for this anniversary card for a friend's daughter.
I cut the square and the large heart with Nesties and whilst still in the die I placed them on a Spellbinders Impressabilities stencil and embossed them using my tan mat. In this way you get the pattern in the centre of the shape and the embossed edge as well. I think it's really clever!
I believe that the 10th anniversary is normally regarded as the Tin Wedding so I used this dull silver as a backdrop. The sentiments were computer generated and cut with smaller hearts.
A couple of punched flowers and a butterfly, a few gems and a sprinkling of Glamour Dust and it was done.
Charisma Cardz - Die Cuts
Fun with Shapes - No DP

Wednesday, 9 June 2010

Cooking it Up with Katie #19

The recipe this fortnight at Cooking it Up with Katie is to use Green, Embossing and a Ribbon. The Sponsor for this challenge is Digital Delights and the DT were given their choice of images from the extensive range available on website. I chose Dilly Duck in the rain... quite a cutie I'm sure you'll agree.
I coloured Dilly with my Copics and mounted him/her on a square, embossed with Cuttlebug's random dots embossing folder. I added a sentiment from Unity Stamps. The corner was made with two square Nesties, cut simultaneously, one nestling inside the other and the resulting frame was cut diagonally to make the corner. I believe that the paper was a free digi download... sadly I don't remember the source. The card was completed with the ribbon and umbrella charm. As weather is the theme of the challenge at ABC this week it is for that too!
Before the sponsor at CIUWK came forward, I had already made the card below for the challenge, so I thought that I would show it anyway.
For the embossing in this card I used the Letterpress technique, where my Impressibilities stencil was inked with silver, before the card was embossed by running it through my Cuttlebug with my tan mat. I love the effect, but cleaning the stencil afterwards is tricky, as the filaments on this particular stencil are very fragile and easily bent out of shape. The butterfly is a digi from Chris Dark, the Sketching Stamper (link on my sidebar), the sentiment is from Stampin' Up, the corners are Cuttlebug and the paper from Cuddly Buddly. This is quite a fresh green, compared to the warmth of the colour in the previous card, I'm not sure which I prefer. How about you?

Tuesday, 8 June 2010

MTTC Xtra Special

A card for a special occasion! It could be for a variety of things, but the sentiment to me is 'Xtra Special'.
It's my DT card for this week's challenge at My Time to Craft, I'm sure you send cards to someone very special, so this challenge is just for you! Do come along and join in.
I used my Spellbinders Impressabilities stencil for the letterpress embossing technique for the centre panel. I inked the stencil with Basic Gray SU ink and then ran the card through the Cuttlebug to emboss it. I really like the effect. The sentiment is also from SU and the butterfly is from a Tonic punch.
It's incredibly simple but, I rather like the effect. I hope you do too!