I hope that you all had a great start to your week. We woke up to a small amount of snow and pretty much slushy snowy rain for most of the day. It was a grayish day, but all in all a pretty good start to a busy week. I want to thank you all for your sweet comments on the Wedding card. It means a lot to me and it helps me to make sure that it is good enough to give. lol.. Thanks so much.
So let's get started on today's card(s). I was messing around checking out YouTube videos this weekend and I really wanted to try something new to me. I came across this awesome video from by BrandyScraps about Triple Step Stamping. Well, I don't have any flower stamps, but I thought this would be a fun technique so I pulled out some snowflake and Christmas Ornament stamps from Lawn Fawn and really just played around.
As you can see my first card I started out somewhat simple and just mounted the different papers without using any kind of foam dots. On my second I went a little more fancy with it and not only did I use foam dots every other level I also heat embossed the sentiment and I hand made the boarder with an embossing pen which I them heat embossed as well. :O) Huge smiles here as I am so so bad at heat embossing. My wonderful friend Amy Y was nice enough to send me s VersaMark stamp pad and my other friend Mercy so far as to make a YouTube video all in the hopes to get me heat embossing and loving it. Thanks girls, I think I just might get to liking this somewhere down the road. hehe
I think my heat gun might not be that good. It is a Martha Stewart one, but I have seen others out there that are suppose to be better. Maybe if I decide I like the technique I'll get a new one this coming summer. I did win some stamps last month from Lawn Fawn and they sent me some Hero Arts white embossing powder and I love it. Maybe that has been my problem. ????!!!! Who knows. I do have to admit that the embossing powder is making me happy as it works really good. Do any of you know if it comes in other colors. I would love it in silver or gold, but I haven't been able to find any online.
Ok guys, I got to get a move on. Thanks for stopping by. It means the world to me. Have a great day and I'll talk at you tomorrow.
Hugs, Lisa G
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| First card. Just mounted each layer. |
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| Second card. This card has foam mounts to pop it up. |
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| A card just isn't complete without and inside to go with it. Supplies: First card: stamps-Frosties-:LF cardstock-Neenah & AC Cardstock inks-summer sky & tuxedo black-Memento glossy adhesive & fairy dust glitter-Donna Salazar- clear snap sugar shimmer Second card: stamps-Orante Ornaments & Let it snow-LF sentiment stamp-Sparkling Seasons-TGF cs-Neenah & AC Cardstock inks-Versamark & tuxedo black-Memento embossing powder-Hero Arts-white silver metal-Sharpie Copic markers-R37-E25 |
5 comments:
Very cool! I love how these turned out, gonna have to try it myself!! Awesome Xmas cards!
I saw the first one and thought "Oh! that is so lovely"..then the second one appeared and I had a sharp intake of breath and choked on my spittle...lol..gorgeous.love the red and white and the dimension...2fabulous Christmas cards Lisa..
I have gold and silver embossing powder, but just bought them locally and they are not in the original containers now as I store mine in square plastic containers with a spoon inside...and never use them...lol..I forget to.
Found a jar..they are called "Stamp effects"..very tiny jar, but last forever..
Luv CHRISSYxx
These are very pretty Lisa, I bet the dimension irl is fabulous. I know Michaels has gold and silver embossing powders but they aren't Hero Arts brand. Maybe check out Two Peas in a Bucket, I bet they have it.
These are fabulous cards! You did a great job on them! I have lots of colors of embossing powders but not sure they are Hero Arts..I'm no help there.
How awesome that you tried a new type of card...both of them turned out beautifully!
Did you check out the Hero Arts on-line store? Sometimes they'll have "hard to find" items.
:Dxx
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