Embossing Folder Stamping with a Twist

Welcome

It's my turn to host the TLC (Technique Lovers) Challenge over at Splitcoast Stampers.

I always try my best to come up with challenges that are accessible to everyone and uses supplies we all most likely have in our stashes.

So I'm calling my challenge:

Embossing Folder Stamping with a Twist.

I have been trying to work on getting some Christmas cards made, so this one is another to add to the collection, all ready to mail out for the holidays.  

So here's what I did to create my card.

• I began by looking through my supplies and found an embossing folder and a stencil that would work well together.  That really helps to make a more cohesive card front panel.
• I opened the Texte Grunge Embossing Folder and rubbed some Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxide ink just on portions of the folder front, sprayed with water and then pressed my cardstock panel into the wet ink.  *For this technique, it is important not to cover the whole eb folder with ink as you want some white areas to be left behind*
• I dried that, then using the Indian Blanket stencil from A Colorful Life Designs, I filled in the open areas randomly with the same above ink, merging the two patterns together. 
• Next, I place the pine bough stamp in my Misti, inked it up with some Evergreen Bough DOX ink and stamped.  To add interest and more depth to the boughs, I used a Tombow marker to colour on just parts of the bough, sprayed with water and stamped again.
• I repeated that process 3 more times, spacing out the greens over the card front.
• When I was happy with the stamping, I splattered using my white Posca pen.
• I stamped the sentiment between the boughs using my Misti again.
• I used the end of a stylus to add the berries to the branches with some Barn Red DOX ink.  It helped brighten the branches a bit.
• I glued it onto a piece of white cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.
• Finally, I added 3 red gems near the sentiment.

Here is the stencil I used:

Indian Blanket

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Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Ornamental Pine (SU)

Inks- DOX; Versafine Clair, Tombow marker

Paper- heavy white- Scribes Nook- Waterloo, Ont.

Accessories and Tools- Embossing Folder (Carabelle); Indian Blanket stencil (ACLD);

TE Blending Brushes; Misti (My Sweet Petunia); white Posca Pen; red gems

Fabulous Floral

Welcome

I found this inky background in my stash that I had done using an embossing folder and decided to use it for a paper piecing challenge.

So here's what I did to create my card.

• Like I mentioned about, I used an embossing folder to create the base for my flower.  I opened the eb folder and rubbed some Peacock Feathers Distress ink over it, sprayed with a bit of water and closed the folder and pressed.  It transferred the ink without giving it the embossing which is what I wanted....a flat surface to stamp onto.
• I placed the inked piece into my Misti, and stamped the flower to one side.
• I found a scrap piece of inked cs to use for the flower head.  This one was a gel plate printed scrap. I stamped just the flower head onto the scrap and fussy cut it out.
• I stamped the sentiment to the side and then glued the panel onto some matching blue cardstock, then onto an A2 card base.  
• I pop dot mounted the flower head into place over the stamped image, then added the black gems.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Supplies

Stamps- Creative Chaos (Visible Image), Find Joy (High Hopes)

Inks- Versafine Clair, DOX

Paper- Scribes Nook (Waterloo, Ont.)

Accessories and Tools- Grunge eb folder (Carabelle); black gems; Misti

Winter Snow- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Happy New Year and Welcome!

Time for some fun and a new challenge at the 

CAS WATERCOLOUR CHALLENGE

Our theme this month is Winter and we welcome our talented guest Janet aka Swanlady Impressions.

So onto my card details.

Very simple CAS card made using the Embossing Folder Technique.

I inked up my Snowflakes EB folder with some DOX ink, sprayed with water and then pressed my paper into the wet ink.  After the piece had dried, I placed it inside my Misti and stamped the sentiment.  I simply mounted that onto a piece of white cardstock and then onto a white card base using pop dots.  I added some blue Nuvo Drops to the center of the snowflakes to give them more interest.  

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
CASology- FRESH
Dare2B ArtZy- WINTER
Simon Says Wed.- SOMETHING NEW
(Blue Nuvo Drops)

Supplies
Stamps- Christmas Cheer (Technique Tues.)
Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento, Distress Oxide- Salty Ocean, Blueprint Sketch
Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)
Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); Snowflake eb folder (Echo Park);
Blue Nuvo Drops; pop dots

Merci

Hello and Welcome.

Meet today's card.

This goes out to all of you for your kindness and for all the times you pop in for a visit.  

I do truly appreciate it.

This week, I have the pleasure of hosting the TLC (Technique Lovers Challenge) over at Splitcoast Stampers.  I am tired out from all the holiday festivities and when I thought about what challenge I would present, this simple one came to mind right away.  It is so easy to create lovely backgrounds quickly and so easily.  

It is called Embossing Folder Stamping and it is a great technique for using all those embossing folders we own, in another way.  You do need to have some water based ink and a misting bottle and you are all set to go.

So onto my card details.

I began with my Embossing Folder, opened it up and inked the inside of it with some Distress Oxide inks.  I gave it a spray of water, then pressed my paper into the wet ink.

Depending on how much water you spray onto the ink, you will get different looks when you print on your paper.  I tend to use just 2 sprays to help blend the colours together.

After the piece dried, I placed it inside my Misti and stamped the 2 thistles.

To help add interest to the background, I randomly stamped a script and a zig zag stitch.  I also inked the edges and stamped the 'Merci'.  

I simply mounted that onto a piece of matching green cardstock and then onto a simple white card base.

Thanks so much for coming over and taking a look.

I hope you may give it a try.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Allsorts- THANKS A BUNCH

Love to Create- ANYTHING GOES

Simon Says Wed.- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Nature Flowers (Art Journey); Merci (?); Stitch (TH); Texture (Prima)

Inks- Distress Oxides- Peeled Paint, Seedless Preserves (TH); Memento black

Paper- heavy white (Scribes Nook)

Accessories and Tools- Misti (My Sweet Petunia); EB folder (Sizzix); Mister (TH); 

inking tool (TH) 

Faux Watercolouring

Good Morning.

Meet today's card.

Super simple one and a great way to get more mileage from your embossing folders.

I love the look of watercolouring and this is such a simple technique that helps to achieve that look especially when using my Distress Oxide inks.

I began by inking up my Darice Embossing folder called Henna, sprayed with a generous amount of water and pressed a piece of heavy weight cardstock into the wet ink.  I rubbed gently then removed my paper to reveal the print.  Love how all the colours blended together.

I dried it with my heat gun then placed the piece inside my Misti to stamp the sentiment with black ink.  I clear embossed the sentiment as well, to help make it pop against the colourful bkg.

I mounted it simply on a piece of coloured cardstock and then added one black gem to the center of one of the flowers.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- BRIGHT AND CHEERFUL

International Art and Soul- ART NOUVEAU

Dare 2B Artzy- BRIGHT COLOURS

Supplies

Stamp- Art Soul (Hampton Arts)

Inks- Tuxedo Black (Memento); Peacock Feathers, Faded Jeans, Cracked Pistachio, 

Seedless Preserves, Wilted Violet Distress Oxides (TH)

Paper- heavy white

Accessories and Tools- Misti; EB folder- Henna (Darice); clear eb powder; heat tool; black gem

Celebrate Your Day- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Hello and Welcome.

It's time for another card for the 

CAS Watercolour Challenge.

Fun theme this month:

I began by inking up my embossing folder using my Distress Oxide inks.

I started at the top with the lightest colour and worked down to the darkest.

When it was all inked, I sprayed it with water and pressed it onto my white cardstock.

I love the print it created.

Next, I placed the inked piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment using black ink. I clear heat embossed it to make it pop.

As a finishing touch, I doodled a blackline border around the edge.

Simple, fun looking card.

I hope you will come and play along with us.

Thanks for stopping by.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Seize the Birthday- IT'S JUST A NUMBER
Artistic Stamper- BACKGROUNDS
The Creative Crafters- ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Birthday Letter It (Ranger) 

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Distress Oxides- Fossilized Amber,
Candies Apple, Peeled Paint, Evergreen Bough, Peacock Feathers,
Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Blueprint Sketch, Wilted Violet (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; clear eb powder; heat tool; Numbers Embossing Folder (Darice)

Non-Traditional Christmas

Meet today's card.

Playing around with inking an embossing folder again to create a quick and easy card.

You can see some of the other cards I made using this technique here and here.

I just love the look of this EB folder from Carabelle and decided to make a card using it.

I inked the inside of the folder with Candied Apple Distress Oxide ink, sprayed with water and pressed onto my paper.  Be sure and let the inks dry or use you heat tool as they take a bit longer to dry and will smear.

When dry, I placed the piece inside my Misti and stamped the sentiment with black ink.

Next I punched out a circle then stamped the snowflake onto it using the same DOX ink.

I added a Nuvo drop to the center of the snowflake then pop dot mounted it to the side of my card front.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look.

Adding my card to these challenges:
Crazy 4 Challenges- FAVORITE SKETCH (373)
Time Out- INSPIRATION HOME SWEET HOME
Dragonfly Dreams- Non-Traditional

Supplies

Stamps- Snowflakes (Recollections); Joyful Greetings (Paper Smooches)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Candied Apple DOX (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Autumn Red Nuvo drops; pop dots; EB folder-Texte Grunge (Carabelle);

Mister (TH)

Snowy Fun

Good Morning and Welcome.

Another quick card I made using this new Embossing Folder I just picked up.

As you have seen in some of my past posts, creating a background using an embossing folder is a simple way to have an instant card. 

Here is a video to show how to do this.

So I inked the EB folder with Peacock Feathers DOX, sprayed with water then pressed my paper into the wet ink.  After it was dry, I added the die-cut snowflake and stamped the sentiment.

The finishing touch was to add the blue buttons to the snowflake centers.

Thanks so much for coming by and taking a look especially at such a busy time of year.

 Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Wed.- STITCH IT

(snowflake)

The Male Room- CHRISTMAS/WINTER

The Rubber Buggy- CHRISTMAS/WINTER

Paper Creator- CHRISTMAS/NEW YEAR

Supplies

Stamp- Season's Greeting (Studio G)

Inks- Peacock Feathers Distress Oxide (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Tiles eb folder (Kaisercraft); Mister (TH); blue buttons (YNS); 

Stitched Snowflake (Lawn Fawn); Snowflakes (SSS)

Holly Jolly

Good Morning.

Do you need some ideas for simple cardmaking as the big day gets closer.

This card fits that bill.

I used the Embossing Folders inking technique to do the background.  

Rub a water based ink onto your embossing folder, spritz with water and press your paper into the wet ink and remove.  The Peacock Feather DOX gave such a lovely impression.

When that was dry, I played the piece into my Misti and stamped the sentiment from MFT.

Added the SSS die-cut snowflake and popped up the center for interest and added drops of Nuvo to finish off my card.

Wishing you a happy day as you get ready for the holidays.

Thanks so much for the visit.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Simon Says Monday- WINTER/CHRISTMAS

Use Your Stuff- CHRISTMAS IS COMING

Craft Stamper Magazine- ANYTHING GOES STAMPING

Crafting By Design- DECEMBER ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamp- Handlettered Holiday (MFT)

Inks- Tuxedo Black Memento; Peacock Feather Distress Oxide (TH)

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti; Snowflake eb folder (Echo); snowflake die (SSS);

Caribbean Ocean Gloss Nuvo; Mister (TH); pop dots

CAS Silhouette- The Flower Challenge

Good Morning.

Time for more fun at 

The Flower Challenge.

Our theme this month is CAS; Clean and Simple.

My card came together quickly using one of my favourite silhouette stamps.

I began by inking up my Texte Grunge Embossing Folder with Distress inks, sprayed with water and pressed onto my paper.  Instant background.

Next, I placed the Clover Silhouette into my Misti and stamped it in black, then did the sentiment in the same way.

Finally, I diluted a bit of the same ink on my non-stick craft mat and flicked it all over my card front.

Please come and play along with us.

Thanks for looking.

Adding my card to these challenges:

Addicted to CAS- LEAVES
Alphabet Challenge- QUOTE
Simply Papercraft- ANYTHING GOES
Watercooler Wed.- FEMININE ANYTHING GOES

Supplies

Stamps- Live, Laugh (Rubbernecker)/ Clover Silhouette (Magenta)

Inks- Bundled Sage, Forest Moss Distress (TH)/ Tuxedo Black Memento

Paper- heavy white (local store)

Accessories and Tools- Misti/ EB Folder- Texte Grunge (Carabelle)/ paintbrush

Just Add Salt- CAS Watercolour Challenge

Welcome to another addition of the 

CAS WATERCOLOUR Challenge.

This month we have a fun one for you....SALT.

There are some great links on the Challenge Blog to help get you started.

So onto my card.

I haven't done the Embossing Folder Stamping Technique for so long and wanted to try it out using my Distress Oxide inks.  Basically what you do is rub ink over the raised area of your embossing folder, spray with water, then press the ink onto you paper.  It is such a great way to get some further mileage from all your embossing folders.

I rubbed my folder with Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink, sprayed with water then pressed onto my heavy weight cardstock.  While the paper was still wet, I sprinkled on some coarse sea salt.  The salt absorbs the ink but in this case, the salt changed the colour of the ink....so fun! 

 Be sure to set the piece aside and let it dry completely before removing the salt.

Next, I placed the inked piece inside my Misti, inked up the flower stamp and pressed onto my paper.
I stamped the sentiment from IO then lightly sponged the edges with more ink.

Hope you can play along with us.
Thanks for the visit.


Adding my card to these challenges:

Little Red Wagon- FAV PRODUCTS
DOX's
Simon Says Wed.- SPLATTER IT
Monochromatic Magic- ANYTHING GOES
Crafty Creations- ANYTHING GOES


Supplies
Stamps- Wildflowers (TH); Something Incredible (Impression Obsession)
Ink- Peeled Paint Distress Oxide ink (TH); Tuxedo Black Memento
Paper- heavy white cs (local store)
Accessories- EB Folder Hexagon (SU); mister (TH); sponge applicator (TH); MISTI