We're getting ready for school to start and have been busy with preparations and getting in all of those last minute tasks that we suddenly have little time left to finish.In that spirit, I have two cards that were very quick to make. They involve embossing, but no stamping, so these were very fast and easy.
I used the QuicKutz 12" retro diamonds embossing folder for the bottom of this card. The sentiment is a Martha Stewart punch and I accented that strip of kraft card stock with the Spellbinders Scalloped Edge Petite borderability die.
For this card I used the Stampin' Up/Sizzix Finial Press textured impressions folder. I love this one! It's so pretty. Again, the sentiment is a Martha Stewart edge punch and I accented that with the Rose Border Petite Borderability die by Spellbinders.I really like the look of the edge punches combined with the borderabilities dies. I think I'll have to do more experimenting to come up with more looks.
It's been a while since I uploaded a card, just for the sake of posting a card that I'd made. So no special technique here. I used the Spellbinders Rose borderabilities petite for the embossing. The sentiment is by My Sentiments Exactly and stamped using Memento dye ink. I used the Fiskars Upper Crest border punch to make the corner cuts.That's it for now. We'll be heading out to dinner later tonight to celebrate our 22nd wedding anniversary. And stay tuned because I'll make a craft-related announcement either late tomorrow or early Monday. :-)
Bling on cards is a lot of fun! So, when I saw the Cuttlebug Spot challenge for this week was to Bring on the Bling, I had to make a card along those lines.Here it is....
I used a few different types of "bling". The green is a very pretty shimmery card stock by Prima. Unfortunately, the shimmer didn't show up well up above, so you'll have to take my word for it. The hot fix rhinestones were actually clear and they picked up the green of the card stock in a way that makes them almost look metallic in the photo. The silver border was made using HVAC foil tape (for Heating, Vents, Air Conditioners) that was embossed and cut with a Spellbinders Borderabilities die. I like using HVAC tape because it has a little more heft to it than aluminum foil, so it holds the embossing better, plus it's nicely sticky on the back once you remove the paper backing. The embossed card border was made using one of the Cuttlebug border embossing folders. The stamped images are all by Cloud 9 and stamped using Memento inks. Love using Memento inks on shimmery papers and card stocks because they're translucent and let the shimmer come through.
