another offset Cuttled card

For this card I used a technique that I described the other day, offset Cuttling. This time instead of accenting with ink after making my first pass, I distressed the embossing by sanding.


The white areas are the result of sanding my Die Cuts with a View cardstock after embossing it with the Leafy Branch A2 Cuttlebug embossing folder. I then ran the cardstock through again, accenting that embossing with Rich Cocoa Memento dye ink. The sentiment is a Cuttlebug diecut. The bird shape was made using a Martha Stewart punch.

wishing everyone....

I have a lot that I am thankful for this year--good health, family, friends. :-) I also appreciate those of you who stop by here, and so for this occasion I have a few cards that I'd like to share.



This card was made using the Cuttlebug Pumpkin Harvest A2 embossing folder and offset Cuttling. I accented the embossing with Memento London Fog after the first pass and then used Bamboo Leaves and Potter's Clay after the second pass. The sentiment was made using two Cuttlebug die cuts glued on top of each other and slightly offset, too.



I also used offset Cuttling to make this card. The effect is more subtle. I really just love the look of embossing on shimmery paper or cardstock. It can be very elegant. This is the Autumn Type Cuttlebug folder for the main image and a border embossing folder for the embellishment along the side.


For this last card I used another of my offset Cuttling experiments with the Autumn Type folder. The leaf is a lightweight fabric leaf that came in a package of leaves on clearance at Michael's. I sprayed it with Stiffy Spray to give it a little more heft then ran it through my Big Shot inside the Mesh Cuttlebug folder to give it added texture. The pumpkin is a Cuttlebug combo die, Pumpkin Spice. I cut it out twice and layered it, but only embossed the copper layer since the green layer wouldn't really be seen. I also added texture to the leaf of the pumpkin as I embossed using textured Cuttling.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone!

playing at cards with playing cards

Oh, that dollar spot in Target can certainly have fun stuff for altering and crafting! Recently I found some small shaped playing cards with wintry themes. Here are a couple of cards that I made using a couple of the playing cards from the deck that I bought.


The deck that I picked up had a snowman image on it. I embossed it with the Cuttlebug Snow Dots folder, then mounted that on a white cardstock layer embossed using the C'bug Snowflakes folder, then I attached that to a red shimmer-finish paper that I offset Cuttled using the Diamonds in the Rough folder. I used a Tonic ticket punch to cut the corners. The sentiment is a Snag 'Em stamp by Imaginisce. I embellished with Ranger's Liquid Pearls.


I used another playing card to create this card. This time I embossed it with the Diamonds in the Rough and mounted it on glittery DCWV cardstock that I'd cut and embossed in one pass using one of the curved rectangle Mega-Nestabilities dies by Spellbinders. The patterned cardstock is also by Die Cuts with a View. I stamped the sentiment using Archival black ink, and oh, how appropriate that sentiment has been these last couple of days, by the way! Finally I added the faux snow from Cornish Heritage Farms.

Hope everyone is staying warm!