Transparency textures

I made a couple of cards this morning using transparencies that I'd run through my Big Shot inside a couple of Cuttlebug A2 embossing folders.

This first card is an ATC with the mesh textured transparency giving some added dimension to the center of the Ellison die cut sunflower. The sentiment is by Stamping Sensations.


The main image of the second card is by Scottish Borders Stamping and is colored with twinkling H2Os. I layered a transparency with the bubbles texture on top of it and attached it with eyelets at the corners. The fun part about this was that the transparency was a bit warped after going through the Big Shot. It added some great dimension though, which is why I only attached it at the corners. The sentiment is by Hero Arts.

Two Cuttle Cards

I decluttered my craft table this morning. I sorted through all of the miscellaneous scraps and put them away or tossed them. Some of the keepers I put through my Big Shot first, inside various Cuttlebug embossing folders. I found out that a scrap of polished stone looks very cool when it's embossed. The combination of the texture and the sheen is striking. I also discovered that velveteen paper can have a very neat look. It was time to make some cards with this in mind.

Here are a couple of examples. This first card has a polished stone background that I ran through the Big Shot and embossed using the Cuttlebug textile texture folder. The big flower is an Ellison die cut. The sentiment is one of those smaller Cuttlebug embossing folder sentiments. The patterned cardstock is DCWV Far East.


This second card has white velveteen paper that I embossed using the snowflakes embossing folder. It has a very soft look and feel to it. The silver accent is HVAC foil tape that I embossed using the swirls folder. The sentiment is by Justrite stamps. The snowman was a freebie enclosure/gift from somewhere I'd ordered stuff from this winter. I added the arms--just a piece of a black twist tie.


Yes, I know. I was wishing for spring yesterday. I had to make a concession to winter. We got an inch of snow last night and I have to admit that it looked pretty this morning. It also helps that the sun is out and it's actually warmer today than it has been the past several days. YAY!!!

Think Pink - Wednesday Stamper

Pink is not a color that I use very often. For whatever reason, it's just not one of my favorites. So, when I saw that this week's Wednesday Stamper theme was to Think Pink, I was happy about it because it was going to make me think outside of my usual box.

This first card is a collage of images by Club Stamp (lighter gray ink) and Art by Moonlight. The ART stamped underneath the clear pebble is by Ma Vinci.

This second card uses stamps by Non Sequitur. I used twinkling H2Os on pink cardstock and stamped the images on top in black ink. My embellishments are Prima leaves painted with those same twinkling H2Os. There's a bit more sparkle to this in real life. You get a good idea of the shimmer from the leaves. This new set of H2Os had been sitting on my craft table for a while. It was great to get a chance to use them.

This last card is a quick ATC that I did this morning using some pink patterned paper that I had left over from another project. The stamps are all by InkaStamps.