E is for Embossing

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Hello and happy Friday!  Thank you so much for the congrats from my last post about the baby!  I look forward to meeting our new family member soon!  It’s starting to get really warm over my way, so it’s a great time to be indoors with the cool air and craft.

Today starts a new challenge over at the Alphabet Challenge Blog!   Our next letter is E and the hostess has chosen “E” is for Embossing (heat or dry)  *Remember that this is a bi-weekly challenge, so you have two weeks to enter*  I hope you will find some time to play along!  Here’s what I’ve created:

I absolutely love to emboss!  I first fell in love with stamping because of the magic of heat embossing and then fell in love again when those embossing folders came out!  So I’ve decided to do both versions for my card.

I haven’t had a chance to use this Drifting Flowers embossing folder from Simon Says Stamp.  I thought it was so pretty!  I wanted to emboss in black and try out my Lisa Horton Interference Inks with it, so after I embossed it, I used my finger to rub white ink over the raised areas.  I then used the LH Interference Inks over that once it dried.  (I can’t remember exactly what colors I used, but it basically started as an experiment and I had several pads open!)  I also used a silver ink pad to rub the centers of each flower minus the large one.

I should also mention that some of the white ink was very slightly rubbed over the open areas as well because I got a white streak on it…so I just continued to rub all over those areas until blended in.  I didn’t mind the look.

While the inks were drying, I silver heat embossed the sentiment and cut out it with the coordinating die.  I additionally cut out two more for added thickness and attached to the panel.  I layered this embossed panel onto a mirror silver layer with both of these layers getting rounded on two ends with my corner chomper.  I added these onto a chomped top folding A2 black card base.  Lastly, I added some silver sequins.

Please be sure to stop by the challenge blog to see the inspiration from team as well!  I look forward to seeing your embossed projects in the gallery.  Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope you like my card.  See you soon!

Challenges:

  1. Crafty Calendar – Add a Sentiment
  2. Pammie’s Inky Pinkies – PIP2523 Anything Goes
  3. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday – Fur, Feather and/or Flowers
  4. As You Like It – Favorite: to add a sentiment or not and why?  (I most always have sentiments on my cards because I feel it’s important when sending a greeting card to someone and it’s hard for me to leave it blank.)
  5. The Flower Challenge – Embossing (heat/dry)
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41 thoughts on “E is for Embossing”

  9. Beautiful embossing Lisa and I love the ink coverage, so light and beautiful., I can get a little heavy handed at times..gorgeous card..

    Luv CHRISSYxx

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    1. Thank you Chrissy! This is why I opted to use my “finger tool” so I could feel the raised areas better and keep control of pressing too hard.

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  12. Vicki what a super card I love the drama of the colours and the silver sentiment works so well with that gorgeous embossed panel. Thank you so much for sharing this beauty with us at The Flower Challenge.

    Marie

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  15. Your embossed card is absolutely stunning! The combination of heat and dry embossing creates such a rich, dimensional effect, and the silver accents bring everything together beautifully. The Drifting Flowers embossing folder was a fantastic choice—it adds such elegance to the design. I love how you experimented with the Lisa Horton Interference Inks; the blending and layering of colors make the raised details shine in the most captivating way. Every element, from the ink application to the sentiment and sequins, comes together seamlessly for a truly polished and eye-catching result!

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  16. Beautiful job of coloring the embossed flowers, Vicki, even where there was a smear because you covered it well and made it part of the design. Thanks for sharing your card with us at The Flower Challenge.

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  17. Embossing make such terrific texture, doesn’t it? You’ve created such a pretty card. The light blue and white really pop off the dark background. It makes me think of moonlit nights. 🙂 Hope your new week goes well and isn’t too hot. It’s supposed to heat up my way on Thursday. hugs-Erika

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