Manly Monday Picture Perfect Card.

I made this card with leftover pieces that I found and brought together. The sunshine rays in the background are a stencil. The trees are the negative of a tree die cut by Gina Marie. The frame is a negative of a die cut rectangle. All of those things have been inked with distress ink. The washi tape is by We R Memory Keepers. 

I tried to color the dimensional adhesive foam behind the layers with my Copic markers.

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Double Embossing Technique Cards

The double embossing comes when you dry emboss (Chevron pattern by Darice) and then you add Versa Mark ink over the top embossed area. From there you sprinkle the area with embossing powder and heat. The pink and gold embossing powder are by Stampendous. I inked the edges of the cards with Black Soot distress ink.

The rest of the of the stuff for my card came from my stash.

Quick note: The pink ribbon under the rick rack is "It's a girl" ribbon by The Paper Studio that came with a party favor from a baby shower. As one who is passionate about recycling, I turned it over and used the other side. The pieces were very small and I couldn't see using them on anything else. The sentiment stickers on the gold cards are by K and Co.

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Stretch your stamps-Day 1

I made these cards using the class information from Day 1 at Stretch you Stamps. Such a great class with so many awesome techniques.

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Shaped card

I made this shaped card by using a Spellbinders die (label 8) and my Cuttlebug. Fold the paper in half and place the die past the edge of the crease. This card opens top to bottom. I used Basic Grey and Studio Calico patterned papers. The tag is made of old furniture samples. I heat embossed the butterfly stamp by Anna Griffin using off white embossing powder by The powder keg. The sentiment was cut out using my Cricut and Wild Card cartridge. That paper is by CGull and the stamped paper is by Recollections. 

I did use my Distressing tool and ink for the inside of the die cut. Leaving the paper in the die after its been cut you can ink it up as little or as much as you want. What you get is a contrasting look between the actual edge of the die cut and the embossed area. I love the way it looks and use this technique often. If you don't have a distressing tool, get one. They are worth it-plus you can use a coupon at a big store. 

Thanks for stopping by. I would love to see a shaped card you've made. Leave me a link in the comments. Let's inspire one another:)

Challenges:
Papercraft Star-Embossing (heat embossing)
http://whimsyinspires.blogspot.com/-Anything Goes
http://www.allwayssomethingcreative.blogspot.com/-Butterflies (In the stamp)
http://creataliciouschallenges.blogspot.com/-Anything Goes

Chalk-Ah-Lot Dry Embossed chalk background card

Edited May 2021. See sidebar for explanation 

For this card I mixed my chalk with paint and painted it onto the embossing folder. I then ran it thru my Cuttlebug, removed the paper from the folder and waited for it to dry. I think the final results are fun. I will definitely being doing this technique again with a different folder.  

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