Clock and Rose Card

Hi everyone!

Here's an easy card to make!

I started with a pretty rose patterned paper.  I backed it in a deep red (bazzill of course).  I added glitter to the roses, following the pattern on the paper.  I let it dry.

While the glitter was drying I created the little timepiece in the upper left hand corner.  I stamped onto a light grey patterned paper (in Tim Holtz's new Distress Stain! - It gives it a watercolor like feel, its not a sharp image when stamped.)  I matted it to some more of the deep red cardstock and added tiny clear gems.

I added green and gold leaves to the lower right with a green heart gem.

Hope you like this 5 minute card!

Lis

Embossed LOVE Card

Hi everyone!

I love heat embossing.  It's elegant and gives a beautiful embossed look to everything when embossing with gold.  But I think sometimes we under utilize it, thinking that we should only emboss small stamped images.  I say GO BIG!  And so for today's card...

This card background is made entirely of embossed stamps.... really LARGE stamps.

I used clear stamps by Fancy Pants.  Their stamps are meant to be used with 12x12 scrapbooks but they are just the right size for my cards!

As you can see below, I started out with a 5x7 card base in black (how I love black and gold!).  I positioned the clear stamps on my acrylic base so that I knew where I wanted the designs to go.

I used Versa Mark for my ink and fine gold embossing powder.

And this is what I got!  Pretty cool huh?  I trimmed the excess black cardstock which left what you see below.

Then all I did was add my sentiment!  Easy, yes?

TIPS:

1. For good embossing results:

-do not wave your heat tool back and forth.

-start at one end and follow the melt

-don't leave your heat tool on one area for any length of time - follow the melt

2. Consider embossing some of the design on the back side of your card. (Open the card up - emboss after folding or you can crack your embossed design.)

Come back soon!

Lis