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Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Cards Featuring Embossing Folders

We shared with you on Saturday some unique ways to use your Cuttlebug, but now I'd like to share with you my favorite reason for using my Cuttlebug--embossing.

Today, I have the pleasure of sharing with you some fabulous cards using embossing folders by our design team members. Let's get right to it!

Penny chose a mono-chromatic theme and lots of Cuttlebug embossing to create this card. The base layer of the card is embossed with the Cuttlebug folder Paisley, the three panels are embossed in Swiss Dots and the letters are embossed with Paisley again. The outside of the card is dusted with a matching blue chalk. A silver baby rattle is tied by a coordinating blue ribbon. The interior sentiment says joy an is embossed in the same manner. Cricut Cartriges used are George and Winter Woodlands, Papers are also Cricut papers.

Deanne used her Spots and Dots embossing folder to emboss the bottom portion of her card.

Brenda used the Perfectly Paisley Cuttlebug folder to emboss the background on this card, and the Houndstooth Cuttlebug folder to emboss the die cut images on this card.

Kim used her baby embossing folder and some baby pink ink to create this baby girl card. She simply inked the inside of the folder before she embossed the cardstock. She loves the look the paper gets from this technique. Then she finished the card off with a cute ribbon and charm.

Kerri
Here are three of my favorite cards where I've used embossing folders.I tried give you all a little variety ranging from embossing everything on the card (base, layers, and embellies), embossing pattern papers, to embossing the matting to add some dimension and elegance.

Hope you all enjoyed the embossing inspiration! Now that you are all inspired by the embossing, it's time to take that spark and start your own embossing creations, but with layouts. We are currently seeking submissions for layouts that using embossing on them. The deadline to submit is Sunday, November 21, 2010.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Distressing Paper by Crumpling, Sanding and Tearing

Distressing is a popular trend in scrapbooking that can bring a unique look and add dimension to your layouts and cards. Many think distressing is only for creating that old vintage/antique feel that makes you think of a shabby chic style. But, you can also add a lot of fun to bright colorful layouts with some distressing, or even create masculinity by adding some distressing to your projects. Today we are going to talk about three fun ways to distress your projects: paper crumpling, sanding, and tearing

Here is an example by one of our designing team members, Kim, showcasing some paper crumbling.

Kim Sparks

Monday's White Pen Projects...

For the white pen challenge, Kim used her pen to doodle some ovals onto the black cardstock. Then she journaled all around the edges of the paper.

Angie used a white Prismacolor pencil to "stitch" around the edges of her Halloween wall hanging. She also added a little white around her letters to make them look spooky.

Deanne LOVES using her white pen. And thanks to a past Practical Scrappers challenge she purchased one and has never put it down! She used her Gelly Roll pen to do faux stitching around the outside of the card as well as around the sentiment.

Monday, January 11, 2010

Monday's Glitter/Bling Projects

Kim used some of that old embossing powder we have in our stash, for a great way to achieve the bling effect on her snowflakes and snow-capped letters. Her two paper snowflakes are capped with Stickles.

Joni used a Prima transparancy that had some glitter on it already. Then she added Stickles around the transparency & right on the photo edges. The Basic Grey swirly rub-ons and blue Stickles dots add a bit more color & bling.