Embossing Techniques for the Stamping Inkspirations Blog Hop - March 2022

Hello and welcome to my blog! Today I am taking part in a blog hop with some fellow enthusiasts who love sharing their creative talents using their Stampin' Up!® products. This month the Stamping Inkspirations blog hop is all about Embossing Techniques.

The very first time I saw heat embossing demonstrated I was hooked. Completely and utterly! That was a very long time ago now, but I am still mesmorised when the powder melts and morphs into a shiny word or pattern. Pure alchemy! Using this technique was a must for today's challenge.

Embossing techniques don't stop with heat embossing! Embossing paste, spread through a stencil or mask, makes a terrific textured background and embossing folders make adding texture to your projects so easy. These techniques both give a WOW factor to projects.

The Picture This dies create a double stitched detail in and around the apertures. I have exaggerated this feature by using two colours - one for the background and a decorated white piece for the inlaid section. I love this feature! To decorate the inlaid panels I picked out the flower shapes from the Hello Beautiful stamps and took inspiration from my floral grid paper. 

Firstly, I stamped the flowers and leaves, using Misty Moonlight, Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Pear Pizzazz. I allowed them to dry thoroughly (and used an embossing buddy) to ensure that the gold embossing powder only stuck where I wanted it to in the centre of some of the flowers. I used the large dot and the sprinkle of dots to add this detail. To complete the small Pool Party flowers I added a trio of dots to the centre using a Stampin' Write Marker - I used Misty Moonlight, but I think Basic Black would work too.

Next, I gold heat embossed the happiest birthday wishes sentiment from the Artfully Layered set to sit between the two floral panels. For my second embossing technique I decided to use my Stampin' Cut & Emboss machine with an embossing folder. The Brick & Mortar 3-d folder seemed the perfect background for the flowers, and the layers of bricks fit exactly between the apertures. It was meant to be!

I proceeded to make backgrounds in Pool Party, Calypso Coral and Misty Moonlight so that I ended up with three birthday cards which were exactly the same, but look different! March is a busy month to celebrate birthdays for me - now I'm all set to send birthday greetings to the first three!

I hope that you are inspired by my cards today and that you will continue along the hop to see what the others have created too. We would love to hear from you and so if you have been inspired, please leave a comment. 

 

 

Angie McKenzie  ●  Aurélie Fabre  ●  Jill Chapman

Jo Blackman  ●  Leonie Stuart  ●  Tricia Butts

Karen Henderson  ●  Mo Rootes   ●  Jan Musselman

Susan Webster  ●  Sue Allen  ●  Chris Smith

Teri West  ●  Gez Carpenter  ●  Danielle Kassing

Elaine de Montmorency  ●  Terry Hamilton  ●  Vickie Littlewood

Lorraine Tierney  ● Annette Ball  ●  Marieke Bart

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Add next blog graphic and link to next person. Thank you for joining us today! Looking forward to seeing you next time. Stay safe and as always, happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. Use the hostess code VSVDCRUJ to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. 

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All Star Tutorial Bundle Blog Hop - Abstract Beauty Suite

Hello and welcome to our All Star Tutorial Bundle Design Team Blog Hop for March 2022. This month we are using the Abstract Beauty Suite. The projects featured in the bundle are exclusive and the tutorials come complete with photos, video directions and a supply list that includes both Metric and Imperial measurements. 

The sneak peek of the Abstract Beauty bundle of tutorials gives you a taster of the projects in this month's bundle.

To enjoy the tutorials you have several options:

• shop with me -  if you order from my online store you will receive that month's bundle for free
• purchase - buy the bundle for £11.00 
• Join my Team - team members will receive the tutorials for free

To give you even more inspiration each of us has created another project using the Abstract Beauty products. Here is my project for today.

For this card I have used the dies and the Designer Series Paper and one of the sentiments from the stamp set. The 4" x 6" DSP is a different size to the ones we are used to, but it still features two different patterns - one with gold detailing and a plainer flip side. I selected three of the gold embellished patterns together with some coordinating Basic Black and Smoky Slate to create my card with.

I used the largest of the hexagon dies and the embossed circle die to cut shapes from the DSP and I also cut a black circle and a smaller Smokey Slate hexagon. To add another texture to the layers I embossed the black circle using the Hive 3-d Embossing Folder. It complements the hexagons perfectly, doesn't it? 

While I had the embossing folder out I also added texture to a Basic White layer - I think that the texture looks equally effective whether it is embossed or debossed. Some of the shapes are popped up on dimensionals, whilst some of them are flat onto the white background, which gives height and more dimension to the card. In keeping with the gold detailing in the DSP, I have gold heat embossed the fabulous sentiment, added twists of Simply Elegant Trim and a triangle of gold Metallic Pearls. I had a lot of fun making this card - I hope you like it!

Let me know what you think in the comments below. If you want to be inspired with more ideas using this suite you can purchase the tutorial bundle (along with previous tutorials) HERE. 

Thank you so much for visiting today. Click on the names below to hop around and see all the other amazing projects. Enjoy! If you live in the UK you can purchase these products below.

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Stay safe and as always happy crafting,

If you would like to order any supplies, and you live in the UK, I would love to be your demonstrator. Use the hostess code VSVDCRUJ to get some free product (it will follow in the post after the end of the month). If your order is over £150 do not use the code as you become the hostess and get the rewards. To place an order please visit my online shop HERE. 

If you would like to join my team, you can choose your starter kit HERE and if you have any questions, please contact me at furrycatdesigns@gmail.com

Click on the images below to purchase them in my online shop:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All Star Tutorial Bundles

All Star Tutorial Bundles have 12 AMAZING video tutorials to inspire you each month.

 

Click HERE for sneak peeks or to purchase.

FREE with a purchase from my online store.