My order with the new product from the Occasions and Sale-a-bration Catalog arrived yesterday. The quickest way to get out of a creative lull – new product!
I was so excited, I didn’t know where to start. I love everything – it all!
I had seen the Celebrations Duo Embossing Folder and was so intrigued by it. The great thing about the two folders is that it creates a negative impression of the sentiments.
For my card today I’m starting off with Sweet Sugarplum cardstock on which I took a pattern from the new (and gorgeous) Succulent Garden DSP and layered it over Whisper White cardstock.
Next I took some Whisper White and dry embossed the “Celebrate” using the Celebrations Duo TIEF. I then took the circle image from the Happy Celebrations Stamp Set and stamped circles in Sweet Sugarplum, Smoky Slate, and Mint Macaron across the “Celebrate.” I layered the Whisper White on some Smokey Slate cardstock.
Now I was struggling a bit to keep the ink from going into the word, so I looked up a card my upline, Amy, had made and sure enough she had a great TIP! If you keep the cardstock after it goes through the Big Shot in the folder, it give you some umf (and yes, that’s a technical term) on which to stamp. I had much better results doing it this way!
Lastly, I heat embossed the “Good Times” using white embossing powder, Versamark ink, and the heat tool.
Enjoy!
SALE-A-BRATION:
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That’s awesome Jaimie! Love that the circles on the background paper coordinate with the stamped circles. Great colors too! 🙂
Oh, this is so pretty!! I love this new little embossing duo and you did a super nice job with it! 🙂
Your card is so cool. I love those circles of color and the embossing is wonderful. Ok, now I have to order that TIEF! LOL