Time to Turn Up the Heat

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Hello Stamping Friends,

It's getting a little hot today with the Sisters in Stamping because we are turning up the heat. Yep, we are heat embossing. I love embossing on cards. I call it Magic for Mommies. It has such a wow factor every time. You watch are powder turn into a nice shiny image right before you very eyes with just a little heat. (well, actually the heat is pretty hot, so I guess it's not just a little, lol)

I decided to do a technique with my card called emboss resist. It's a double wow, I promise. Keep reading to find out how to do it.

First, you heat emboss your image (the dandelion flower) using white embossing powder and versamark ink. When it cools down, you take a sponge dauber and ink it up in your ink (rich razzleberry in this case), then starting in the center move out to cover the dandelion flower in circular motions. If I needed to add more ink, I started in the center again and then moved out in circular motions each time. This way my center was darker than the rest of the flower, which is the look I wanted.

This card is the same thing, but turned to show you that you can set it up different and still have a great looking card. Everything is the same except the position of the greeting (well, the greeting was changed too) and the horizontal position of the card instead of vertical. 

Don't forget to head over to Sisters in Stamping for more embossing ideas.

Remember you can always order any of these items by clicking on my name below or emailing me with your order.

Product List

Dandelion Wishes Clear-Mount Stamp Set [146747] $20.00	Share What You Love Specialty Designer Series Paper [146926] $27.00	Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [115316] $8.50
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $9.75	Old Olive 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100702] $8.50	Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad [147091] $7.50
Versamark Pad [102283] $8.50	White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $5.00	Heat Tool [129053] $30.00
Old Olive 1/8" Sheer Ribbon [144171] $6.00	SNAIL Permanent Adhesive [104332] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $4.00
Sponge Daubers [133773] $5.00

Anything Goes Blog Hop

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Hello Stamping Friends,

It's that time. Time for another awesome blog hop with the Stamper's Dozen group. This month we went with an anything goes theme. So the skies the limit. Be sure to click through each blog when you leave here.

This is a card I made for my son. I sent it to him for finals week. He was studying hard and I knew he would love this card. He can't wait to get his own bulldog, so when I saw this set I knew I needed to get it. I have to admit it was the end of his junior year and this was the first card I sent to him. Bad mom. In all fairness, he goes to school about 40 minutes from home and we go see him or he comes home about once a week or so. Plus we are always texting and sharing things via Facebook.  Of course, he didn't check his mail until after finals were over, but he loved the card and said it brightened his day.

The awesome part is this is part of a bundle with that adorable bench. The stamp set is called Sitting Pretty. The framelits are called Pretty Park. The sahara sand on the bottom is actually embossed (which is a part of the framelit set) with stones. The designer series paper is from the Share what you Love pack. I thought the leaves were the perfect background. To me, it looks like the bench and dogs are in front of a green bush at the park.

I hope you remember to click the links below to continue the inspiration.  Thanks for stopping by.